ON THIS DAY: Violence feared as Gwent miners return to work after year-long strike

FROM THE ARGUS ARCHIVE:

Gwent miners were on the verge of returning to work after a year-long strike.

On this day a year ago the Argus reported how Newport's migrant population had doubled in ten years.

Five years ago today we reported how a Cwmbran wheelchair-user who was told she must travel backwards on buses for health and safety reasons, says she feels discriminated against because of her disability.

 The stories from history on this day - March 4th 1394: Prince Henry the Navigator, who sponsored Portugal's voyages of discovery, was born in Oporto.

1678: Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, composer and violinist, best known for The Four Seasons (1725), was born in Venice.

1789: The first Congress of the United States was held in New York.

1824: The Royal National Lifeboat Institution was founded.

1890: The 1,710-foot Forth Bridge was officially opened by the Prince of Wales.

1924: Happy Birthday To You was published by Clayton F Summy.

1941: British forces, assisted by local Norwegians, raided the German-occupied Lofoten Islands, destroying 11 ships.

1946: Housewives' Choice, presented by Robert McDermott, began on BBC radio.

1967: North Sea gas was first piped ashore near Durham.

1969: At the Old Bailey, gangland twins Ronald and Reginald Kray were found guilty of murder and given life sentences.

1974: After the general election, Edward Heath failed to persuade the Liberals to join a coalition and resigned. Harold Wilson became prime minister of a minority administration, which lasted for eight months until fresh elections secured a Labour majority.

1980: Robert Mugabe became the prime minister of Zimbabwe, winning 57 of the 80 black seats in the 100-member Assembly.

1989: Six people were killed in a rail crash in Purley, Surrey.

ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: A woman described the "chaos" surrounding her daughter's death after an ambulance was sent to the wrong address as the schoolgirl suffered an asthma attack.