FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2011

Today is Friday, March 4, the 63rd day of 2011. There are 302 days left in the year.

1861 ― Lincoln inaugurated as 16th President; first time U.S. has five former Presidents living

1895 ― Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony, premieres in Berlin

1923 ― Lenin's last article in Pravda (about Red bureaucracy)

1924 ― ``Happy Birthday To You" published by Claydon Sunny

1933 ― FDR inaugurated as 32nd President, pledges to pull U.S. out of depression and says, ``We have nothing to fear but fear itself"

1949 ― Security Council of U.N. recommends membership for Israel

1966 ― John Lennon says, ``We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus"

1985 ― War veterans returned to the ``Bridge over the River Kwai"

1997 ― Brazil Senate allows women to wear slacks

1997 ― President Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research