1933: FDR inaugurated
On March 4, 1933, at the height of the
Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States. In his inaugural address, Roosevelt outlined his New Deal--an expansion of the U.S. federal government as an instrument of employment opportunity and welfare--and famously asserted that the only thing that Americans had to fear was fear itself. Although criticized by some in the business community, Roosevelt's progressive legislation improved America's economic climate, and in 1936 he swept to reelection. He won re-election two more times, in 1940 and 1944, making him the longest-serving U.S. president in history.
1997
In London, the match-fixing trial of footballers Bruce Grobbelar, John Fashanu and Hans Segers ends in deadlock with the jury failing to reach verdicts.1996
The fourth suicide bombing in 9 days leaves 12 people dead in Tel Aviv.1975
Comedy film star Charlie Chaplin receives a knighthood from Queen
Elizabeth II. 1969
London gangster twins Ron and Reggie Kray are sentenced to life imprisonment.1967
The first gas from the North Sea is piped ashore at Durham in northern England1950
US Premiere of Walt Disney's animation film 'Cinderella' .1945
In
Britain, Princess Elizabeth joins the British Army as a driver.
1924
The song 'Happy Birthday To You' is published by Clayton F Summy.1909
Inauguration of
William Howard Taft as 27th President of the USA. Violent snowstorms and high winds cause the ceremony to be transfered from outside the Capitol to inside the Senate Chamber.
1908
180 primary school pupils and their 9 teachers are killed in a fire at a school at Collinwood near Cleveland , Ohio, USA.1901
Inauguration of USA President
William McKinley in Washington after winning a second term in office.
1890
Prince of Wales opens the 1,710 foot Forth Bridge in Scotland.1824
Formation of Royal National Lifeboat Institution.1789
The first congress of the United States held in New York. 1951
Kenny Dalglish, Scottish footballer.1936
Jim Clark, British world champion racing driver.1923
Astronomer Patrick Moore.1921
English actress Joan Greenwood.1678
Composer Antonio Lucio Vivaldi born born in Venice.1983
Georges Remy, creator of Tintin.1778
Thomas Arne, composer of 'Rule Britannia'.
