March 4, 1997 Brazil Senate allows women to wear slacks March 4, 1997 Comet Hale-Bopp directly above the Sun (1.04 AU) March 4, 1997 President Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research March 4, 1997 Zeya Start-1 launched (Russia) March 4, 1996 Barbara Lewis, British obituarist, dies at 55 March 4, 1996 Minnie Pearl, country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 84 March 4, 1995 1st New York City Mayor Trophy's High school track meet in 19 years March 4, 1995 Blind teenage boy receives a 'Bionic Eye' at a Washington Hospital March 4, 1995 Eden Ahbez, songwriter, dies at 86 March 4, 1995 George Foreman loses WBA boxing title, refusing to fight Tony Tucker March 4, 1995 Michael Johnson runs world record 400m indoor (44.63 sec) March 4, 1995 Replacement New York Yankees beat New York Mets 2-1 March 4, 1994 4 Arab terrorist founded guilty of bombing the World Trade Center March 4, 1994 Guus Verstraete Sr, Dutch actor/dir (2 Drops of Water), dies at 79 March 4, 1994 John Candy, actor (SCTV, Uncle Buck), dies from a heart attack at 43 March 4, 1994 Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), launches into orbit March 4, 1993 Art Hodes, Russ/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies March 4, 1993 Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston & Bobby Brown March 4, 1993 Katharine Hepburn enters the hospital suffering from exhaustion March 4, 1993 Richard Sale, writer/director (Oscar, Torpedo Run), dies at 80