February 4
Events
211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta .
960 - The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song , initiating the Song Dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries.
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.
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 - Royal Navy seizes Guadeloupe .
1825 - The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal .
1859 - The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt .
1861 - American Civil War : In Montgomery, Alabama , Delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form The Confederate States of America .
1899 - The Philippine-American War begins.
1932 - World War II : Japan occupies Harbin, China .
1936 - Radium E becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.
1941 - World War II : The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
1943 - World War II: Battle of Stalingrad ends.
1945 - World War II: The Yalta Conference begins.
1948 - Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka ) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth .
1957 - The first nuclear-powered submarine , the , logs its 60,000th nautical mile , matching the endurance of the fictional Nautilus described in Jules Verne 's novel "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" .
1966 - All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 jet plunges into Tokyo Bay , killing 133.
1969 - Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization .
1974 - The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California .
1975 - Haicheng earthquake , M 7.3, occurred in Haicheng, Liaoning , China.
1976 - In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
1980 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran .
1992 - A Coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez Frías , against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez .
1996 - Major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States , Milwaukee, Wisconsin ties all-time record low temperature at -26°F (-32.2°C)
1997 - En route to Lebanon , two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
1997 - After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milo?evi? 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 - 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.
1999 - The New Carissa runs aground near Coos Bay, Oregon .
2000 - German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion in connection with the sabotage of German railway lines.
2003 - The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed to Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.
2006 - A stampede occurs in the ULTRA Stadium near Manila killing 71.
Births
1524 - Luis de Camőes , Portugal's greatest poet. (d. 1580 )
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 Ko?ciuszko , Polish , Belarusian and Lithuanian national hero (d. 1817 )
1778 - A. P. de Candolle , Swiss botanist (d. 1841 )
1799 - Almeida Garrett , Portuguese writer (d. 1854 )
1808 - Josef Kajetán Tyl , Czech playwright, author of the Czech national anthem (d. 1856 )
1831 - Oliver Ames , 35th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895 )
1841 - Clément Ader , French aviation pioneer (d. 1926 )
1846 - Nikolay Umov , Russian physicist (d. 1915 )
1848 - Jean Aicard , French poet (d. 1921 )
1849 - Jean Richepin , French poet (d. 1926 )
1859 - Timofei Mikhailov , Russian revolutionary, member of Narodnaya Volya (d. 1881 )
1871 - Friedrich Ebert , German politician, 1st Reichspräsident of the Weimar Republic (d. 1925 )
1872 - Gotse Delchev , a great Macedonian revolutionary, (d. 1903 )
1873 - Étienne Desmarteau , Canadian athlete (d. 1905 )
1875 - Ludwig Prandtl , German physicist (d. 1953 )
1881 - Fernand Léger , French painter (d. 1955 )
1891 - Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar , Speaker of Lok Sabha (d: 1978 ).
1892 - Andreu Nin , Catalan politician (d. 1937 )
1892 - E. J. Pratt , Canadian poet (d. 1964 )
1895 - Nigel Bruce , English actor (d. 1953 )
1896 - Friedrich Glauser , German-language Swiss writer (d. 1938 )
1896 - Friedrich Hund , German physicist (d. 1997 )
1897 - Ludwig Erhard , 2nd Bundeskanzler of Germany (d. 1977 )
1900 - Jacques Prévert , French poet and lyricist (d. 1977 )
1901 - Jascha Heifetz , Lithuanian violinist (d. 1987 )
1902 - Charles Lindbergh , American pilot (d. 1974 )
1902 - Hartley Shawcross , British lawyer and politician (d. 2003 )
1904 - MacKinlay Kantor , American writer (d. 1977 )
1905 - Hylda Baker , English comedy actress (d. 1986 )
