A photograph of Congress Hall in Philadelphia where George Washington was inaugurated for his second term as President on March 4, 1793.
On March 4, 1634 Samuel Cole’s Three Mariners Inn opened in Boston. It was the first house of entertainment in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and is considered one of the first taverns in America.
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President Cleveland’s inauguration on March 4, 1885
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Knute Rockne, who only had 12 losses during his 13 years as head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish college football team, was born on March 4, 1888.
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Knute Rockne, who only had 12 losses during his 13 years as head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish college football team, was born on March 4, 1888.
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1st U.S. Congress convenes
1st U.S. Congress convened for their first session on March 4, 1789 in New York City.
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A scene at the White House on Andrew Jackson’s inauguration which took place on March 4, 1829.
After the inaugural ceremony mobs gathered on the property as well as inside the White House which was open to all.
Furniture, dinnerware and other items were damaged.
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Happy 188th Birthday City of Chicago!
Incorporated as a city on March 4, 1837.
Image: First Mayor of Chicago, William B. Ogden who only served as mayor for less than a year after the city was incorporated.
Abraham Lincoln’s first inauguration on March
4, 1861 with crowds surrounding U.S. Capitol while under construction.
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Photograph of President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill standing on the rear platform of a special Baltimore & Ohio train (evidently en route to Fulton, Missouri for Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” Speech), with the President’s Military Aide, General Harry Vaughan, seated nearby.
March 4, 1946
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On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state. Before Vermont became a state it was a republic.
Image of the Old Springfield House, torn down 1891, 100 years after Vermont became a state.
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Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft at Taft’s inauguration
– March 4, 1909
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Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan cutting their wedding cake at William Holden’s house in Toluca Lake, California on March 4, 1952.
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On March 4, 1913 President Taft created the US Department of Labor on his last day in office. Exactly 20 years later Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet member, became Secretary of Labor under Franklin Roosevelt. The Frances Perkins building in Washington, DC is the headquarters of the Department of Labor.
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American actress Maude Fealy was born on March 4, 1883 in Memphis, Tennessee.
In addition to acting on stage and in film throughout her career, Fealy also taught acting classes and worked as a playwright.
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U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Napoleon Collins was born in Pennsylvania on March 4, 1814. He served during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War.
When he was 50 years old Collins and his crew of the USS Wachusett captured the CSS Florida in Brazil. He was court-martialed because the seizure took place in a neutral harbor.
His sentence was not imposed.
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