March 4: Forgotten Historical Events #POTUS

Join us for a journey through forgotten historical events and learn about what happened on March 4 throughout history. From significant events to lesser-known facts, this video will expand your knowledge and take you on a trip back in time. #potus #march4 #history

1628 England's King Charles I grants a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony
1681 English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania
1776 American War of Independence: The Americans capture Dorchester Heights dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts
1789 1st US Congress meets and declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps)
1789 US House of Representatives 1st full meeting, NYC, Fx. Muhlenberg 1st speaker
1791 President Washington calls the US Senate into its first special session
1791 Vermont admitted as 14th state (1st addition to the 13 colonies)
1793 Washington's 2nd inauguration as US President, shortest speech (133 words)
1797 John Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of The United States, Thomas Jefferson 2nd Vice President
1801 Thomas Jefferson is the first US President to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.
1809 James Madison becomes 1st US President inaugurated in American-made clothes
1817 James Monroe is inaugurated as the 5th President of the United States
1825 John Quincy Adams inaugurated as the 6th US President
1826 1st US railroad chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy, Massachusetts
1829 Andrew Jackson inaugurated as 7th US President
1829 Unruly crowd mobs White House during President Andrew Jackson's inaugural ball
1837 Martin Van Buren inaugurated as the 8th President of the United States
1841 Longest US presidential inauguration speech (8,443 words) by William Henry Harrison
1845 James K. Polk inaugurated as 11th US President
1849 US President Zachary Taylor delays his swearing-in and inauguration ceremony for one day due to religious reasons, rising to the false belief by some that Senator David Atchison (President pro tempore) technically assumed the office of President for one day
1861 Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as the 16th US President
1861 Confederate States adopt "Stars & Bars" flag (US Civil War)
1865 Abraham Lincoln inaugurated for his 2nd term as US President. The man who would assassinate him weeks later, John Wilkes Booth, is photographed attending the inauguration.
1865 US Confederate congress approves final design of "official flag”
1869 Ulysses S. Grant inaugurated as 18th US President
1881 James A. Garfield inaugurated as the 20th President of the United States of America
1885 Grover Cleveland inaugurated as 1st US Democratic President since Civil War
1889 Benjamin Harrison inaugurated as 23rd US President
1893 Grover Cleveland (D) inaugurated as 24th US President (2nd term)
1897 William McKinley inaugurated as 25th US President
1901 William McKinley inaugurated for 2nd term as US president; Theodore Roosevelt serves as Vice President
1909 William Howard Taft inaugurated as 27th US President during 10" snowstorm
1913 Woodrow Wilson inaugurated as 28th US President
1918 US Army mess cook Private Albert Gitchell of Fort Riley, Kansas becomes the first documented military case of Spanish flu; start of worldwide pandemic killing 50-100 million [some sources cite date as March 11]
1921 Warren G. Harding is inaugurated as the 29th President of the United States
1924 "Happy Birthday To You" published by Claydon Sunny
1929 Herbert Hoover inaugurated as the 31st US President
1929 Republican Charles Curtis becomes the 1st Native American to be Vice President of the United States
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugurated as 32nd US President, pledges to pull US out of the Depression, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself”
1954 James E. Wilkins appointed 1st black US sub-cabinet member
1957 The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
1979 US Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings
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