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February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 330 days remaining (331 in Leap Year s).
Events
- 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta .
- 362 - Roman Emperor Julian promulgates an edict that recognizes equal rights to all the religions in the Roman Empire.
- 1454 - In the Thirteen Years' War , the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master .
- 1703 - In Edo (now Tokyo ), 46 of the Forty-Seven Ronin commit Seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
- formally declares that it will cease hostilities with the United States Of America .
- 1789 - George Washington is unanimously elected to be the first President Of The United States by the U.S. Electoral College .
- 1792 - George Washington is unanimously elected to a second term as President Of The United States by the U.S. Electoral College .
- 1794 - The French legislature abolishes Slavery throughout all territories of the French Republic .
- 1801 - John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice Of The United States .
- 1810 - British Navy seizes Guadeloupe .
- 1859 - Codex Sinaiticus discovered in Egypt .
- the Confederate States Of America is formed by delegates from six break-away United States .
- 1862 - Bacardi , one of the world's largest Spirits company, is founded as a small Distillery in Santiago De Cuba in eastern Cuba .
- 1899 - The Philippine-American War begins.
- 1915 - Germany establishes a Submarine blockade around the UK and declares any vessel in it a legitimate target.
- 1927 - The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson is released.
- occupies Harbin, China .
- 1932 - 1932 Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, New York .
- 1936 - Radium E. becomes the first Radioactive element to be made synthetically.
- 1938 - Thornton Wilder 's play '' Our Town '' opens ( New York City ).
- 1938 - Disney 's '' Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs '' was released, and it went on to become a major Box-office Success , making more money than any other Motion Picture in 1938 .
- (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
- 1943 - Battle Of Stalingrad ends.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin begin the Yalta Conference .
- 1948 - Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka ) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth .
- 1957 - USS ''Nautilus'' , the first Nuclear-powered Submarine , logs her 60,000th Nautical Mile , matching the endurance of the fictional ''Nautilus'' described in Jules Verne 's novel '' "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" ''.
- 1960 - Lorraine, Quebec is founded.
- 1962 - Ian Fleming 's '' The Living Daylights '' first published.
- 1966 - All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 jet plunges into Tokyo Bay , killing 133.
- 1968 - Bowie Kuhn becomes the fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball , replacing William Eckert .
- 1969 - Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization .
- 1974 - The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California .
- 1976 - In Guatemala and Honduras an Earthquake kills more than 22,000.
- 1976 - 1976 Winter Olympics open in Innsbruck , Austria .
- 1977 - Fleetwood Mac releases one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, '' Rumours ''.
- 1980 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran .
- 1984 - The Youth Of The Left Socialists (VSU) founded in Denmark .
- 1991 - The Baseball Hall Of Fame votes to ban Pete Rose .
- 1996 - Major Snowstorm paralyzes Midwest ern United States , Milwaukee, Wisconsin ties all-time record low temperature at -26°F. (-32°C)
- 1997 - O. J. Simpson is found to be civilly liable for the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman .
- 1997 - En route to Lebanon , two Israel i Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport Helicopter s collide in mid-air over Northern Galilee , Israel killing 73.
- 1997 - After at first contesting the results, Serbia n President Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.
- 1998 - An Earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
- 1999 - Hugo Chávez Frías , Venezuelan military and politician, is elected President of Venezuela .
- 1999 - Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in the city.
- 2000 - USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) launched.
- 2000 - German Extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is Jailed For Life for attempted murder and extortion in connection with Sabotage of German Railway lines.
- 2003 - The '' Federal Republic Of Yugoslavia '' is officially renamed to Serbia And Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.
- 2005 - Bill "El Wingador" Simmons wins a record fifth Wing Bowl Championship at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia .
- 2006 - Anders Fogh Rasmussen Cartoons published in response to the affair of the Muhammad Drawings .
- 2006 - A stampede occurs in the ULTRA Stadium near Manila killing at least 74.
