On This Day:
Tuesday March 4, 2014 This is the 63rd day of the year, with 302 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: ant farm The classic "ant farm" educational toy, a live ant habitat enabling children to have fun and learn while observing ants, was invented by Milton Levin in 1956. He dreamed up the idea for the ant farm after observing busy ants at a family picnic, and "Uncle Milton's Ant Farm" became an instant icon of American pop culture. After sales of more than 25 million, the toy remains popular. The scientific term for an ant farm is formicarium. Antarctica is the only continent that does not have ants, apart from those in ant farms. In 1956, two other classic children's toys were invented: Play-Doh and Yahtzee.
Holidays Feast day of St. Peter of Cava, St. Casimir of Poland, and St. Adrian and his Companions.
United States: Constitution Day.
Switzerland: Fasnacht.
Events 1461 - Henry VI was deposed and the Duke of York proclaimed King Edward IV.
1681 - England's King Charles II granted a charter to William Penn for an area of land that later became Pennsylvania.
1766 - The British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, the cause of bitter and violent opposition in the colonies.
1789 - The Constitution of the United States of America went into effect as the first Federal Congress met in New York.
1789 - Until the passage of the 20th Amendment in 1937, March 4 was the official date set by the Constitution of the United States of America for presidential inaugurations. When the fourth fell on a Sunday, then the inauguration was on March 5. George Washington, however, was inaugurated on April 30, because Congress was unable to count the electoral ballots as early as anticipated.
1791 - Vermont became the 14th state.
1801 - Thomas Jefferson became the first President to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.
1861 - The Confederate States of America adopted the "Stars and Bars" flag.
1863 - President Abraham Lincoln signed an act creating Idaho Territory.
1877 - The Russian Imperial Ballet staged the first performance of "Swan Lake" in Moscow.
1877 - Emile Berliner announced his invention of the microphone.
1902 - The American Automobile Association (AAA) was founded in Chicago.
1933 - President Franklin Roosevelt added the first woman to serve in the Cabinet, Labor Secretary Frances Perkins.
1968 - Tennis authorities voted to admit professional players to Wimbledon, previously open only to amateur players.
1974 - "People" magazine began publication.
1987 - President Ronald Reagan accepted full responsibility for the Iran-Contra Affair scandal.
1989 - Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc. announced plans to merge into the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate.
Births 1394 - Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of explorers.
1678 - Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer.
1852 - Lady Gregory Augusta, Irish playwright who helped found the Abbey Theatre.
1859 - Aleksandr Popov, Russian physicist and electrical engineer.
1888 - Knute Rockne, American football player and University of Notre Dame football coach.
Deaths 1999 - Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun, who wrote the 1973 decision that legalized abortion.
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