TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008

Today is Tuesday, March 4, the 64th day of 2008. There are 302 days left in the year.

1793 _ President Washington's second inauguration, shortest speech (133 words)

1841 _ Longest inauguration speech (8,443 words), William Henry Harrison

1873 _ New York Daily Graphic, first illustrated daily newspaper in U.S., published

1895 _ Gustav Mahler's second Symphony, premieres in Berlin

1920 _ Last day of Julian civil calendar in Greece

1944 _ First U.S. bombing of Berlin

1968 _ Martin Luther King Jr. announces plans for Poor People's Campaign

1973 _ Fifteenth Grammy Awards: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America

1995 _ Michael Johnson runs world record 400 meter indoor (44.63 seconds)

1997 _ President Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research