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:
“With two thousand years of Christianity behind him ... a man can’t see a regiment of soldiers march past without going off the deep end. It starts off far too many ideas in his head.”
—Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961)