March 4th in History

March 4th

1681King Charles II granted a Royal Charter to William Penn, entitling him to establish a colony in North America called Pennsylvania.

1882The first electric trams in Britain ran; from Leytonstone in East London.

1890The Forth Railway Bridge in Scotland was opened by the Prince of Wales. The bridge is more than one and a half miles long and took six years to build.

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A relatively unreported and serious riot took place on 4th March 1919 in the Canadian Army Camp at Kinmel Park, near Abergele in North Wales.

There was discontent among the 15,000 Canadian soldiers waiting to be repatriated after World War One, as the place was a sea of mud, sleeping conditions were cramped and blankets in short supply. On top of this, food rations had been halved and many had not received their pay for over a month. The tipping point seemed to be when it was announced that the ships designated to take the Canadians home had been allocated to the Americans.

The men at Kinmel were infuriated and after nothing was done following several protests, the mood turned to outrage. Some of the soldiers looted and started fires in Quartermaster's Stores and officers' messes. Rifle shots were exchanged with officers resulting in the deaths of three rioters and two guards, with many others being wounded.

The mutiny was put down the following morning and 78 of the Canadian soldiers were arrested. However the incident was 'hushed up' and the remaining Canadians were transported home by 25th March.

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1966Beatle, John Lennon, caused outrage amongst Christians by stating "We're more popular than Jesus Christ right now. I don’t know which will go first – rock ‘n’ roll or Christianity." Beatles' records were consequently banned in many US states and in South Africa.

1982 Frank Zappa 's son Dweezil and his daughter Moon Unit form a band called Fred Zeppelin. Their first single, "My Mother is a Space Cadet", gets little attention.
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