February 04

Thursday 04, 1999:

Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, enflaming race-relations in the city.

Wednesday 04, 1948:

Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.

Thursday 04, 1943:

Battle of Stalingrad ends.

Sunday 04, 1934:

Asteroid 2824 Franke discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth.

Saturday 04, 1454:

In the Thirteen Years' War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederacy sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master.

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