February 4

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on February 4. From 1900 until now. February 4 is under the sign of Aquarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Rosa Parks (1913), Natalie Imbruglia (1975) and Alice Cooper (1948). Several movies were released around February 4 over the years, such as Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears in 1980 directed by Vladimir Menshov and Shutter Island in 2010 directed by Martin Scorsese.
But much more happened on February 4 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Saint Veronica, patron saint of photographers
Ancient Latvia - Biezputras Diena observed.
Independence Day in Sri Lanka (1948).
Angolan Anniversary of the Outbreak of Armed Struggle against Portuguese Colonialism.
Saint Gilbert (d. 1189)
Saint John Hector de Britto
Saint Rembert of Torhout
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Events

2019 Iraqi insurgency (2017–present): Seven Iranian pilgrims are wounded after their bus comes under attack by unidentified gunmen in central Iraq; one woman is described as being in serious condition. (AP)
2018 The Cabinet of Israel decides to legalize a previously unauthorized outpost "deep inside the [occupied] West Bank", Havat Gilad, allegedly in reaction to the recent killing of an Israeli rabbi there. (Voice of America)
2017 War in Donbass: A rebel commander is killed by a bomb in eastern Ukraine while three Ukrainian Army soldiers are killed in fighting. At least 33 people have been killed in fighting over the past week. (AP via News Limited)
2016 Yemeni Civil War (2015–present): A drone strike in Yemen's Shabwah Governorate kills six suspected Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula militants. (Jerusalem Post)
2015 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: Jordan executes convicted Iraqi terrorists Sajida al-Rishawi and Ziad al-Karbouli in response to the execution by ISIL of Jordanian Air Force lieutenant Muath Al-Kasasbeh. (USA Today)
2014 A police officer and seven Islamist militants are killed in a gunfight in Tunis, Tunisia. (Reuters)
2013 Syrian civil war: At least 20 people die in Aleppo, Syria, after an apartment complex is struck by a rocket belonging to the forces of Bashar Assad. (NBC News) (Toronto Star)
2012 2011–2012 Syrian uprising:
2011 2011 Egyptian protests:
2010 The Federal Court of Australia's ruling in Roadshow Films v iiNet sets a precedent that Internet service providers (ISPs) are not responsible for what their users do with the services the ISPs provide them.
2009 2008-2009 Israel-Gaza conflict:
2008 U.S. President George W. Bush unveils a record US$3.1 trillion spending plan for fiscal 2009, including US$515 billion for military spending, and US$70 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan for just part of 2009. Domestic programs would be deeply cut. The budget is the first to be presented electronically.
2007 The Indianapolis Colts defeat the Chicago Bears 29-17 in NFL's Super Bowl XLI, played at Dolphin Stadium, Miami, Florida.
2006 The Wowowee stampede at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City, Philippines, kills 74 people and leaves 600 injured.
2005 New observations from the Arecibo radio telescope confirm that asteroid 2004 MN (later named 99942 Apophis in July 2005), once briefly considered an impact risk, will pass Earth on April 13 2029 at a distance of 36,350 km (22,600 mi) and will reach magnitude 3.3, easily visible to the naked eye from Europe, Africa and western Asia. (Space.com)
2004 Facebook, a mainstream online social network is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
2003 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed to Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.
2002 Cancer Research UK, the world's largest independent cancer research charity, is founded.
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.
1998 An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
1997 Sec of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish
1996 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-13.
