What happend on 4th March

03.03
05.03
2005

Carly Kirkwood begins her role as the new presenter of TV3 New Zealand's highly successful, late-night news show: Nightline.

2005

The car of released Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena is fired on by US soldiers in Iraq, causing the death of one passenger and injuring two more.

2004

SpongeBob SquarePants learns how to drive the boat again without failing, and then fails again in Boating School.

2004

FIFA reveals its list of 100 Greatest Living Footballers (otherwise known as the "FIFA 100").

2004

The files of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun are released to the public five years after his death.

2003

Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn redebuts on Comedy Central

1999

Monica Lewinsky's book detailing her affair with Bill Clinton goes on sale in the United States.

1999

In a military court, Captain Richard Ashby of the United States Marines is acquitted of the charge of reckless flying which resulted in the deaths of 20 skiers in the Italian Alps when his low-flying jet hit a gondola cable.

1998

Gay rights: 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.

1997

United States President Bill Clinton bars federal funding for any research on human cloning.