This Day in History: March 04, 2024
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1789
The Constitution of the United States went into effect.
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1791
Vermont became the 14th state in the United States.
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1861
Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as president.
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1917
Jeannette Rankin took her seat as the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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1933
Frances Perkins, appointed Secretary of Labor, became first woman to serve in the Cabinet.
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1994
Four Muslim fundamentalists were found guilty in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York.
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1999
Retired Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun died in Arlington, Va., at age 90.
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