Talk:March 4
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March 4: Saint Casimir's Day in Lithuania
- 1461 - Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI was deposed by his Yorkist cousin, who then became King Edward IV.
- 1681 - King Charles II of England granted William Penn a charter for the Pennsylvania Colony.
- 1825 - Despite having lost in both the electoral and popular votes in the 1824 presidential election, John Quincy Adams was inaugurated as the sixth President of the United States.
- 1877 - Emile Berliner invented the microphone.
- 1980 - Robert Mugabe (pictured) of the Zimbabwe African National Union was elected to head the first government in Zimbabwe.
Recent days: March 3 – March 2 – March 1
Orion Nebula reference: [1] Rklawton 02:33, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Discrepancies
Billy Gibbons is listed as having been born on March 4, 1950, however the article on Billy Gibbons says that he was born December 16, 1949. Which is it?
I checked with Google. Both dates are given, and some websites mention that both dates are given. It's possible that other sites are using Wikipedia as their sorce. We're going to have to go back to the original documents (or at least to something that pre-dates Wikipedia) to sort this one out. Rklawton 18:59, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Significance
Shouldn't a person or event have an article first in order to be listed here? If it doesn't rate an article, why would it rate listing here? Rklawton 16:16, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] A Study in Scarlet
What does it mean that "A Study in Scarlet, the first Sherlock Holmes story, begins"? Does it mean the fictional plot begins on March 4, 1881 (i.e. Dr. Watson met Sherlock Holmes on this day)? Should it then be considered an event worth included here?
According to the book's article, it was writtin in 1888. Therefore, one might concluce that this is a fictional date within the book. In some date articles, there exists a "fictional date" section (or to that effect). This entry, if verified, would belong in such a section. Rklawton 15:37, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Misplaced information?
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- From 1789, this was Inauguration Day, the day on which the President of the United States was sworn in and took office. Originally held every four years on March 4, the ratification of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution changed the time for the President and Vice President's terms to begin to noon on January 20, beginning with Franklin Roosevelt's second term in 1937.
It would seem that this information belongs under events rather than in the first section that defines the date. That is, American politics have little to do with defining and describing the date itself. Most date articles keep this section simple. Articles with more detained information in this section include information regarding the date and the calendar (for example, January 1) rather than an obscure political event. Comments? Rklawton 04:12, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
- Removed with no comment. Rklawton 01:44, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
- Inauguration Day (1789 - 1933) was added to the Holidays and Observances section several days ago. Acumen76 00:44, 30 March 2006
[edit] Trivia
Unlike the majority of date articles, this one seems to be riddled with useless trivia. Rather than trying to thin it out, I think we should start a discussion in the date article project page to sort out what constitutes notability. Rklawton 01:44, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
The "useless trivia", as you so put it, since it was added by myself has now been removed. Events that have related articles to substantiate them have been kept as are those pieces of information that were present on this page originally. Acumen76 00:49, 30 March 2006
Please keep in mind that there is a significant difference between date articles and date/year articles. A date/year article will contain all sorts of information specific to that day in history. However, date articles should only contains events that we'll want to remember years hence. These events mark milestones in various, significant, human endeavors. Rklawton 18:28, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Only complete sentence?
Can't I tell someone to "March first," or "March twenty-second" for that matter? 69.201.182.203 05:37, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] World Wide Web
The World Wide Web article indicates that it went online in August 1991. I think this discrepancy needs to be cleared up. Hu 01:31, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
