About February 4

February 4, 2025 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.

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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 378 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.
  • 1789 –
    George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
  • 1794 –
    The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French Republic.
  • 1810 –
    The Royal Navy seizes Guadeloupe.
  • 1825 –
    The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
  • 1899 –
    The Philippine-American War begins.
  • 1935 –
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Pig in Chinese astrology.
  • 1936 –
    Radium becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.
  • 1941 –
    The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
  • 1948 –
    Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
  • 1966 –
    All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
  • 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.
  • 1976 –
    In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
  • 1999 –
    The New Carissa runs aground near Coos Bay, Oregon.
  • 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.
  • 2003 –
    The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed to Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.
  • 2008 –
    The London Low Emission Zone (LEZ) scheme begins to operate in the UK.
  • 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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