On this day in history - Today, March, 4

Today in History

• 1789 The U.S. Constitution is put into effect

  The law is one of the world's oldest constitutions still in use. The oldest is the Constitution of S

• 1918 The first documented cases of the Spanish flu herald a deadly worldwide pandemic

  The disease quickly spread around the world, causing over 25 million deaths.

• 1977 The Vrancea earthquake claims over 1500 lives

  Most of the victims were residents of Romania's capital Bucharest.

• 1980 Robert Mugabe becomes Zimbabwe's first black prime minister

  A hero of the black struggle against the white minority rule in his country, Mugabe won a landslide

• 2007 The world's first national internet election is held

  Estonia was the first country to allow its citizens to vote in a parliamentary election through the