Difference between revisions of "February 4"

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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

1783, Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former colonies, 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. The happens in 1792

1825, the Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal

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

1945, President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a wartime conference at Yalta

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"

1974, the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California

1996, major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ties all-time record low temperature at -26 degrees F (-32.2 degrees C)

1998, while in Belgium, Bill Gates is assaulted by a Belgian man and hit in the face with a cream pie

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-'''February 4''' in history:
+== Birthdays ==
+# 1985 [[Brandon "Bug" Hall]] ([[actor]])
+# 1975 [[Natalie Imbruglia]] ([[actress]], [[singer]])
+# 1973 [[Oscar De La Hoya]] ([[boxer]])
+# 1959 [[Lawrence Taylor]] ([[linebacker]])
+# 1948 [[Alice Cooper]] ([[singer]])
+# 1947 [[Dan Quayle]] (US Vice-President)
+# 1945 [[David Brenner]] ([[comedian]])
+# 1923 [[Conrad Bain]] ([[actor]])
+# 1921 [[Betty Friedan]] ([[author]])
+# 1918 [[Norman Wisdom]] ([[comedian]])
+# 1918 [[Ida Lupino]] ([[actress]], [[director]])
+# 1913 [[Rosa Parks]] ([[activist]])
+# 1906 [[Clyde W. Tombaugh]] ([[astronomer]])
+# 1902 [[Charles Lindbergh]] (Lucky Lindy) ([[aviator]])
+# 1802 [[Mark Hopkins]] ([[educator]])
+== '''February 4''' in history: ==
 * 211, Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta