Editing March 4 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[William McKinley]] [[second inauguration of William McKinley|inaugurated]] president for second time; [[Theodore Roosevelt]] is vice president.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=25|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref> 
*[[1908]] &ndash; The [[Collinwood school fire]], [[Collinwood]] near [[Cleveland, Ohio]], kills 174 people.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rose|first=William Ganson|title=Cleveland: The Making of a City|location=Kent, Ohio|publisher=Kent State University Press|date=1990|isbn=9780873384285|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IT1NVT1vEwUC|page=666}}</ref>
*[[1909]] &ndash; U.S. President [[William Taft]] used what became known as a [[Saxbe fix]], a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the [[United States Constitution|U.S. Constitution]]'s [[Ineligibility Clause]], to appoint [[Philander C. Knox]] as [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]].
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[First Balkan War]]: The Greek army [[Battle of Bizani|engages the Turks]] at [[Bizani]], resulting in victory two days later.
*  1913   &ndash; The [[United States Department of Labor]] is formed.<ref>{{cite book|author=U.S. Department of Labor|title=United States Department of Labor: Twenty-five Years of Service, 1913-1938|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Government Printing Office|date=1938|oclc=123257703|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k5oAymTshzsC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|page=1|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|title=Adds to the Cabinet: Taft Signs Labor Department Bill Under Protest|work=The Washington Post|date=March 5, 1913|page=13}}</ref>
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Jeannette Rankin]] of [[Montana]] becomes the first female member of the [[United States House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Capace|editor-first=Nancy|title=Encyclopedia of Montana|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=Somerset|date=2000|isbn=9780403096046|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c7FXL6R5MM0C&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|page=140|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Christianson|first=Stephen G.|title=Facts About the Congress|location=New York|publisher=Wilson|date=1996|isbn=9780824208837|page=288}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; A case of influenza was recorded at [[Camp Funston]], [[Kansas]], conventionally marking the beginning of the worldwide [[Spanish flu]] pandemic.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cumo|first=Christopher|title=The Ongoing Columbian Exchange: Stories of Biological and Economic Transfer in World History|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2015|isbn=9781610697958|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hhbHEAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|page=146}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] [[first inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt|is inaugurated]] as the 32nd [[President of the United States]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Schlesinger|first=Arthur M., Jr.|title=The Age of Roosevelt: The Coming of the New Deal, 1933-1935|location=New York|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|date=1958|isbn=9780618340866|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mj3VmJ38tHIC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|page=1}}</ref>
*  1933   &ndash; The [[United States Senate]] confirms [[Frances Perkins]] as [[United States Secretary of Labor]] and she is sworn in the same day, making her the first female member of the [[United States Cabinet]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Cabinet Is Sworn In|work=The Kansas City Star|date=March 4, 1933|page=4|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Giele|first=Janet Zollinger|title=Women and Equality in the Workplace: A Reference Handbook|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2003|isbn=9781576079379|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FafOEAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|page=119}}</ref>
*  1933   &ndash; The [[Parliament of Austria]] is [[Self-elimination of Parliament|suspended because of a quibble over procedure]] &ndash; [[Chancellor of Austria|Chancellor]] [[Engelbert Dollfuss]] initiates an [[Austrofascism|authoritarian rule by decree]].
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The United Kingdom launches [[Operation Claymore]] on the [[Lofoten Islands]]; the first large scale [[British Commandos|British Commando]] raid.
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Battle of the Bismarck Sea]] in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.
*  1943   &ndash; World War II: The [[Battle of Fardykambos]], one of the first major battles between the [[Greek Resistance]] and the occupying [[Royal Italian Army]], begins. It ends on 6 March with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and the liberation of the town of [[Grevena]].<ref name="SE39">{{cite journal | url = http://www.army.gr/files/File/STRATOS_KAI_ENHMEROSH/2016/39_IAN_FEB_MAR.pdf | journal = Στρατός & Ενημέρωση | issue = 39 | year = 2016 | publisher = Hellenic Army General Staff, Information & Public Relations Directorate | language = el | title = Η Μάχη του Φαρδύκαμπου, 4-6 Μαρτίου 1943 | pages = 50–51 | access-date = 1 December 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: After the success of [[Big Week]], the [[USAAF]] begins a [[Bombing of Berlin in World War II#March 1944 to April 1945|daylight bombing campaign]] of [[Berlin]].
*[[1946]] &ndash; Field Marshal [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim|C. G. E. Mannerheim]], the 6th [[president of Finland]], resigns from his position for health reasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1946/03/05/archives/mannerheim-quits-office-in-finland-resigns-in-finland.html|title=Mannerheim Quits Office In Finland; Resigns In Finland|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=5 March 1946|access-date=4 March 2024|archive-date=4 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304033325/https://www.nytimes.com/1946/03/05/archives/mannerheim-quits-office-in-finland-resigns-in-finland.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; An order to protect the endangered [[Saimaa ringed seal]] (''Pusa hispida saimensis'') is legalized.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nationalparks.fi/saimaa-ringed-seal |title=Saimaa Ringed Seal, a Persistent Finn |access-date=2021-03-05 |archive-date=2021-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126183307/https://www.nationalparks.fi/saimaa-ringed-seal |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; The [[S&P 500]] [[stock market index]] is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
*[[1960]] &ndash; The French freighter ''[[La Coubre explosion|La Coubre]]'' explodes in [[Havana|Havana, Cuba]], killing 100.
