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 35^th 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, 28,977,120 minutes 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.

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.

February 4 Historical Events

• 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.
• 1797 –
  The Riobamba earthquake strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties.
• 1801 –
  John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.
• 1825 –
  The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
• 1861 –
  American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
• 1935 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Pig in Chinese astrology.
• 1941 –
  The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
• 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.
• 1999 –
  The New Carissa runs aground near Coos Bay, Oregon.

Who were born on February 4?

• 1746 –
  Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish, Belarusian-Lithuanian, and American national hero (d. 1817)
• 1872 –
  Gotse Delchev, a great Bulgarian revolutionary, (d. 1903)
• 1892 –
  Andreu Nin, Catalan politician (d. 1937)
• 1902 –
  Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and social activist (d. 1974)
• 1927 –
  Rolf Landauer, American physicist and electrical engineer (d. 1999)
• 1947 –
  Dan Quayle, 44th Vice President of the United States
• 1949 –
  Rasim Delic, Bosnian military chief of staff and war criminal (d. 2010)
• 1952 –
  Lisa Eichhorn, American actress
• 1966 –
  Viatcheslav Ekimov, Russian cyclist
• 1981 –
  Allen Forrest, American recording artist/ music producer

Who died on February 4?

• 1590 –
  Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer (b. 1517)
• 1615 –
  Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese warlord (b. 1552)
• 1617 –
  Louis Elsevier, Dutch publisher (b. 1546)
• 1694 –
  Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (b. 1651)
• 1933 –
  Archibald Sayce, English educator (b. 1846)
• 1967 –
  Albert Orsborn, 6th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1886)
• 1983 –
  Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (The Carpenters) (b. 1950)
• 1995 –
  Patricia Highsmith, American author (b. 1921)
• 2000 –
  Carl Albert, American politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1908)
• 2003 –
  André Noyelle, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931)