March 4, 1789: The Constitution of the United States went into effect.
March 4, 1791: Vermont became the 14th state in the United States.
March 4, 1861: Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as president.
March 4, 1917: Jeannette Rankin took her seat as the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
March 4, 1933: Frances Perkins, appointed Secretary of Labor, became first woman to serve in the Cabinet.
March 4, 1994: Four Muslim fundamentalists were found guilty in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York.
March 4, 1999: Retired Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun died in Arlington, Va., at age 90.
More events from This Day in History: March 4
March 4, 1789: The Constitution of the United States went into effect.
March 4, 1791: Vermont became the 14th state in the United States.
March 4, 1861: Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as president.
March 4, 1917: Jeannette Rankin took her seat as the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
March 4, 1933: Frances Perkins, appointed Secretary of Labor, became first woman to serve in the Cabinet.
March 4, 1994: Four Muslim fundamentalists were found guilty in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York.
March 4, 1999: Retired Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun died in Arlington, Va., at age 90.
More events from This Day in History: March 4