1906 - Dietrich Bonhoeffer , German theologian (d. 1945 )
1906 - Clyde Tombaugh , American astronomer (d. 1997 )
1908 - Julian Bell , British poet (d. 1937 )
1912 - Ola Skjĺk Brćk , Norwegian politician (d. 1999 )
1912 - Erich Leinsdorf , Austrian conductor (d. 1993 )
1912 - Byron Nelson , American golfer (d. 2006 )
1912 - Louis-Albert Cardinal Vachon , archbishop of Quebec (d. 2006 )
1913 - Rosa Parks , American civil rights activist (d. 2005 )
1914 - Alfred Andersch , German writer (d. 1980 )
1915 - Ray Evans , American songwriter with Jay Livingston (d. 2007 )
1915 - William Talman , American actor (d. 1968 )
1915 - Norman Wisdom , English actor and comedian
1916 - Shah Maghsoud Sadegh Angha , 41st master of the Oveyssi-Shahmaghsoudi Sufi Order (d. 1980 )
1917 - Yahya Khan , President of Pakistan (d. 1980 )
1918 - Ida Lupino , English film actress and director (d. 1995 )
1918 - Luigi Pareyson , Italian philosopher (d. 1991 )
1918 - Janet Waldo , American actress
1921 - Betty Friedan , American feminist (d. 2006 )
1922 - Pandit Bhimsen Joshi , Indian Classical Singer
1923 - Conrad Bain , Canadian-born actor
1925 - Russell Hoban , American writer
1929 - Jerry Adler , American actor
1931 - Isabel Martínez de Perón , third wife of Argentine president Juan Perón
1935 - Martti Talvela , Finnish bass (d. 1989 )
1936 - David Brenner , American comedian
1936 - Gary Conway , American actor
1937 - David Newman , American filmmaker (d. 2003 )
1940 - George Romero , American director, screenwriter and producer
1940 - John Schuck , American actor
1941 - John Steel , British musician (The Animals )
1943 - Alberto Joăo Jardim , Portuguese president of the regional government of Madeira
1943 - Ken Thompson , American computer scientist
1944 - Florence LaRue , American singer (The Fifth Dimension )
1947 - Dan Quayle , 44th 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 )
1951 - Dariush Eghbali , Iranian singer and musician
1951 - Stan Papi , American baseball player
1952 - Lisa Eichhorn , American actress
1952 - Jerry Shirley , drummer of rock band Humble Pie .
1952 - Li Yinhe , Chinese sexologist
1953 - Kitaro , Japanese composer
1955 - Mikulá? Dzurinda , Slovak Prime minister
1957 - Don Davis , American composer
1957 - Evan Wolfson , American attorney and activist
1958 - Tomasz Pacy?ski , Polish writer
1959 - Pamelyn Ferdin , American actress
1959 - Lawrence Taylor , American football player.
1960 - Tim Booth , British singer (James )
1960 - Siobhan Dowd , British/Irish author (d. 2007 )
1960 - Jenette Goldstein , American actress
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
1962 - Michael Riley , Canadian actor
1962 - Alfred Twardecki , Polish historian
1963 - Pirmin Zurbriggen , Swiss skier
1964 - Noodles , American guitarist (The Offspring )
1965 - Jerome Brown , American football player (d. 1992 )
1966 - Viatcheslav Ekimov , Russian cyclist
1966 - Kyoko Koizumi , Japanese actress and singer
1967 - Sergei Grinkov , Russian figure skater (d. 1995 )
1968 - Marko Matvere , Estonian actor
1969 - Duncan Coutts , Canadian bassist (Our Lady Peace )
1969 - Dallas Drake , ice hockey player
1969 - Brandy Ledford , American actress and model
1970 - Gabrielle Anwar , English actress
1971 - Rob Corddry , American actor and comedian
1971 - Michael A. Goorjian , American actor
1972 - Giovanni Silva De Oliveira , Brazilian footballer
1973 - Oscar de la Hoya , Mexican-born boxer
1974 - Eric Townsend , American musician and record producer
1974 - Mijntje Donners , Dutch hockey international
1975 - Natalie Imbruglia , Australian musician and actress
1975 - Konstantinos Nebegleras , Greek footballer
1976 - Cam'ron , American rapper
1977 - Gavin DeGraw , American musician
1978 - Danna Garcia , Colombian actress
1979 - Andrei Arlovski , Russian mixed martial artist
1979 - Giorgio Pantano , Italian racing car driver
1981 - Ben Hendrickson , American baseball player
1981 - Jason Kapono , America professional basketball player
1981 - Tom Mastny , Indonesian baseball player
1981 - Johan Van Summeren , Belgian cyclist
1982 - Chris Sabin , American professional wrestler
1982 - Tomas Vaitkus , Lithuanian professional road racing cyclist
1982 - Kimberly Wyatt , American singer and dancer (Pussycat Dolls )
1984 - Mauricio Pinilla , Chilean footballer
1985 - Bug Hall , American actor
1986 - Mohammad Mahmudullah , Bangladeshi cricketer
1987 - Lucie ?afá?ová , Czech tennis player
1988 - Eoin McDowell , Irish rugby player
1988 - Alexandros Pagalis , Greek footballer
1988 - Carly Patterson , American gymnast
1990 - Haruka Tomatsu , Japanese Seiy?
