What Happened On February 4

What Happened On Feb 4 Timeline

1567 Feb 4
to 1572 Jul 5
 Reign of Longqing Emperor: The 12th Emperor of the Ming Dynasty
The Longqing Emperor (隆慶 [lʊ̌ŋtɕʰîŋ]; March 4, 1537- July 5, 1572) was the 12th emperor of the Ming dynasty in China between 1567-1572. His era name means "Great celebration". Born Zhu Za...
1861 Feb 4 Montgomery Convention
Four days after his resignation, Davis was commissioned a Major General of Mississippi troops. On February 9, 1861, a Constitutional convention at Montgomery, Alabama named him provisiona...
1902 Feb 4 Charles Augustus Lindbergh is Born
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) (nicknamed "Slim," "Lucky Lindy" and "The Lone Eagle") was an American aviator, author, inventor and explorer. On May 20...
1903 Feb 4 Montreal AAA wins Stanley Cup
Another Montreal HC vs. Winnipeg Victorias best-of-three challenge series was held in early 1903. In game one, defending champion Montreal defeated Winnipeg, 8–1. game two was the first S...
1913 Feb 4 Rosa Parks born
Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama to James McCauley, a carpenter, and Leona McCauley, a teacher.
1929 Feb 4 Eduard Zimmermann Is Born
Following the Second World War the man who would later be known as a "criminal hunter" and "crook's bane" eked out a living as a thief and black market trader, for which he served a sente...
1932 Feb 4
to 1932 Feb 15
 III Olympic Winter Games Held in Lake Placid, New York, United States
The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1932 in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games...
1941 Feb 4 The United Service Organization Is Chartered
The United Service Organizations, popularly known as the USO, was chartered on February 4, 1941, in order to provide recreation for on-leave members of the U.S. armed forces and their fam...
1942 Feb 4 Battle of Makassar Strait
The Battle of Makassar Strait, also known as the Action of Madura Strait, the Action North of Lombok Strait and the Battle of the Flores Sea, was a naval battle of the Pacific theatre of ...
1945 Feb 4
to 1945 Feb 11
 Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference and codenamed the Argonaut Conference, was the wartime meeting from 4 February 1945 to 11 February 1945 among the heads of gov...
1960 Feb 4 Jonathan Larson Is Born
Jonathan Larson (February 4, 1960 – January 25, 1996) was an American composer and playwright noted for the serious social issues of multiculturalism, addiction, homophobia, and AIDS expl...
1963 Feb 4 Boston College defeats Boston University, 2-1
1963 Feb 4 Harvard defeats Northeastern, 4-3
1971 Feb 4 "King Lear" Is Released
King Lear is a 1971 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play directed by Peter Brook and starring Paul Scofield.
1974 Feb 4 Boston University defeats Northeastern, 6-1
1974 Feb 4 Harvard defeats Boston College, 11-6
1976 Feb 4 Guatemala Earthquake
The most destructive earthquake since 1917 struck Guatemala on February 4. The magnitude 7.5 quake was centered about 160 km northeast of Guatemala City. The death toll has reached more t...
1976 Feb 4
to 1976 Feb 15
 XII Olympic Winter Games Held in Innsbruck, Austria
The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 4-15, 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the seco...
1977 Feb 4 Chicago Loop Derailment
AT LEAST 12 persons were killed and more than 180 injured Friday as four cars of a Chicago Transit Authority train toppled frown elevated tracks in the Loop and plunged to the street duri...
1980 Feb 4 Boston College defeats Harvard, 4-3
1980 Feb 4 Northeastern defeats Boston University, 6-5
1985 Feb 4 Boston University defeats Harvard, 5-3
1985 Feb 4 Northeastern defeats Boston College, 4-2
1990 Feb 4 Opening of the Holocaust Memorial on Miami Beach
The Holocaust Memorial on Miami Beach is a Holocaust memorial in Miami Beach, Florida. It was conceived by a committee of Holocaust survivors in 1984, formally established in 1985 as the ...
1991 Feb 4 Boston College defeats Northeastern, 5-3
1991 Feb 4 Boston University defeats Harvard, 8-2
1992 Feb 4 Alice in Chains release Sap
Sap is the second studio EP by the American grunge band Alice in Chains. It was released on February 4, 1992 through Columbia Records. Following the tour for Facelift, Alice in Chains ...
1993 Feb 4 Boston Celtics Hold Larry Bird Night at the Garden
Feb. 4, 1993 In an unprecendented move, the Celtics hold Larry Bird Night at the Garden—with no game scheduled—to celebrate Bird's career and retire his number. Scalpers would get as muc...
1993 Feb 4 "The Shoes" - Season 4 Episode 16 of Seinfeld First Airs
"The Shoes" is the fifty-sixth episode of the hit sitcom Seinfeld. It was the 16th episode for the 4th season. It aired on February 4, 1993. Plot Summary Jerry and George struggle t...