Births
- 1575 - Pierre De Bérulle , French cardinal and statesman (d. 1629 )
- 1620 - Gustaf Bonde , Swedish statesman (d. 1667 )
- 1646 - Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr Von Abschatz , German statesman and poet (d. 1699 )
- 1677 - Johann Ludwig Bach , German composer (d. 1731 )
- 1688 - Pierre De Marivaux , French writer (d. 1763 )
- 1725 - Dru Drury , English entomologist (d. 1804 )
- 1746 - Tadeusz Kościuszko , Polish national hero (d. 1817 )
- 1778 - Augustin Pyrame De Candolle , Swiss botanist (d. 1841 )
- 1840 - Hiram Stevens Maxim , American weapons inventor (d. 1916 )
- 1841 - Clément Ader , French aviation pioneer (d. 1926 )
- 1846 - Nikolay Umov , Russian physicist (d. 1915 )
- 1849 - Jean Richepin , French poet (d. 1926 )
- 1871 - Friedrich Ebert , Chancellor and President Of Germany (d. 1925 )
- 1873 - Étienne Desmarteau , Canadian athlete (d. 1905 )
- 1875 - Ludwig Prandtl , German physicist (d. 1953 )
- 1881 - Fernand Léger , French painter (d. 1955 )
- 1882 - E. J. Pratt , Canadian poet (d. 1964 )
- 1892 - Prince George I, Duke Of Westrogothia (d. 1971 )
- 1892 - Andreu Nin , Catalan politician (d. 1937 )
- 1897 - Ludwig Erhard , Chancellor Of Germany (d. 1977 )
- 1902 - Charles Lindbergh , American pilot (d. 1974 )
- 1902 - Hartley Shawcross , British lawyer and politician (d. 2003 )
- 1904 - MacKinlay Kantor , American writer (d. 1977 )
- 1906 - Dietrich Bonhoeffer , German theologian (d. 1945 )
- 1906 - Clyde Tombaugh , American astronomer (d. 1997 )
- 1908 - Julian Bell , British poet (d. 1937 )
- 1912 - Erich Leinsdorf , Austrian conductor (d. 1993 )
- 1912 - Byron Nelson , American golfer
- 1913 - Rosa Parks , American civil rights activist (d. 2005 )
- 1914 - Alfred Andersch , German writer (d. 1980 )
- 1915 - William Talman , American actor ( 1968 )
- 1915 - Norman Wisdom , English actor and comedian
- 1917 - Yahya Khan , President Of Pakistan (d. 1980 )
- 1918 - Janet Waldo , American actress
- 1918 - Ida Lupino , English film actress and director (d. 1995)
- 1921 - Betty Friedan , American feminist (d. 2006 )
- 1921 - K. R. Narayanan , President Of India (d. 2005 )
- 1923 - Conrad Bain , Canadian-born actor
- 1925 - Russell Hoban , American writer
- 1931 - Isabel Martínez De Perón , third wife of Argentine dictator Juan Perón
- 1935 - Martti Talvela , Finnish bass (d. 1989 )
- 1936 - David Brenner , American comedian
- 1936 - Gary Conway , American actor
- 1940 - George Romero , American screenwriter, producer, and director
- 1940 - John Schuck , American actor
- 1941 - John Steel , British musician ( The Animals )
- 1943 - Ken Thompson , American computer scientist
- 1943 - Alberto João Jardim , Portuguese president of the regional government of Madeira
- 1947 - Dan Quayle , Vice President Of The United States
- 1948 - Alice Cooper , American musician
- 1949 - Michael Beck , American actor
- 1950 - Pamela Franklin , British actress
- 1951 - Patrick Bergin , Irish actor
- 1951 - Phil Ehart , American musician ( Kansas (band) )
- 1953 - Kitaro , Japanese composer
- 1957 - Don Davis , American composer
- 1958 - Tomasz Pacyński , Polish writer
- 1959 - Pamelyn Ferdin , American actress
- 1959 - Lawrence Taylor , American football player
- 1960 - Jonathan Larson , American composer (d. 1996 )
- 1961 - Stewart O'Nan , American author
- 1961 - Denis Savard , Canadian Ice Hockey player
- 1962 - Clint Black , American musician
- 1963 - Pirmin Zurbriggen , Swiss skier
- 1964 - Noodles , American guitarist ( The Offspring )
