February, 4th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Sunday 04, 2007:
Super Bowl XLI will take place from Dolphins Stadium in Miami, Florida.

Tuesday 04, 2003:
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed to Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.

Friday 04, 2000:
German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion in connection with sabotage of German railway lines.

Thursday 04, 1999:
Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, enflaming race-relations in the city.

Wednesday 04, 1998:
An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.

Tuesday 04, 1997:
After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milo?evi? recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.

Sunday 04, 1996:
Major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ties all-time record low temperature at -26°F. (-32°C)

Thursday 04, 1993:
First public alpha version, 0.2 of Doom released.

Monday 04, 1991:
The Baseball Hall of Fame votes to ban Pete Rose.

Monday 04, 1980:
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran.

Friday 04, 1977:
Fleetwood Mac releases one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, Rumours.

Wednesday 04, 1976:
1976 Winter Olympics open in Innsbruck, Austria.

Monday 04, 1974:
The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.

Tuesday 04, 1969:
Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Sunday 04, 1968:
Bowie Kuhn becomes the fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball, replacing William Eckert

Friday 04, 1966:
All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 jet plunges into Tokyo Bay killing 133

Sunday 04, 1962:
Ian Fleming's The Living Daylights first published

Thursday 04, 1960:
Lorraine, Quebec is founded.

Monday 04, 1957:
USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, logged her 60,000th nautical mile, matching the endurance of the fictional Nautilus described in Jules Verne's novel "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".

Wednesday 04, 1948:
Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.

Sunday 04, 1945:
World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin begin the Yalta Conference.

Thursday 04, 1943:
Battle of Stalingrad ends.

Tuesday 04, 1941:
World War II: The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.

Friday 04, 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.

Tuesday 04, 1936:
Radium E. becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.

Sunday 04, 1934:
Asteroid 2824 Franke discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth.

Thursday 04, 1932:
Asteroid 1239 Queteleta discovered by Eugène Joseph Delporte.

Friday 04, 1927:
The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson.

Thursday 04, 1915:
Germany establishes a submarine blockade around the UK and declares any vessel in it a legitimate target.

Saturday 04, 1899:
The Philippine-American War begins.

Tuesday 04, 1862:
Bacardi, one of the world's largest spirits company, was founded as a small distillery in Santiago de Cuba in eastern Cuba.

Monday 04, 1861:
American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama the Confederate States of America is formed by delegates from six break-away United States.

Friday 04, 1859:
Codex Sinaiticus discovered in Egypt.

Sunday 04, 1810:
British Navy seizes Guadeloupe.

Wednesday 04, 1801:
John Marshall sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.

Tuesday 04, 1794:
The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French Republic.

Saturday 04, 1792:
George Washington is unanimously elected to a second term as President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.

Wednesday 04, 1789:
George Washington is unanimously elected to be the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.

Tuesday 04, 1783:
American Revolutionary War: The United Kingdom formally declares that it will cease hostilities with the United States of America.

Sunday 04, 1703:
The day that forty-six of the forty-seven ronin committed sepuku.

Saturday 04, 1454:
In the Thirteen Years' War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederacy sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master.

Monday 04, 211:
Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/04-february/on-this-day.html


People born on February 04

1988:
Carly Patterson, American gymnast (b: February 4, 1988) (Biography of Carly Patterson)

1987:
Lucie Safarová, Czech tennis player (b: February 4, 1987) (Biography of Lucie Safarova)

1984:
Alexander Lehmann, German Engineer (b: February 4, 1984) (Biography of Alexander Lehmann)

1975:
Natalie Imbruglia, Australian musician (b: February 4, 1975) (Biography of Natalie Imbruglia)

1973:
Oscar De La Hoya, Mexican-American boxer (b: February 4, 1973) (Biography of Oscar De La Hoya)

1972:
Giovanni Silva De Oliveira, Brazilian football player (b: February 4, 1972) (Biography of Giovanni Silva De Oliveira)

1970:
Gabrielle Anwar, English actress (b: February 4, 1970) (Biography of Gabrielle Anwar)

1968:
Marko Matvere, Estonian actor (b: February 4, 1968) (Biography of Marko Matvere)

1967:
Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (b: February 4, 1967) (Biography of Sergei Grinkov)

1964:
Noodles, American guitarist (The Offspring) (b: February 4, 1964) (Biography of Kevin 'Noodles' Wasserman)

1962:
Clint Black, American musician (b: February 4, 1962) (Biography of Clint Black)

1961:
Stewart O'Nan, American author (b: February 4, 1961) (Biography of Stewart O'Nan)

1960:
Jonathan Larson, American composer (b: February 4, 1960 ; d: January 25, 1996) (Biography of Jonathan Larson)

