March 4: Purim in Judaism, Dhulandi (Holi) in Hinduism, Daeboreum in Korea, and Lantern Festival in the Chinese lunar calendar ( 2007); Saint Casimir's Day in Lithuania.

• 1461 - Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI (pictured) was deposed by his Yorkist cousin, who then became King Edward IV.

• 1681 - King Charles II of England granted William Penn a charter for the Pennsylvania Colony.

• 1825 - Despite having lost in both the electoral and popular votes in the 1824 presidential election, John Quincy Adams was inaugurated as the sixth President of the United States.

• 1980 - Robert Mugabe of the Zimbabwe African National Union was elected to head the first government in Zimbabwe.

Recent days: March 3 – March 2 – March 1