TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

March 4, 1998

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that sexual harassment at work can be illegal even when the offender and victim are of the same gender.

ON THIS DATE 1865

President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated for a second term of office; with the end of the Civil War in sight, Lincoln declared: “With malice toward none, with charity for all.”

1974

The first issue of People magazine, then called People Weekly, was published by Time-Life Inc.; on the cover was actor Mia Farrow.

1987

President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation on the Iran-Contra affair, acknowledging that his overtures to Iran had “deteriorated” into an arms-for-hostages deal.