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#OTD in 1933, Frances Perkins became the first female member of a president's cabinet. Her ideas contributed to the creation of the New Deal and Social Security. Thank you for your contributions, Frances. #TheMarchContinuespic.twitter.com/7VvyaTM1CS

Pioneer 10 was launched #OTD in 1972! As an emissary for Earth, Pioneer carries a small, gold plaque that shows what humans look like, where we are located in the galaxy, and the date the mission began. Pioneer 10 sent its last signal to Earth in 2003. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/706/pioneer-plaque/ …pic.twitter.com/o7Ld6d3xFm

#OtD 4 Mar 1943, nine members of the Baum Group, a Jewish communist anti-nazi organization led by Herbert Baum, were executed by guillotine in Berlin after they set fire to a Nazi propaganda exhibit https://libcom.org/tags/german-resistance …pic.twitter.com/TvMMiWc6fb

#OnThisDay #OTD March 4, 1991, The Simpsons arcade game was released by @Konami. It was the first video game based on #TheSimpsons franchise to be released in North America.pic.twitter.com/EFZc7Iskdz

Happy birthday to F Scott Fitzgerald's second novel, The Beautiful and Damned, published #OTD 100 years ago on March 4, 1922! pic.twitter.com/c7fkIx3f7v

#FlashbackFriday #OTD in 1925 - Congress authorizes the restoration of the frigate @USSConstitution, which had launched in 1797. In July 1931, amid a 21-gun salute, Constitution is recommissioned and sails on a tour of 90 US ports along three coasts.pic.twitter.com/hkPpdfItuW

#𝐎𝐓𝐃 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟑 - 1st ESPY Awards Best Female Athlete - Monica Seles Best Male Athlete - Michael Jordan Arthur Ashe Award - Jim Valvano Outstanding Team - Dallas Cowboys pic.twitter.com/Ei1P4kXKI6

4 Mar 938: Translation of the relics #otd of St Wenceslaus. Here's his skull in procession in 2006. (Kmenicka) pic.twitter.com/Ei54tKOD9O

#OTD in 1890 The Forth Bridge was opened. @TheForthBridges @VisitScotland South Queensferry, Scotland http://www.ayespyphotography.co.uk pic.twitter.com/yVgquOlM8O

26 year-old Jimmie Lee Jackson died after being shot by an Alabama state trooper #OTD in 1965 while Jackson tried to protect his mother from being beaten. Speaking at his funeral, Martin Luther King called Jackson “a martyred hero of a holy crusade for freedom and human dignity.” pic.twitter.com/XQHHnV39tu

#OnThisDay in 1978 the IRA murdered Nicholas William Smith, (Nick) 20. Soldier with 2 Royal Green Jackets murdered when shrapnel bomb attached to pole with Irish flag exploded, Crossmaglen. 2nd soldier injured & immediately after blast patrol was attacked by heavy gunfire #OTD pic.twitter.com/1Wmu0RQMCo

And she wasn't. Jeannette Rankin was sworn into office #OTD more than a century ago. She championed the causes of women's rights and civil rights during a career that lasted more than 6 decades. She's still the only woman elected to Congress by Montana. #TheMarchContinuespic.twitter.com/VdRPVKugqG

"Hot sand, you know." (#OTD in 1942, North Africa. #WW2 #HISTORY)pic.twitter.com/5qqqITHsCQ

#OTD in 2008: Arsenal became the first English side to beat AC Milan at the San Siro thanks to late goals by @cesc4official and Adebayor making it 2-0 away in Italy.pic.twitter.com/QHepP2X5PJ

Cristiano Ronaldo on target for Manchester United, #OTD in 2008 @ManUtd | #UCLpic.twitter.com/UZwzpoNmxS

50 years ago Stoke City won the League Cup. This bus, a regular at Classic Bus Running Days at the museum, is the one which took the winning team round the city to celebrate their return. #OTD #stokeontrent #sotfc #stokecitypic.twitter.com/DZ4Rb9OyVk

#OTD 4 March 2005, moonrise #Rosetta style. The #Moon rising over the Pacific Ocean, just minutes before @ESA_Rosetta's closest approach during its first #Earth flyby on the way to #Comet67P https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2005/03/Moonrise_above_the_Pacific_22_06_UTC_4_March_2005 …pic.twitter.com/LIPCEfSK9L

#OTD in 1941, The Lofoten, Norway. Operation Claymore (destruction of oil and glycerin facilities). By accident vital Enigma information was captured. #WW2 #HISTORYpic.twitter.com/bsFrVbWnFi

Born #OTD in 1964 Buffalo Bills linebacker and Frewsburg native Shane Conlan pic.twitter.com/qBxBNd0fih

#OTD in 1917, Jeannette Rankin took her seat as the first woman in the U.S. Congress. She represented Montana. #OTD in 1933, Frances Perkins was sworn in as Secretary of Labor – becoming the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet. We celebrate them. #WomensHistoryMonthpic.twitter.com/KfNcZDlyry