About February 4
February 4, 2024 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.
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Aquarius is the sun 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.
What Happened On February 4
- 211 –Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians.He leaves the empire in the control of his two quarrelling sons.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1861 –American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
- 1916 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dragon in Chinese astrology.
- 1932 –Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
- 1941 –The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
- 1966 –All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
- 1969 –Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
- 1974 –The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
- 1975 –Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
- 1977 –A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency’s history.
- 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.
- 2000 –German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion in connection with the sabotage of German railway lines.
- 2002 –Cancer Research UK, the world’s largest independent cancer research charity, is founded.
- 2004 –Facebook, a mainstream online social network is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
- 2006 –A stampede occurs in the ULTRA Stadium near Manila killing 71.
- 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.
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