1959:
Lawrence Taylor, American football player (b: February 4, 1959) (Biography of Lawrence Taylor)
Pamelyn Ferdin, American actress (b: February 4, 1959) (Biography of Pamelyn Ferdin)

1958:
Tomasz Pacyński, Polish writer (b: February 4, 1958 ; d: May 30, 2005) (Biography of Tomasz Pacynski)

1957:
Don Davis, American composer (b: February 4, 1957) (Biography of Don Davis (composer))

1953:
Kitaro, Japanese composer (b: February 4, 1953) (Biography of Kitaro)

1951:
Patrick Bergin, Irish actor (b: February 4, 1951) (Biography of Patrick Bergin)

1950:
Pamela Franklin, British actress (b: February 4, 1950) (Biography of Pamela Franklin)

1949:
Michael Beck, American actor (b: February 4, 1949) (Biography of Michael Beck)

1948:
Alice Cooper, American rock musician (b: February 4, 1948) (Biography of Alice Cooper)

1947:
Dan Quayle, Vice President of the United States (b: February 4, 1947) (Biography of Dan Quayle)

1943:
Ken Thompson, American computer scientist (b: February 4, 1943) (Biography of Ken Thompson)

1940:
George Romero, American screenwriter, producer, and director (b: February 4, 1940) (Biography of George Romero)
John Schuck, American actor (b: February 4, 1940) (Biography of John Schuck)

1936:
David Brenner, American comedian (b: February 4, 1936) (Biography of David Brenner)
Gary Conway, American actor (b: February 4, 1936) (Biography of Gary Conway)

1935:
Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (b: February 4, 1935 ; d: July 22, 1989) (Biography of Martti Talvela)

1931:
Isabel Martínez de Perón, third wife of Argentine dictator Juan Perón (b: February 4, 1931) (Biography of Isabel Martínez de Perón)

1925:
Russell Hoban, American writer (b: February 4, 1925) (Biography of Russell Hoban)

1923:
Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (b: February 4, 1923) (Biography of Conrad Bain)

1921:
Betty Friedan, American feminist (b: February 4, 1921) (Biography of Betty Friedan)

1918:
Ida Lupino, English actress, director, and writer (b: February 4, 1918 ; d: August 3, 1995) (Biography of Ida Lupino)
Janet Waldo, American actress (b: February 4, 1918) (Biography of Janet Waldo)

1917:
Yahya Khan, President of Pakistan (b: February 4, 1917 ; d: August 10, 1980) (Biography of Yahya Khan)

1915:
Norman Wisdom, English actor and comedian (b: February 4, 1915) (Biography of Norman Wisdom)
William Talman, American actor (1968) (b: February 4, 1915) (Biography of William Talman)

1914:
Alfred Andersch, German writer (b: February 4, 1914) (Biography of Alfred Andersch)

1913:
Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (b: February 4, 1913) (Biography of Rosa Parks)

1912:
Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian conductor (b: February 4, 1912 ; d: September 11, 1993) (Biography of Erich Leinsdorf)
Byron Nelson, American golfer (b: February 4, 1912) (Biography of Byron Nelson)

1906:
Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (b: February 4, 1906 ; d: January 17, 1997) (Biography of Clyde Tombaugh)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian (b: February 4, 1906 ; d: April 9, 1945) (Biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer)

1904:
MacKinlay Kantor, American writer (b: February 4, 1904 ; d: October 11, 1977) (Biography of MacKinlay Kantor)

1902:
Charles Lindbergh, American pilot (b: February 4, 1902 ; d: August 26, 1974) (Biography of Charles Lindbergh)
Hartley Shawcross, British lawyer and politician (b: February 4, 1902 ; d: July 10, 2003) (Biography of Hartley Shawcross)

1897:
Ludwig Erhard, Chancellor of Germany (b: February 4, 1897) (Biography of Ludwig Erhard)

1892:
Prince George I, Duke of Westrogothia (b: February 4, 1892) (Biography of Prince George I, Duke of Westrogothia)

1881:
Fernand Léger, French painter (b: February 4, 1881) (Biography of Fernand Léger)

1875:
Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist (b: February 4, 1875 ; d: August 15, 1953) (Biography of Ludwig Prandtl)

1873:
Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian athlete (b: February 4, 1873 ; d: October 29, 1905) (Biography of Etienne Desmarteau)

1871:
Friedrich Ebert, president of the Weimar Republic (b: February 4, 1871) (Biography of Friedrich Ebert)

1841:
Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (b: February 4, 1841 ; d: March 5, 1926) (Biography of Clément Ader)

1840:
Hiram Stevens Maxim, American weapons inventor (b: February 4, 1840 ; d: November 24, 1916) (Biography of Hiram Stevens Maxim)

1688:
Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b: February 4, 1688 ; d: February 12, 1763) (Biography of Pierre de Marivaux)

