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MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2019

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  • Published Mar 3, 2019 5:50 pm KST
  • Updated Mar 3, 2019 5:50 pm KST

Today is Monday, March 4, the 63rd day of 2019. There are 302 days left in the year.

1570 — King Philip II bans foreign Dutch students

1665 — English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands

1791 — Vermont admitted as 14th U.S. state

1792 — Oranges introduced to Hawaii

1798 — Catholic women force to do penance for kindling sabbath fire for Jews

1837 — City of Chicago incorporates

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

1853 — Pope Pius IX recovers Catholic hierarchy in the Netherlands

1911 — Victor Berger (Wisconsin) becomes first socialist congressman in the U.S.