1997 Feb 4 Street Fighter III is Released
Street Fighter III (ストリートファイターⅢ, Sutorīto Faitā Surī?) is a series in Capcom's Street Fighter series of head-to-head fighting games, originally released as coin-operated arcade games. The...
1997 Feb 4 The Offspring release Ixnay on the Hombre
Ixnay on the Hombre is the fourth studio album by the American punk band The Offspring. Produced by Dave Jerden, the album was released on February 4, 1997 through Columbia Records (their...
1998 Feb 4 South Park Episode 108 - "Damien"
Eric is handing out invitations to his birthday party at school. Mr. Garrison informs them all that there is a new student joining the class. Announcing to all that he is Damien, the son ...
2002 Feb 4 Boston University defeats Boston College, 5-3
Back in December 1952, the hockey teams of Boston College, Boston University, Harvard, and Northeastern played in a two-day tournament at Boston Arena. It was called the New England In...
2002 Feb 4 Northeastern defeats Harvard, 5-2
Tradition means everything in the Beanpot Hockey Tournament. So it might be expected that the 50th anniversary event will follow the pattern of a Boston University-Harvard final, as in Be...
2003 Feb 4 "Halloween" by Frank Zappa Is Released
Halloween is a live album by Frank Zappa, released in DVD-Audio CD format by Vaulternative Records in 2003. It features recordings compiled from various shows at The Palladium, New York C...
2003 Feb 4 Jay-Z releases "Excuse Me Miss" single
"Excuse Me Miss" is a song written and performed by American rapper Jay-Z. It released as a single for his seventh studio album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse (2002). It was also c...
2004 Feb 4 Facebook Launched
Facebook is a social networking website that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. Users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region. People can also ad...
2004 Feb 4 FDA Approves Lilly's Alimta
Alimta® is the very first chemotherapy drug to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat patients suffering from malignant pleural mesothelioma cancer. Also known as ...
2006 Feb 4 UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3
UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 4, 2006. It was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas...
2007 Feb 4 Colts Defeat Bears 29-17 in Super Bowl XLI
First half The Bears won the coin toss and elected to receive. For the first time in Super Bowl history, the game was played in the rain, which was continuous throughout the game. T...
2008 Feb 4 Boston College defeats Boston University, 4-3
56TH BEANPOT Boston College will be without one of its top forwards when the Beanpot begins tonight at TD Banknorth Garden. Junior right wing Brock Bradford suffered a fractured lef...
2008 Feb 4 Harvard defeats Northeastern, 3-1
COLLEGE NOTEBOOK A friend said going to work Monday morning felt like a trip to the morgue. He was talking about the aftermath of the Patriots' Super Bowl loss to the Giants. There ...
2009 Feb 4 Bankruptcy Court Publishes an Official List of Madoff "Customers"
Former SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt estimated the actual net fraud to be between $10 and $17 billion, as this calculation does not include the fictional returns Madoff credited to his custome...
2009 Feb 4 Boston Bruins defeat Philadelphia Flyers, 3-1
PHILADELPHIA - The merrily-we-roll-along Bruins kept on rollin' last night, breaking a 1-1 deadlock with a couple of goals 35 seconds apart in the third period and pinning a 3-1 loss on t...
2009 Feb 4 Harry Markopolos Testifies Before Congress Regarding Madoff Fraud
On February 4, 2009, he testified before the United States Congress' House Financial Services Committee’s capital markets panel and on March 1, appeared on CBS's 60 Minutes. “Nothing was ...
2009 Feb 4 Holy Name Cathedral catches fire
Firefighters managed to extinguished a three-alarm fire at Holy Name Cathedral, the Holy Name Cathedral is considered to be a Chicago landmark and has existed for 134 years, it is also th...
2009 Feb 4 "House on Haunted Hill" Rifftrax is Released
Long before lunatic millionaires Michael Jackson, Richard Branson or Rick Rockwell, there was Frederic Loren (Vincent Price), an eccentric, unhappily married fop who offers a huge cash pr...
2009 Feb 4
to 2009 Feb 7
 TED 2009 held in Long Beach, CA
Normally the TED Conference is held in Monterey, CA, but in 2009 (the 25th Anniversary of the conference) it moved to Long Beach to accommodate a larger number of visitors. Perhaps the m...
2010 Feb 4 Minnesota Wild defeat Edmonton Oilers, 4-2
In Guillaume Latendresse's mind, Josh Harding might have saved the game and the Wild's season. Harding, riddled with a painful hip injury the past two weeks, might have made his last s...
2010 Feb 4 Montreal Canadiens defeat Boston Bruins, 3-2
As the defending Vezina Trophy winner, Tim Thomas has been rightfully accorded every opportunity to recapture the magic touch that turned opposing pucks into harmless chunks of vulcanized...