1677:
Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (b: February 4, 1677 ; d: May 1, 1731) (Biography of Johann Ludwig Bach)

1646:
Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman and poet (b: February 4, 1646 ; d: April 22, 1699) (Biography of Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz)

1620:
Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b: February 4, 1620 ; d: May 25, 1667) (Biography of Gustaf Bonde)

1575:
Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and statesman (b: February 4, 1575 ; d: October 2, 1629) (Biography of Pierre de Bérulle)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/04-february/births.html

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People who died on February 04

2005:
Ossie Davis, American actor (b: December 18, 1917 ; d: February 4, 2005) (Biography of Ossie Davis)

2001:
J. J. Johnson, American jazz trombonist and composer (b: January 22, 1924 ; d: February 4, 2001) (Biography of J. J. Johnson)
Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer (b: May 29, 1922 ; d: February 4, 2001) (Biography of Iannis Xenakis)

2000:
Doris Coley, American singer (Shirelles) (b: August 2, 1941 ; d: February 4, 2000) (Biography of Doris Coley)
Carl Albert (d: February 4, 2000) (Biography of Carl Albert)

1995:
Patricia Highsmith, American author (b: January 19, 1921 ; d: February 4, 1995) (Biography of Patricia Highsmith)
Godfrey Brown (d: February 4, 1995) (Biography of Godfrey Brown)

1992:
Lisa Fonssagrives, supermodel (b: May 17, 1911 ; d: February 4, 1992) (Biography of Lisa Fonssagrives)

1987:
Carl Rogers, American psychologist (1883) (b: January 8, 1902 ; d: February 4, 1987) (Biography of Carl Rogers)
Liberace, American pianist (b: May 16, 1919 ; d: February 4, 1987) (Biography of Liberace)

1984:
Anna Anderson (d: February 4, 1984) (Biography of Anna Anderson)

1983:
Richard Carpenter, American singer, pianist, composer (Carpenters) (b: October 15, 1946 ; d: February 4, 1983) (Biography of Carpenters)

1977:
Brett Halliday, American writer (b: July 31, 1904 ; d: February 4, 1977) (Biography of Brett Halliday)

1975:
Louis Jordan, American singer and saxophonist (b: July 8, 1908 ; d: February 4, 1975) (Biography of Louis Jordan)

1974:
Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (b: January 1, 1894 ; d: February 4, 1974) (Biography of Satyendra Nath Bose)

1969:
Thelma Ritter, American actress (b: February 14, 1905 ; d: February 4, 1969) (Biography of Thelma Ritter)

1968:
Neal Cassady, American writer (b: February 8, 1926 ; d: February 4, 1968) (Biography of Neal Cassady)
Gilbert H. Grosvenor (d: February 4, 1968) (Biography of Gilbert H. Grosvenor)

1958:
Henry Kuttner, American writer (b: April 7, 1915 ; d: February 4, 1958) (Biography of Henry Kuttner)

1944:
Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b: January 20, 1867 ; d: February 4, 1944) (Biography of Yvette Guilbert)

1936:
Wilhelm Gustloff (d: February 4, 1936) (Biography of Wilhelm Gustloff)

1933:
Archibald Sayce (d: February 4, 1933) (Biography of Archibald Sayce)

1928:
Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: July 18, 1853 ; d: February 4, 1928) (Biography of Hendrik Lorentz)

1905:
Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (b: April 13, 1841 ; d: February 4, 1905) (Biography of Louis-Ernest Barrias)

1894:
Adolphe Sax, Belgian inventor (b: November 6, 1814 ; d: February 4, 1894) (Biography of Adolphe Sax)

1781:
Josef Myslive?ek, Czech composer (b: March 9, 1737 ; d: February 4, 1781) (Biography of Josef Myslive?ek)

1774:
Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b: January 28, 1701 ; d: February 4, 1774) (Biography of Charles Marie de La Condamine)

1713:
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (d: February 4, 1713) (Biography of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury)

1694:
Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (b: September 1, 1651 ; d: February 4, 1694) (Biography of Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina)

1615:
Dom Justo Takayama (d: February 4, 1615) (Biography of Dom Justo Takayama)

1590:
Gioseffo Zarlino (d: February 4, 1590) (Biography of Gioseffo Zarlino)

869:
Saint Cyril (d: February 4, 869) (Biography of Saint Cyril)

856:
Rabanus Maurus (d: February 4, 856) (Biography of Rabanus Maurus)

784:
Hrabanus Maurus (d: February 4, 784) (Biography of Hrabanus Maurus)

708:
Pope Sisinnius (d: February 4, 708) (Biography of Pope Sisinnius)

211:
Septimius Severus, Roman Emperor (b: April 11, 146 ; d: February 4, 211) (Biography of Septimius Severus)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/04-february/deaths.html