Deaths
211 - Septimius Severus , Emperor of Rome (b. 146 )
708 - Pope Sisinnius
856 - Rabanus Maurus , Bishop of Mainz (b. circa 780 )
869 - Saint Cyril , Greek missionary to the Slavs (b. 827 )
1508 - Conrad Celtes , German humanist scholar (b. 1459 )
1590 - Gioseffo Zarlino , Italian composer (b. 1517 )
1615 - Dom Justo Takayama , Japanese warlord (b. 1552 )
1615 - Giovanni Battista della Porta , Italian scholar, polymath and child prodogy (b. 1535 )
1617 - Louis Elsevier , Dutch publisher (b. 1546 )
1694 - Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina , Tsaritsa of Russia (b. 1651 )
1713 - Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury , English politician 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 Myslive?ek , 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 )
1943 - Frank Calder , the first NHL President (b. 1877 )
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 )
1966 - Gilbert H. Grosvenor , American president of the National Geographic Society (b. 1875 )
1967 - Albert Orsborn , 6th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1886 )
1968 - Neal Cassady , American writer (b. 1926 )
1974 - Satyendra Nath Bose , Indian physicist (b. 1894 )
1975 - Louis Jordan , American musician (b. 1908 )
1975 - Howard Hill , American archer (b. 1899 )
1977 - Brett Halliday , American writer (b. 1904 )
1982 - Alex Harvey , Scottish musician (b. 1935 )
1982 - Georg Konrad Morgen , German judge (b. 1909 )
1983 - Karen Carpenter , American singer and drummer (The Carpenters ) (b. 1950 )
1987 - Liberace , American musician (b. 1919 )
1987 - Carl Rogers , American psychologist (b. 1902 )
1990 - Whipper Billy Watson , Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1917 )
1992 - Lisa Fonssagrives , Swedish model (b. 1911 )
1994 - Fred De Bruyne , Belgian cyclist (b. 1930 )
1995 - Godfrey Brown , British athlete and teacher (b. 1915 )
1995 - Patricia Highsmith , American author (b. 1921 )
2000 - Carl Albert , American politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1908 )
2000 - Doris Coley , American singer (Shirelles ) (b. 1941 )
2000 - Phil Tonken , American radio and television announcer (b. 1919 )
2001 - J. J. Johnson , American jazz trombonist and composer (b. 1924 )
2001 - Iannis Xenakis , Greek composer and architect (b. 1922 )
2002 - George Nader , American film and television actor (b. 1921 )
2003 - Charlie Biddle , Canadian jazz bassist (b. 1926 )
2003 - Benyoucef Ben Khedda , Algerian politician (b. 1920 )
2003 - André Noyelle , Belgian cyclist (b. 1931 )
2006 - Betty Friedan , American feminist (b. 1921 )
2006 - Myron Waldman , American animator (b. 1908 )
2007 - Steve Barber , American baseball pitcher (b. 1938 )
2007 - José Carlos Bauer , Brazilian World Cup footballer (b. 1925 )
2007 - Ilya Kormiltsev , Russian poet and translator (b. 1959 )
2007 - Barbara McNair , American singer and actress (b. 1934 )
2007 - Jules Olitski , Ukrainian-born American abstract painter and sculptor (b. 1922 )
2008 - Stefan Meller , Polish foreign minister (b. 1942 )
Holidays and observances
In the Roman Catholic Church :
February 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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