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 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.
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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.
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February 4 Historical Events
- 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.
- 1794 –The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French Republic.
- 1810 –The Royal Navy seizes Guadeloupe.
- 1935 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Pig in Chinese astrology.
- 1945 –World War II: The Yalta Conference between the “Big Three” (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) opens at the Livadia Palace in the Crimea.
- 1974 –The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
- 1997 –After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.
- 1997 –En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
- 2004 –Facebook, a mainstream online social network is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
- 2008 –The London Low Emission Zone (LEZ) scheme begins to operate in the UK.
Who were born on February 4?
- 1808 –Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright, author of the Czech national anthem (d. 1856)
- 1892 –E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet (d. 1964)
- 1906 –Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (d. 1997)
- 1935 –Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (d. 1989)
- 1936 –Gary Conway, American actor
- 1965 –Jerome Brown, American football player (d. 1992)
- 1969 –Dallas Drake, ice hockey player
- 1970 –Gabrielle Anwar, English actress
- 1978 –Ömer Onan, Turkish basketball player
- 1988 –Carly Patterson, American gymnast
Who died on February 4?
- 1781 –Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer (b. 1737)
- 1975 –Howard Hill, American archer (b. 1899)
- 1975 –Louis Jordan, American musician (b. 1908)
- 1977 –Brett Halliday, American writer (b. 1904)
- 1993 –Connie Saylor, American NASCAR racecar driver (b. 1940)
- 1994 –Fred De Bruyne, Belgian cyclist (b. 1930)
- 1994 –Jane Arbor, British writer (b. 1903)
- 2002 –Prince Sigvard, Duke of Uppland (b. 1907)
- 2005 –Ossie Davis, American actor, activist (b. 1917)
- 2007 –Steve Barber, American baseball pitcher (b. 1938)
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