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March 4

4 sourced moments from March 4 in history: Edward IV was proclaimed king in 1461, weeks before Towton; William Penn was granted the charter for Pennsylvania (1681); Government under the U.S. Constitution began (1789), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on March 4

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1933 Society & Economy · Economics

FDR was inaugurated amid the Great Depression

Taking office with banks shuttered and millions jobless, Roosevelt told a frightened nation that fear itself was the real enemy.

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1789 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

Government under the U.S. Constitution began

The new federal government was due to open for business, but barely a quarter of Congress showed up.

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1681 History · Modern

William Penn was granted the charter for Pennsylvania

A king's debt to a dead admiral became a 45,000-square-mile woodland and one of history's boldest experiments in religious tolerance.

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1461 History · Medieval

Edward IV was proclaimed king in 1461, weeks before Towton

An 18-year-old duke had himself declared king in Westminster Hall on 4 March 1461, then had to win the war to keep the title.

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