4 March
Notable Births
Miya Cech
b. 2007
American actress (born 2007)
Jacob Hopkins
b. 2002
American actor (born 2002)
Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva
b. 2002
Australian rhythmic gymnast of Russian origin
George Pickens
b. 2001
American football player (born 2001)
Obi Toppin
b. 1998
American basketball player (born 1998)
Matisse Thybulle
b. 1997
Australian-American basketball player (born 1997)
Kwon Hyun-bin
b. 1997
South Korean actor (born 1997)
Michael Gallup
b. 1996
American football player (born 1996)
Antonio Sanabria
b. 1996
Paraguayan footballer (born 1996)
Lukas Webb
b. 1996
Australian rules footballer
Chlöe Howl
b. 1995
British singer-songwriter
Valeri Nichushkin
b. 1995
Russian ice hockey player (born 1995)
Callum Harriott
b. 1994
Guyanese footballer (born 1994)
Luisito Pié
b. 1994
Dominican taekwondo athlete
AJ Tracey
b. 1994
British rapper and record producer (born 1994)
Bobbi Kristina Brown
b. 1993
American television personality and singer (1993–2015)
Richard Peniket
b. 1993
English footballer
Nick Castellanos
b. 1992
American baseball player (born 1992)
Erik Lamela
b. 1992
Argentine footballer (born 1992)
Bernd Leno
b. 1992
German footballer (born 1992)
Notable Deaths
Roy Ayers
d. 2025
American funk, soul and jazz composer (1940–2025)
Phil Batt
d. 2023
American politician (1927–2023)
Shane Warne
d. 2022
Australian cricketer (1969–2022)
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
d. 2020
Peruvian diplomat and politician (1920–2020)
Keith Flint
d. 2019
English dancer and singer (1969–2019)
Luke Perry
d. 2019
American actor (1966–2019)
Davide Astori
d. 2018
Italian footballer (1987–2018)
Clayton Yeutter
d. 2017
American politician
Bud Collins
d. 2016
US journalist and sportscaster (1929–2016)
Pat Conroy
d. 2016
American novelist (1945–2016)
P. A. Sangma
d. 2016
Indian politician (1947–2016)
Zhou Xiaoyan
d. 2016
Chinese vocal pedagogue and classical soprano
Ray Hatton
d. 2015
English educator, author and long-distance runner (1932–2015)
Mark Freidkin
d. 2014
Russian poet and writer (1953–2014)
Elaine Kellett-Bowman
d. 2014
British politician (1923–2014)
Jack Kinzler
d. 2014
American engineer (1920–2014)
Wu Tianming
d. 2014
Chinese film director and producer
Mickey Moore
d. 2013
Child actor and film director (1914–2013)
Toren Smith
d. 2013
Canadian manga translator
Don Mincher
d. 2012
American baseball player (1938–2012)
On This Day in History
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2020
Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to walk over the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua.
Nik Wallenda
2018
Former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved.
MI6
2015
At least 34 miners die in a suspected gas explosion at the Zasyadko coal mine in the rebel-held Donetsk region of Ukraine.
2015 Zasyadko mine disaster
2012
A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, killing at least 250 people.
Brazzaville arms dump blasts
2009
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.
International Criminal Court
2002
Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers and 200 Al-Qaeda Fighters are killed as American forces attempt to infiltrate the Shah-i-Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
2001
BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
2001 BBC bombing
1998
Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
LGBTQ rights in the United States
1996
A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin (USA) causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days.
Weyauwega, Wisconsin, derailment
1994
Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-62.
Space Shuttle program
1990
American basketball player Hank Gathers dies after collapsing during the semifinals of a West Coast Conference tournament game.
Basketball
1990
Lennox Sebe, President for life of the South African Bantustan of Ciskei, is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by Brigadier Oupa Gqozo.
Lennox Sebe
1986
The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
Soviet Union
1985
The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for HIV infection, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
Food and Drug Administration
1980
Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.
Robert Mugabe
1977
The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in eastern and southern Europe kills more than 1,500, mostly in Bucharest, Romania.
1977 Vrancea earthquake
1976
The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland, resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament.
Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
1970
French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
French submarine Eurydice (S644)
1966
A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.
Canadian Pacific Air Lines
1966
In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
The Standard (London newspaper)