Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-62. Date: March 4, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin (USA) causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days. Date: March 4, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: March 4, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅…
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. Date: March 4, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: March 4, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: March 4, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events…
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. Date: March 4, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
At least 34 miners die in a suspected gas explosion at the Zasyadko coal mine in the rebel-held Donetsk region of Ukraine. Date: March 4, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: March 4, 2018 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 2018 📅…
Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to walk over the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua. Date: March 4, 2020 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 2020 📅 On This Day (Today)