March 4, 1900 (Sunday)
- The first railway service in Nigeria was inaugurated with the opening of a line between Lagos and Ibadan. Built by the British colonial government, the railroad track extended for 122½ miles and cost 1,000,000 pounds.
- Born: Herbert Biberman, blacklisted American screenwriter and film director, in Philadelphia; winner of 1954 Academy Award (d. 1971)
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Famous quotes containing the word march:
“Our Germany’s dead. However hard this may be for some of us older people, it’s a blessing for our children. Our children grew up against new backgrounds, new horizons. And they are free. Free to grow up as children. Free to run and to laugh without being forced into uniforms. Without being forced to march up and down streets, singing battle songs.”
—Emeric Pressburger (1902–1988)