In the Compromise of 1877, the 1876 United States presidential election
is resolved with the selection of Rutherford B. Hayes as the winner,
even though Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.
March 4
Emile Berliner invents the microphone.
March 4
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake debuts.
March 4
Rutherford B. Hayes is sworn in, as the 19th President of the United States.