Browsing: March 4

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 4th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 4, 938, the relics of Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs, were translated, which means moved to a more permanent location. On March 4, 1917, the U.S. Congress welcomed its first female U.S. Representative (congresswoman) when Jeanette Rankin of Montana joined the exclusive group. On March 4, 1918, the USS Cyclops kept a date with destiny! On March…

A Brief History On March 4, 938, the relics of Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs, were translated, which means moved to a more permanent location.  Not really a king during his life, Wenceslaus was posthumously promoted to “King of the Czechs” after his death. Digging Deeper Wenceslaus was born in Prague, Bohemia in 907, and became Duke in 921.  In 935, he was assassinated by his own brother, the aptly named Boleslaus the Cruel.  The family murders had begun when Wenceslaus’s own mother had his grandmother and regent killed to prevent the grandmother’s influence.  The evil…

A Brief History In January of 2017, Warner Brothers had The Batman in development, with Ben Affleck set  to direct and star. The screenplay, written by Affleck, focused on the events after Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) with the villain as Deathstroke, played by Joe Manganiello. The story followed Deathstroke putting Bruce Wayne through a gauntlet of mind games, once discovering Bruce’s alter ego was Batman, taking inspiration from The Game, the 1997 film by David Fincher. As the year went on, Affleck decided to step down from the director’s chair to focus on portraying the caped crusader.…

A Brief History On Thursday, March 4, 2021, Focus Features will have a virtual screening of Land at 7:30 PM Eastern Time.  Please go to http://focusfeaturesscreenings.com/HISTORYLAND34 for a chance to receive one of a limited number of virtual screening codes.  To reserve a spot for the online screening you must click on the link above which takes you to the redeem pass page.  You then log in or sign up which takes a minute if you do not have a Focus Features TicktBox account to reserve your virtual spot!  The day of the screening you get an email reminder from…

A Brief History On March 4, 1970, the French submarine, Eurydice, apparently blew up violently while underwater off the coast of Cape Camarat in the Mediterranean Sea.  As you can imagine, all 57 hands were lost.  When the boat (submarines are called “boats” instead of ships, regardless of their size) was discovered several weeks later, only pieces were found spread over a large area.  No cause of the explosion was ever determined, a not uncommon fate of submarines and the sailors that operate them.  Today we will touch on several incidents that should give anyone contemplating a life as a…