February 4
1783 - England proclaimed the formal end to hostilities with the United States.
1787 - Shays's Rebellion, an uprising of Massachusetts farmers, was defeated.
1789 - George Washington and John Adams are elected president and vice president of the United States.
1801 - John Marshall was confirmed by the Senate as chief justice of the United States.
1861 - Delegates from six southern states met at Montgomery, Alabama to form the Confederate States of America.
1913 - Rosa Parks, a Black woman whose 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus to a white man sparked a civil rights revolution, was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee.
1945 - President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met at the Yalta Conference during World War II.
1948 - Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) gained independence from the United Kingdom.
1974 - Patricia Hearst, granddaughter of newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
1976 - More than 23,000 people died when a severe earthquake struck Guatemala with a magnitude of 7.5, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
1977 - Eleven people were killed when two Chicago Transit Authority trains collided on an elevated track.
1997 - A civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
1999 - Senators at President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial voted to permit the showing of portions of Monica Lewinsky's videotaped deposition.
2003 - The country of Yugoslavia ceased to exist, replaced by the loose federation of Serbia and Montenegro.
2004 - The Massachusetts Supreme Court declared the right for its states citizens to have same-sex marriages.
2004 - The social networking website Facebook had its beginnings as Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launched “Thefacebook.”
2012 - Florence Green, who had served with the Women’s Royal Air Force and was recognized as the last veteran of World War I, died in King’s Lynn, eastern England, at age 110.
2013 - President Barack Obama signed a bill temporarily raising the government’s $16.4 trillion borrowing limit, averting a default.
Birthdays
20 - Kyla Kenedy (actress)
35 - Carly Patterson (gymnast)
35 - Dallas Lovato (actress)
35 - Charlie Barnett (actor)
41 - Kimberly Wyatt (singer)
46 - Gavin DeGraw (singer)
48 - Natalie Imbruglia (singer)
50 - Oscar De La Hoya (boxer)
52 - Michael Goorjian (actor)
52 - David Garza (singer)
52 - Rob Corddry (actor)
53 - Gabrielle Anwar (actress)
61 - Clint Black (singer)
63 - Tim Booth (singer)
64 - Pamelyn Ferdin (actress)
64 - Lawrence Taylor (football player)
71 - Lisa Eichhorn (actress)
74 - Michael Beck (actor)
75 - Alice Cooper (singer)
76 - Dan Quayle (former Vice President of the United States)
83 - John Schuck (actor)
87 - Gary Conway (actor)
94 - Jerry Adler (actor)
=================================
Today in Sports History - February 4
1973 - The New York Islanders and the Buffalo Sabres played an entire NHL game with no penalties called.
1991 - Baseball's Hall of Fame board of directors votes unanimously to bar Pete Rose from the hall due to his betting on games while a player and a manager.
1993 - The Boston Celtics retired Larry Bird's #33.
1997 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) scored his 600th National Hockey League (NHL) goal during his 719th game. Lemieux reached the milestone second fastest in history. Gretzky had reached the plateau during his 718th game.
2003 - Jaromir Jagr (Washington Capitals) scored his 500th career goal. He also got his 11th career hat trick in the game.
2007 - The Indianapolis Colts defeat the Chicago Bears 29-17 to win Super Bowl XLI.
2018 - The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the New England Patriots 41-33 to win Super Bowl LII.
2022 - Chinese President Xi Jinping declared the Winter Olympics open at a ceremony at Beijing’s Bird Nest Stadium.
1783 - England proclaimed the formal end to hostilities with the United States.
1787 - Shays's Rebellion, an uprising of Massachusetts farmers, was defeated.
1789 - George Washington and John Adams are elected president and vice president of the United States.
1801 - John Marshall was confirmed by the Senate as chief justice of the United States.
1861 - Delegates from six southern states met at Montgomery, Alabama to form the Confederate States of America.
1913 - Rosa Parks, a Black woman whose 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus to a white man sparked a civil rights revolution, was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee.
1945 - President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met at the Yalta Conference during World War II.
1948 - Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) gained independence from the United Kingdom.
1974 - Patricia Hearst, granddaughter of newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
1976 - More than 23,000 people died when a severe earthquake struck Guatemala with a magnitude of 7.5, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
1977 - Eleven people were killed when two Chicago Transit Authority trains collided on an elevated track.
1997 - A civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
1999 - Senators at President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial voted to permit the showing of portions of Monica Lewinsky's videotaped deposition.
2003 - The country of Yugoslavia ceased to exist, replaced by the loose federation of Serbia and Montenegro.
2004 - The Massachusetts Supreme Court declared the right for its states citizens to have same-sex marriages.
2004 - The social networking website Facebook had its beginnings as Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launched “Thefacebook.”
2012 - Florence Green, who had served with the Women’s Royal Air Force and was recognized as the last veteran of World War I, died in King’s Lynn, eastern England, at age 110.
2013 - President Barack Obama signed a bill temporarily raising the government’s $16.4 trillion borrowing limit, averting a default.
Birthdays
20 - Kyla Kenedy (actress)
35 - Carly Patterson (gymnast)
35 - Dallas Lovato (actress)
35 - Charlie Barnett (actor)
41 - Kimberly Wyatt (singer)
46 - Gavin DeGraw (singer)
48 - Natalie Imbruglia (singer)
50 - Oscar De La Hoya (boxer)
52 - Michael Goorjian (actor)
52 - David Garza (singer)
52 - Rob Corddry (actor)
53 - Gabrielle Anwar (actress)
61 - Clint Black (singer)
63 - Tim Booth (singer)
64 - Pamelyn Ferdin (actress)
64 - Lawrence Taylor (football player)
71 - Lisa Eichhorn (actress)
74 - Michael Beck (actor)
75 - Alice Cooper (singer)
76 - Dan Quayle (former Vice President of the United States)
83 - John Schuck (actor)
87 - Gary Conway (actor)
94 - Jerry Adler (actor)
=================================
Today in Sports History - February 4
1973 - The New York Islanders and the Buffalo Sabres played an entire NHL game with no penalties called.
1991 - Baseball's Hall of Fame board of directors votes unanimously to bar Pete Rose from the hall due to his betting on games while a player and a manager.
1993 - The Boston Celtics retired Larry Bird's #33.
1997 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) scored his 600th National Hockey League (NHL) goal during his 719th game. Lemieux reached the milestone second fastest in history. Gretzky had reached the plateau during his 718th game.
2003 - Jaromir Jagr (Washington Capitals) scored his 500th career goal. He also got his 11th career hat trick in the game.
2007 - The Indianapolis Colts defeat the Chicago Bears 29-17 to win Super Bowl XLI.
2018 - The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the New England Patriots 41-33 to win Super Bowl LII.
2022 - Chinese President Xi Jinping declared the Winter Olympics open at a ceremony at Beijing’s Bird Nest Stadium.