1995 Sandra Volker swims female European record 50m backstroke (27.77)
1994 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins
1993 Marge Schott suspended from baseball for 1 year due to racism
1992 A Coup d'etat is led by Hugo Chavez Frias, against Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez.
1991 US postage raises from 25 cents to 29 cents
1990 Lyudmila Narozhi-Lenko runs world record 60 metre hurdles indoor (7.69).
1989 Dean Jones scores 216 versus West Indies at the Adelaide Oval.
1988 Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega indicted on drug charges
1987 Liberace, American pianist (Liberace Show), actor (Evil Chandell - Batman), dies at age 67 (born 1919).
1986 Israeli fighters intercept Libyan airliner (passenger plane).
1985 Naval exercises canceled when US refuses to tell New Zealand of nuclear weapons.
1984 9 closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 739 performances
1983 Jose Happart becomes Mayor of Voeren Belgium
1982 Pump Boys & Dinettes opens at Princess Theater NYC for 573 performances
1980 Bani Sadr sworn in as Premier of Iran
1979 Co-Ed Fever, TV Comedy, debut and cancelled that outing on CBS
1977 Elevated train jumps track, crashes onto Chicago street (11 die, 200 hurt).
1976 12th Winter Olympic games opens in Innsbruck, Austria
1975 Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
1974 Benzine rationing ends in the Netherlands
1973 No, No Nanette closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 861 performances
1972 Sen Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported
1971 Apollo 14 lander Antares lands on Moon (Shepard & Mitchell)
1970 Charles Aznavour opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 23 performances
1969 41,163, then largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cin-Det, SD-Bost
1968 Golden Rainbow opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 355 performances
1967 Wild Thing hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby
1966 All-Nippon Airways 727 crashes off Haneda Airport, Japan; kills 133.
1965 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1964 Amendment 24 outlaws poll tax
1962 Gay Life closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 113 performances
1961 Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure
1960 BBWAA voters fail to elect a new Hall of Fame member
1959 Israel begins exporting copper ore.
1958 Oh, Captain! opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 192 performances
1957 First electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse, New York, USA).
1955 Pact of Mutual Cooperation quotBaghdad Pactquot signed.
1952 1st black executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC NY)
1951 US female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer.
1950 Ingrid Bergman's illegitimate child arouses ire in the U.S.
1949 Failed assassination attempt on Shah of Persia.
1948 Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) declares independence from the UK
1945 FDR, Churchill and Stalin meet at Yalta
1944 US 7th Infantry Division captures Kwajalein.
1942 Clinton Pierce becomes first US General wounded in action in World War II.
1941 Former Dutch Premier De Geer flies to Berlin
1939 Glenn Cunningham (top miler) says 4-minute mile beyond human effort.
1938 Our Town, by Thornton Wilder opens on Broadway
1937 Jim Margie, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, bowls 900 in three (unsanctioned) games.
1933 German President Paul von Hindenburg limits freedom of the press.
1932 3rd Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, New York
1931 National League adopts a deader baseball
1930 First tieless, soundless, shockless streetcar tracks, New Orleans, Louisiana.
1927 KGA-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions
1926 Austrian chancellor Seipel wants to join Germany.
1924 1st Winter Olympic games close at Chamonix France
1922 WGY-AM in Schenectady New York begins radio transmissions
1919 Congress authorizes the Navy Cross.
1917 Belgium Council of Flanders established.
1915 Experiments to find cause of pellagra begin at Mississippi Penitentiary.
1914 US Congress approves Burnett-anti-immigration law.
1913 National Institute of Arts and Letters founded.
1904 John Millington Synges "Well of Saints" premieres in Dublin.
1903 Stanley Cup: MontrTal AAA beat Winnipeg Victorias, two games to one and one tie.
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Famous Birthday

Rosa Parks: American activist known as "the mother...
Natalie Imbruglia: Australian musician and actress.
Alice Cooper: American musician, actor, and rock 'n...
William Leymergie: French journalist, television producer...
Leslie (singer)
Jacques Prévert: French poet and screenwriter.
Mareva Galanter
Charles Lindbergh: American pilot and author, the most...
Charles Lindbergh: American pilot and author, the most...
Jaejoong
Gabrielle Anwar: Laleham, England -- Actress (Body...
Oscar de la Hoya
Michael Riley: Canadian actor.
Lucie Bernardoni
Urmila Matondkar: Indian actress.
