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 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 331 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 22, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,707,004,800 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.
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 6 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 4,062 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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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.
- 1703 –In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master’s death.
- 1935 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Pig in Chinese astrology.
- 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.
- 1997 –En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
- 1998 –An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
- 2003 –The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed to Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.
- 2010 –The Federal Court of Australia’s ruling in Roadshow Films v iiNet sets a precedent that Internet service providers (ISPs) are not responsible for what their users do with the services the ISPs provide them.
Who were born on February 4?
- 1688 –Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (d. 1763)
- 1746 –Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish, Belarusian-Lithuanian, and American national hero (d. 1817)
- 1881 –Fernand Léger, French painter (d. 1955)
- 1913 –Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (d. 2005)
- 1923 –Conrad Bain, Canadian-born actor
- 1947 –Dan Quayle, 44th Vice President of the United States
- 1958 –Tomasz Pacyński, Polish writer
- 1962 –Alfred Twardecki, Polish historian
- 1969 –Brandy Ledford, American actress and model
- 1982 –Kimberly Wyatt, American singer and dancer (Pussycat Dolls)
Who died on February 4?
- 1933 –Archibald Sayce, English educator (b. 1846)
- 1940 –Nikolai Yezhov, Head of Soviet NKVD (b. 1895)
- 1944 –Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1867)
- 1990 –Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1917)
- 1995 –Godfrey Brown, British athlete and teacher (b. 1915)
- 1995 –Patricia Highsmith, American author (b. 1921)
- 2003 –Benyoucef Ben Khedda, Algerian politician (b. 1920)
- 2003 –Charlie Biddle, Canadian jazz bassist (b. 1926)
- 2005 –Ossie Davis, American actor, activist (b. 1917)
- 2009 –Lux Interior, American musician (The Cramps) (b. 1946)
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