*[[1962]] &ndash; A [[Caledonian Airways]] [[Douglas DC-7]] [[Caledonian Airways Flight 153|crashes shortly after takeoff]] from [[Cameroon]], killing 111 &ndash; the worst crash of a DC-7.
*[[1966]] &ndash; A [[Canadian Pacific Air Lines]] [[Douglas DC-8|DC-8-43]] [[Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 402|explodes on landing]] at [[Haneda Airport|Tokyo International Airport]], killing 64 people.
*  1966   &ndash; In an interview in the ''[[London Evening Standard]]'', [[The Beatles]]' [[John Lennon]] declares that the band is "[[more popular than Jesus]] now".
*[[1970]] &ndash; French submarine ''[[French submarine Eurydice (S644)|Eurydice]]'' explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
*[[1976]] &ndash; The [[Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention]] is formally dissolved in [[Northern Ireland]] resulting in [[Direct rule over Northern Ireland|direct rule]] of Northern Ireland from London by the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|British parliament]].
*[[1977]] &ndash; The [[1977 Vrancea earthquake]] in eastern and southern Europe kills more than 1,500, mostly in [[Bucharest|Bucharest, Romania]].
*[[1980]] &ndash; Nationalist leader [[Robert Mugabe]] wins a sweeping election victory to become [[Zimbabwe]]'s first black [[Prime Minister of Zimbabwe|prime minister]].
*[[1985]] &ndash; The [[Food and Drug Administration]] approves a [[blood test]] for [[HIV]] infection, used since then for screening all [[blood donation]]s in the United States.
*[[1986]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Vega 1]] begins returning images of [[Halley's Comet]] and the first images of its nucleus.
*[[1990]] &ndash; American [[basketball]] player [[Hank Gathers]] dies after collapsing during the semifinals of a [[West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament|West Coast Conference tournament]] game.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jerardi|first=Dick|title=Remembering Hank, 25 years later|date=February 27, 2015|newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News|url=https://www.inquirer.com/college-sports/inq/hank-gathers-20150227.html|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=November 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113100102/https://www.inquirer.com/college-sports/inq/hank-gathers-20150227.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Lennox Sebe]], [[President for life]] of the South African [[Bantustan]] of Ciskei, is ousted from power in [[1990 Ciskei coup d'état|a bloodless military coup]] led by Brigadier [[Oupa Gqozo]].<ref>{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title='HOMELAND' LEADER DEPOSED IN CISKEI|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/05/world/homeland-leader-deposed-in-ciskei.html|date=March 5, 1990|access-date=January 5, 2023|archive-date=March 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326040642/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/05/world/homeland-leader-deposed-in-ciskei.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle program]]: the [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] is launched on [[STS-62]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Warnock|first=Lynda|title=STS-62|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-62.html|access-date=2022-01-31|website=www.nasa.gov|publisher=NASA|archive-date=2017-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604085147/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-62.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; A [[Weyauwega, Wisconsin, derailment|derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin (USA)]] causes the [[emergency evacuation]] of 2,300 people for 16 days.
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[LGBT rights in the United States|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.
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[2001 BBC bombing|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]].
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|Afghanistan]]: Seven American [[Special Operations Forces]] soldiers and 200 Al-Qaeda Fighters are killed as American forces attempt to [[Battle of Takur Ghar|infiltrate]] the [[Shah-i-Kot Valley]] on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.
*[[2009]] &ndash; The [[International Criminal Court]] (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for [[President of Sudan|Sudanese President]] [[Omar Hassan al-Bashir]] for [[war crime]]s 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.
*[[2012]] &ndash; A [[Brazzaville arms dump blasts|series of explosions]] is reported at a munitions dump in [[Brazzaville]], the capital of the [[Republic of the Congo]], killing at least 250 people.
*[[2015]] &ndash; At least 34 miners [[2015 Zasyadko mine disaster|die in a suspected gas explosion]] at the [[Zasyadko coal mine]] in the rebel-held Donetsk region of Ukraine.
*[[2018]] &ndash; Former [[MI6]] spy [[Sergei Skripal]] and his daughter are [[Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal|poisoned]] with a [[Novichok]] [[nerve agent]] in [[Salisbury]], England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved.
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Nik Wallenda]] becomes the first person to walk over the [[Masaya Volcano]] in Nicaragua.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Snierson|first=Dan|title=Nik Wallenda answers burning questions about walking on a wire over a volcano|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=March 4, 2020|access-date=March 15, 2021|url=https://ew.com/tv/nik-wallenda-burning-questions-volcano-walk/|archive-date=March 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303161608/https://ew.com/tv/nik-wallenda-burning-questions-volcano-walk/|url-status=live}}</ref>