February 4 in History
What happened on February 4 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on february 4 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on february 4 in history.
?>1986
The U.S. Post Office issues a commemorative stamp featuring Sojourner Truth.
1980
Syria withdraws its peacekeeping force in Beirut.
1974
Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst is kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army, beginning one of the most bizarre cases in FBI history.
1966
Senate Foreign Relations Committee begins televised hearings on the Vietnam War.
1945
The Big Three, American, British and Soviet leaders, meet in Yalta to discuss the war aims.
1944
The Japanese attack the Indian Seventh Army in Burma.
1941
The United Service Organization (U.S.O.) is formed to cater to armed forces and defense industries.
1932
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugurates the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, N.Y.
1923
French troops take the territories of Offenburg, Appenweier and Buhl in the Ruhr as a part of the agreement ending World War I.
1915
Germany decrees British waters as part of the war zone; all ships to be sunk without warning.
1909
California law segregates Caucasian and Japanese schoolchildren.
1906
The New York Police Department begins finger print identification.
1899
After an exchange of gunfire, fighting breaks out between American troops and Filipinos near Manila, sparking the Philippine-American War.
1889
Harry Longabaugh is released from Sundance Prison in Wyoming, thereby acquiring the famous nickname, “the Sundance Kid”.
1795
France abolishes slavery in her territories and confers slaves to citizens.
1787
Shay’s Rebellion, an uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers against the new U.S. government, fails.
1508
The Proclamation of Trent is made.
1194
Richard I, King of England, is freed from captivity in Germany.