March 4, 2023 holiday

On March 4, Roman Catholic Church celebrates the feast of Saint Casimir. Saint Casimir's day is most widely observed in Poland and Lithuania because he is the patron saint of these countries.

World Obesity Day is observed annually on March 4. It was initiated by the World Obesity Federation to raise awareness of the fact that obesity is a disease that affects 800 million people around the world and to promote efforts to reduce, prevent, and treat obesity on a global scale.

March 4 is Belarusian Militia Day, the professional holiday of law enforcement officers in the Republic of Belarus.

National Grammar Day is observed in the United States annually on March 4. It was established in 2008 by Martha Brockenbrough, an American author whose book Things That Make Us [Sic] is dedicated to common grammar mistakes. She is also the founder of the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar (SPOGG).

Malaysia is a federal state consisting of 13 states and three federal territories; nine of the states, as well as Malaysia as a whole, are constitutional monarchies. In these states, the birthdays of their respective monarchs are considered official holidays. In addition, the state of Terengganu celebrates the coronation anniversary of its sultan, which falls on March 4.

On March 4, you can express appreciation and gratitude to those who serve in the United States Armed Forces, because this day is referred to as Hug a G.I. Day.

The cake lovers will love National Pound Cake Day that falls on March 4. You can celebrate this day with a piece or two of your favorite delight.

National Snack Day is one of the many unofficial food days in the United States. It is celebrated on March 4.

Youth of Iran annually celebrates Youth Day on Sha'aban 11 (Hijri calendar). This holiday marks birthday anniversary of Hazrat Ali Akbar, son of Imam Hussein.

!

This Day in History

• 2019 Died: Luke Perry, American actor who became a teen idol for playing Dylan McKay on the TV series Beverly Hills, 90210. He also starred as Fred Andrews on Riverdale.
• 2019 Died: Keith Flint, English vocalist, musician and dancer who was best known as the vocalist and dancer for the electronic music band The Prodigy.
• 2013 Died: Lilian Cahn, Hungarian-American businesswoman, co-founder of Coach, Inc., a New York-based luxury fashion company producing leather goods, watches and different accessories for men and women.
• 2011 Died: Simon van der Meer, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate for contribution to the CERN project. His work led to the discovery of W and Z particles, two of the most fundamental constituents of matter.
• 2011 Died: Vivienne Harris, English journalist and publisher, the co-founder of Jewish Telegraph, a British Jewish weekly newspaper.
• 2008 Died: Gary Gygax, American game designer and writer, best known as the co-creator and the pioneer of the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.
• 2001 The Hintze Ribeiro Bridge collapsed in Entre-os-Rios, Castelo de Paiva, Portugal. 59 people were killed, including those in a bus and three cars that attempted to get to the other side of the Dourvo River.
• 1996 2,300 people in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, US, were evacuated for 16 days due to a derailing of a train that carried hazardous materials.
• 1986 Died: Elizabeth Smart, Canadian poet and author. Smart is best known for her book By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept, that described in detail her romance with the poet George Barker. Her book is considered as one of the half-dozen masterpieces of poetic prose in world.
• 1986 Born: Mike Krieger, Brazilian businessman, best-known as the co-founder of Instagram.
• 1977 The Vrancea earthquake in eastern and southern Europe killed over 1,500 people mostly in seriously damaged Bucharest, Romania.
• 1970 Eurydice, a French submarine, exploded underwater. The entire crew of 57 men died.
• 1966 A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 exploded on landing at Tokyo International Airport. 64 were killed.
• 1962 111 people were killed shortly after takeoff of a Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 en route from Douala, Cameroon, to Lisbon, Portugal.
• 1952 Died: Charles Scott Sherrington, English neurophysiologist, Nobel Prize laureate for his work on functions of neurons and reflexes.
• 1951 Born: Chris Rea, English singer-songwriter and guitarist, recognizable for his husky and distinctive voice. Rea is well known for his hit song Fool in 1978, but the peak of his popularity was in the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s.
• 1941 Died: Ludwig Quidde, German activist and pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Quidde is best remembered today for his acerbic criticisms of German Emperor Wilhelm II.
• 1926 Born: Richard DeVos, American businessman, co-founder of American multi-level marketing company Amway that sells products primarily in the health, beauty and home care markets.
• 1916 Born: Hans Eysenck, German-English psychologist. He is best remembered for his work on intelligence and personality and creation of IQ test.
• 1891 Born: Lois W., American activist, co-founder of Al-Anon, a worldwide support group for the friends and families of alcoholics.
• 1877 Born: Garrett Morgan, American inventor. Among his most notable inventions are gas mask, traffic signal and hair-strengthening chemical.
• 1876 Born: Theodore Hardeen, Hungarian-American magician, the younger brother of Harry Houdini. Hardeen founded the Magician's Club and became the first magician to conceive escaping from a submerged straitjacket in full view of the audience.
• 1858 Died: Matthew C. Perry, American commander who played a leading role in the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854. After the advent of steam engine, Perry advocated the modernization of the U.S. Navy and became The Father of the Steam Navy in the US.
• 1832 Died: Jean-François Champollion, French philologist and scholar, best known as decipherer of the Egyptian hieroglyphs. His translation of Rosetta Stone showed that the Egyptian writing system was a combination of phonetic and ideographic signs.
• 1791 The British House of Commons introduced the Constitutional Act of 1791 in London. According to the Act, Canada was separated into Lower Canada and Upper Canada.
• 1789 The first Congress of the United States met in New York City putting the United States Constitution into effect.
• 1756 Born: Henry Raeburn, Scottish significant portrait painter. He served as Portrait Painter to King George IV in Scotland.
• 1678 Born: Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist and composer. Vivaldi is best known for a series of violin concertos The Four Seasons.
• 1665 Charles II, English King, declared war on the Netherlands, thus marking the beginning of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
• 1615 Died: Hans von Aachen, German painter. He is known as the painter of portraits for noble German houses and the author of historical and religious scenes.
• 1602 Born: Kanō Tan'yū, Japanese painter, the foremost painter of Kanō school. Most of the famous and widely known Kanō works are by Tan'yū.
• 1519 Hernán Cortés arrived in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and its wealth.