Louis Berthomme-Saint-André
Tim-Elvis Guetta
Clint Black: American country singer and writer, who...
Isabel Martinez de Peron
Cam'ron : American rapper.
Dan Quayle: American politician, Vice-President of...
Bertrand Kern
Kimberly Wyatt: American singer and dancer (Pussycat...
Albert Frère
Clyde Tombaugh: American astronomer and academic...
Gilbert Mitterrand: French politician and noted family, the...
Ida Lupino: British-American actress with a...
Jean Hérold-Paquis: French journalist who collaborated with...
Gérard Bapt
Kitaro : Asian-American electronic musician and...
Maurice Gardès: French Catholic bishop, who has been...
Michel Méranville
Alberto João Jardim
Claudia Michelsen
Betty Friedan: American feminist pioneer and organizer,...
Naomi Aborn
Tatiana Laurens
Noodles (The Offspring)
Jean Richer
George A Romero: American director, screenwriter and...
Barbara Ogrinc
Gavin DeGraw: American musician.
Laurence Arné
Norman Wisdom: English actor and comedian (d. 2010).
Conrad Bain: Canadian-American actor who served in...
Norman Wisdom: English actor and comedian (d. 2010).
James Hird: Australian footballer and coach in the...
Jean-Pierre Le Ridant
Otto Ohlendorf: German law enforcement executive, the...
Jim O'Heir: TV Actor.
Jean-Marie Limon: Mexican-French ballet dancer and...
Reda Caire
Gaël Le Cléac'h
Lawrence Taylor: American athlete, line backer for the...
Lucie Safarova: Czech tennis player.
Alain Baran: Belgian dancer.
Gilbert Navarro: American astrologer and lecturer noted...
Dennis Konuszewski
John Knoepfle: Cincinnati Writer.
Toshi Ichiyanagi
Georges Sadoul: French historian and film critic.
Jean-Pierre Defontaine
Manfred Michael Herm
Janet Michie: Scottish politician and Member of...
Erich Leinsdorf: Austrian conductor, studied in Vienna...
Neil Johnston: American basketball player, a member of...
Bob Downe
Laurence Borremans: Belgian beauty contestant, crowned Miss...
Brandy Ledford: American actress and model.
Atilla Tas
Byron Nelson: Fort Worth, Texas -- PGA golfer (won 19...
Ronald Cerrudo: Palo Alto sports Champions.
Gerardo Guerrieri: Italian theater and TV producer.
Alan Shields
Evgeniya Rodina
Mikulas Dzurinda: Slovak Prime Minister.
Rob Corddry: American actor and comedian.
Hannibal Buress: Comedian.
Johan Vansummeren: Belgian cyclist.
Denis Savard: Canadian ice hockey player and coach.
Sergey Pugachyov
Elizabeth Vanin: Brazilian psychologist who married a...
Peter Ash
Marc Lambron
Ron Russell: American known artist who paints acrylic...
James McIntosh Patrick
Oliver van Petten
Tomas Vaitkus: Lithuanian cyclist.
Donald W Riegle Jr
Dajuan Wagner
Maryvonne Briot
Jean-Pierre Decourt
James Craig: Nashville, Tennessee -- Actor (Devil &...
Jason Kapono: America professional basketball player.
Bjarte Hjelmeland
Leila Feinstein
Barry Beckett
Ramuntcho Matta
Lisa Donahue
Paul Burlison: Rocker.
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Neal Cassady: American writer with a staccato style, a...
Carl Rogers: American psychologist and academic (d....
Iannis Xenakis: Braila, Romania -- Composer / architect...
Alex Harvey: Scottish musician, a singer, songwriter,...
Ossie Davis: Cogdell, Georgia -- Actor / playwright...
George Nader: American actor, Universal Studio's...
Betty Davis: British dance teacher of Dame Margot...
Louis Jordan: American singer-songwriter saxophonist...
Lux Interior: American musician (The Cramps) (Born...
Archibald Sayce: English educator (Born 1846).
