Thursday, March 4, 2010
[1678 - Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, composer,
virtuoso violinist, born in Venice]
[1791 - Vermont is admitted to the Union as the 14th state]
[1861 - Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as sixteenth president of United States]
[1888 - Knute Rockne, College Football Hall of Fame coach, born in Voss, Norway]
[1901 - Charles Goren, bridge guru,
born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
[1913 - John Garfield (Jacob Julius Garfinkle),
actor, born in New York City]
[1918 - Margaret Osborne duPont, tennis champion,
born in Joseph, Oregon]
[1921 - Joan Greenwood, actress,
born in Chelsea, England]
[1925 - Congress approves USS Constitution "Old Ironsides" restoration]
[1932 - Miriam (Zensile) Makeba, singer, born in Johannesburg, South Africa]
[1934 - Barbara Joan McNair, actress, singer, TV personality, born in Chicago]
[1936 - Jim Clark, Formula 1 race driver, born in Kilmany, Scotland]