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

  • 1801 –
    John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.
  • 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.
  • 1899 –
    The Philippine-American War begins.
  • 1916 –
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dragon in Chinese astrology.
  • 1936 –
    Radium becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.
  • 1945 –
    World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
  • 1967 –
    Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft.
  • 1969 –
    Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
  • 1974 –
    M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed.
  • 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.
  • 1996 –
    Major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ties all-time record low temperature at -26°F (-32.2°C)
  • 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.
  • 1998 –
    An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
  • 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.
  • 2006 –
    A stampede occurs in the ULTRA Stadium near Manila killing 71.
  • 2008 –
    The London Low Emission Zone (LEZ) scheme begins to operate in the UK.

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