Nikolai Yezhov: Head of Soviet NKVD (Born 1895).
Satyendra Nath Bose: Indian physicist (Born 1894).
Peter A "Piet" Cronje South Africa Boer General: dies at about age 75.
Xavier Mellery Belgian painter/illustrator: dies at age 75.
Hendrik A Lorentz: physicist (L transformation-Nobel Prize...
Henri W A Deterding Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil: Shell), dies at age 72.
Johann Peter Kirsch: Luxembourg church historian, dies at age...
Leendert A Donker: Dutch Social Democrat party-minister of...
Gilbert H Grosvenor: president of National Geographic...
Kenneth "Jethro" Burns: country singer (Homer and Jethro), dies...
Justinus Darmojuwono: Indonesian archbishop/cardinal, dies at...
Jan Veldkamp: Dutch geophysicist/director (KNMI), dies...
James Friell: political cartoonist, dies at age 84.
Franz Reichelt: Austrian tailor/Inventor (Born 1800's).
Howard Hill: American archer (Born 1899).
Georg Konrad Morgen: German judge (Born 1909).
Meena Keshwar Kamal: Afghan feminist and founder of RAWA...
Whipper Billy Watson: Canadian professional wrestler (Born...
Fred De Bruyne: Belgian cyclist (Born 1930).
Prince Sigvard: Duke of Uppland (Born 1907).
Benyoucef Ben Khedda: Algerian politician (Born 1920).
Jose Carlos Bauer: Brazilian footballer (Born 1925).
Miguel Covarrubias: Mexican painter and caricaturist,...
Wilhelm Gustloff: German leader of the Swiss NSDAP (Nazi)...
Andre Noyelle: Belgian cyclist, an Olympics Gold Medal...
Arsen Kotsoyev: Russian author and translator (d. 1944).
Thelma Ritter: Brooklyn, New York -- Actress (Miracle...
Jules Olitski: Ukrainian-born American abstract painter...
Henry Kuttner: American author (Born 1915).
Myron Waldman: American animator and director (d....
Carl Albert: American lawyer and politician 54th...
Charlie Biddle: American-born Quebec jazz bassist (d....
Doris Coley: American singer (The Shirelles) (d....
Ilya Kormiltsev: Russian poet and translator (Born 1959).
Thomas Linnemann Laub: Composer, dies at 74.
John Dehner: Actor (Apache, Cowboy, Boys from...
Margarete Boie: Writer.
Peder Gram: Composer, dies at 74.
Vaclav Vackar: Composer, dies at 72.
Ed Baker: Actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema...
Mihail Andricu: Composer, dies at 79.
Bob Leslie: Actor (Cinderella, Mako: Jaws of Death),...
Harold Schneider: US producer (Five Easy Pieces, War...
Godfrey Brown: British athlete and teacher (Born 1915).
J J Johnson: American jazz trombonist and composer...
Alexander Loudon: Dutch diplomat (League of Nations), dies...
Joseph Hardaway: creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at age 66.
Frederik de Merode: Belgian prince, dies at age 46.
Siegfried T Bok: neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica),...
U C Greyhound: champion trotter (horse), dies at age...
Gerard den Brabander [Jan G Jofriet]: poet (Nothing New), dies at age 67.
Fred Slyter: dialogue coach, dies after long illness...
Roel Wiersma: Dutch soccer star (PSV), dies at age 62.
Patricia Highsmith [Mary Patricia Plangman]: US/Swiss author, dies at age 74 (born...
Yvette Guilbert: French stage actress and well-known...
Hendrik Lorentz: Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate...
Steve Barber: American baseball pitcher (Born 1938).
Louis-Ernest Barrias: French sculptor and academic (d. 1905).
Pankaj Roy: Indian cricketer (Born 1928).
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Frank Calder: English-Canadian journalist and...
Edward Sapir: US linguist/cultural anthropologist...
Barbara McNair: American singer and actress (Born 1934).
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