- 1965 - Jerome Brown , American football player (d. 1992 )
- 1967 - Sergei Grinkov , Russian figure skater (d. 1995 )
- 1968 - Marko Matvere , Estonian actor
- 1969 - Duncan Coutts , Canadian bassist ( Our Lady Peace )
- 1970 - Gabrielle Anwar , English actress
- 1971 - Rob Corddry , American actor and comedian
- 1971 - Michael Goorjian , American actor
- 1972 - Giovanni Silva De Oliveira , Brazilian footballer
- 1973 - Oscar De La Hoya , Mexican-born boxer
- 1975 - Natalie Imbruglia , Australian musician and actress
- 1976 - Cam'ron , American rapper
- 1977 - Gavin DeGraw , American musician
- 1982 - Chris Sabin , American professional wrestler
- 1987 - Lucie Šafářová , Czech tennis player
- 1988 - Carly Patterson , American gymnast
Deaths
- 211 - Septimius Severus , Emperor Of Rome (b. 146 )
- 708 - Pope Sisinnius
- 856 - Rabanus Maurus , Bishop of Mainz
- 869 - Saint Cyril , Greek missionary to the Slavs (b. 827 )
- 1590 - Gioseffo Zarlino , Italian composer (b. 1517 )
- 1615 - Dom Justo Takayama , Japanese warlord (b. 1552 )
- 1615 - Giovanni Battista Della Porta , Italian physicist (b. 1535 )
- 1694 - Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina , Tsaritsa of Russia (b. 1651 )
- 1713 - Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl Of Shaftesbury , English politican and philosopher (b. 1671 )
- 1774 - Charles Marie De La Condamine , French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701 )
- 1799 - Étienne-Louis Boullée , French architect (b. 1728 )
- 1781 - Josef Mysliveček , Czech composer (b. 1737 )
- 1894 - Adolphe Sax , Belgian instrument maker (b. 1814 )
- 1905 - Louis-Ernest Barrias , French sculptor (b. 1841 )
- 1928 - Hendrik Lorentz , Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853 )
- 1933 - Archibald Sayce , English educator (b. 1846 )
- 1936 - Wilhelm Gustloff , German leader of the Swiss Nazi party (b. 1895 )
- 1940 - Nikolai Yezhov , Head of Soviet NKVD (b. 1895 )
- 1944 - Yvette Guilbert , French singer and actress (b. 1867 )
- 1944 - Arsen Kotsoyev , Russian writer (b. 1872 )
- 1958 - Henry Kuttner , American author (b. 1915 )
- 1959 - Una O'Connor , Irish actress (b. 1880 )
- 1967 - Albert Orsborn , 6th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1886 )
- 1968 - Neal Cassady , American writer (b. 1926 )
- 1968 - Gilbert H. Grosvenor , American president of the National Geographic Society (b. 1875 )
- 1969 - Thelma Ritter , American actress (b. 1905 )
- 1974 - Satyendra Nath Bose , Indian physicist (b. 1894 )
- 1975 - Louis Jordan , American musician (b. 1908 )
- 1977 - Brett Halliday , American writer (b. 1904 )
- 1983 - Karen Carpenter , American singer and musician ( Carpenters ) (anorexia) (b. 1950 )
- 1984 - Anna Anderson , claimant to the throne of Russia
- 1987 - Liberace , American musician (b. 1919 )
- 1987 - Carl Rogers , American psychologist (b. 1902 )
- 1992 - Lisa Fonssagrives , Swedish model (b. 1911 )
- 1995 - Godfrey Brown , British athlete and teacher (b. 1915 )
- 1995 - Patricia Highsmith , American author (b. 1921 )
- 2000 - Carl Albert , Speaker Of The United States House Of Representatives (b. 1908 )
- 2000 - Doris Coley , American singer ( Shirelles ) (b. 1941 )
- 2001 - J. J. Johnson , American jazz trombonist and composer (b. 1924 )
- 2001 - Iannis Xenakis , Greek-born composer (b. 1922 )
- 2005 - Ossie Davis , American actor (b. 1917 )
- 2006 - Betty Friedan , American feminist (b. 1921 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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