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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_4" title="March 4">March 4</a></b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_saints" title="Calendar of saints">Feast day</a> of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Casimir" title="Saint Casimir">Saint Casimir</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholicism</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1675" title="1675">1675</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Flamsteed" title="John Flamsteed">John Flamsteed</a></b> was appointed the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomer_Royal" title="Astronomer Royal">Astronomer Royal</a> by King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">Charles II of England</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1804" title="1804">1804</a> – Irish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convicts_in_Australia" title="Convicts in Australia">convicts</a> formerly involved at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vinegar_Hill" title="Battle of Vinegar Hill">Battle of Vinegar Hill</a> during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Rebellion_of_1798" title="Irish Rebellion of 1798">Irish Rebellion of 1798</a> began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Hill_convict_rebellion" title="Castle Hill convict rebellion">an uprising</a></b> against British colonial authorities in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, Australia.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1837" title="1837">1837</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a></b> was incorporated as a city.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943" title="1943">1943</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust" title="The Holocaust">The Holocaust</a>: Almost all <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_Bulgarian-occupied_Greece" title="The Holocaust in Bulgarian-occupied Greece">Jews in Bulgarian-occupied Western Thrace</a></b> were deported to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treblinka_extermination_camp" title="Treblinka extermination camp">Treblinka extermination camp</a> to be killed.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012" title="2012">2012</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville_arms_dump_blasts" title="Brazzaville arms dump blasts">A series of blasts</a></b> occurred at an arms dump in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville">Brazzaville</a>, Republic of the Congo, killing at least 300 people and injuring 2,500 others.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_III_of_Hungary" title="Stephen III of Hungary">Stephen III of Hungary</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1172); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Makeba" title="Miriam Makeba">Miriam Makeba</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1932); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbi_Kristina_Brown" title="Bobbi Kristina Brown">Bobbi Kristina Brown</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1993)</p>