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March 4, 2008

March 4 - Happy Birthday!

Famous people with your birthday
* Antonio Vivaldi, composer
* Charles Rudolph Walgreen, Jr., businessman
* Carol Banawa, singer and celebrity
* Emilio Estefan, percussionist
* Garrett Morgan, inventor
* Haile Gerima, filmmaker
* Khaled Hosseini, author and physician
* Knute Rockne, football player and coach
* Jason Marsalis, musician
* Lois Wilson, founder of Al-Anon
* Miriam Makeba, singer
* Omar Bravo, footballer
* Patricia Heaton, actress
* Ray Mancini, boxer

This day in history
* 1917 - Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
* 1929 - Charles Curtis becomes the first native-American Vice President.
* 1933 - Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, first female member of the United States Cabinet.
* 1933 - Bertha Wilson is appointed as first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada.
Holidays and interesting facts
* 1998 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex in the case Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services.

Holidays and interesting facts
* The only day which is also a command (in spoken English) - "March forth!"

Make the day meaningful (Brought to you by So what can I do?)
* Promote tolerance of others.