What are the important events that happened on February 4? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 4: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 4 is the 35th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 330 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 22, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,738,627,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘triacontapentagon’ day.
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Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 378 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,428 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 4 Historical Events
- 1703 –In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master’s death.
- 1801 –John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.
- 1820 –The Chilean Navy under the command of Lord Cochrane completes the 2 day long Capture of Valdivia with just 300 men and 2 ships.
- 1916 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dragon in Chinese astrology.
- 1936 –Radium becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.
- 1945 –World War II: The Yalta Conference between the “Big Three” (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) opens at the Livadia Palace in the Crimea.
- 1948 –Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
- 1974 –The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
- 1980 –Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran.
- 2008 –The London Low Emission Zone (LEZ) scheme begins to operate in the UK.
Who were born on February 4?
- 1881 –Fernand Léger, French painter (d. 1955)
- 1925 –Gerald Sim, English actor
- 1949 –Rasim Delic, Bosnian military chief of staff and war criminal (d. 2010)
- 1952 –Jerry Shirley, Drummer (Humble Pie)
- 1962 –Alfred Twardecki, Polish historian
- 1966 –Viatcheslav Ekimov, Russian cyclist
- 1971 –Rob Corddry, American actor and comedian
- 1974 –Mijntje Donners, Dutch hockey international
- 1975 –Thomas Tebbich, Austrian decathlete
- 1977 –Gavin DeGraw, American musician
Who died on February 4?
- 708 –Pope Sisinnius
- 1615 –Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese warlord (b. 1552)
- 1894 –Adolphe Sax, Belgian instrument maker (b. 1814)
- 1933 –Archibald Sayce, English educator (b. 1846)
- 1968 –Neal Cassady, American writer (b. 1926)
- 1975 –Howard Hill, American archer (b. 1899)
- 1977 –Brett Halliday, American writer (b. 1904)
- 1982 –Alex Harvey, Scottish musician (b. 1935)
- 2007 –Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (b. 1934)
- 2007 –José Carlos Bauer, Brazilian footballer (b. 1925)
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