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]