February 04

Sunday 04, 2007:

Super Bowl XLI will take place from Dolphins Stadium in Miami, Florida.

Tuesday 04, 2003:

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed to Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.

Friday 04, 2000:

German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion in connection with sabotage of German railway lines.

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, 1998:

An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.

Tuesday 04, 1997:

After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milo?evi? recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.

Sunday 04, 1996:

Major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ties all-time record low temperature at -26°F. (-32°C)

Thursday 04, 1993:

First public alpha version, 0.2 of Doom released.

Monday 04, 1991:

The Baseball Hall of Fame votes to ban Pete Rose.

Monday 04, 1980:

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran.

Friday 04, 1977:

Fleetwood Mac releases one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, Rumours.

Wednesday 04, 1976:

1976 Winter Olympics open in Innsbruck, Austria.

Monday 04, 1974:

The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.

Tuesday 04, 1969:

Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Sunday 04, 1968:

Bowie Kuhn becomes the fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball, replacing William Eckert

Friday 04, 1966:

All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 jet plunges into Tokyo Bay killing 133

Sunday 04, 1962:

Ian Fleming's The Living Daylights first published

Thursday 04, 1960:

Lorraine, Quebec is founded.

Monday 04, 1957:

USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, logged her 60,000th nautical mile, matching the endurance of the fictional Nautilus described in Jules Verne's novel "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".

Wednesday 04, 1948:

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

Sunday 04, 1945:

World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin begin the Yalta Conference.

Thursday 04, 1943:

Battle of Stalingrad ends.

Tuesday 04, 1941:

World War II: The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.

Friday 04, 1938:

Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released, and it went on to become a major box-office success, making more money than any other motion picture in 1938.

Tuesday 04, 1936:

Radium E. becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.

Sunday 04, 1934:

Asteroid 2824 Franke discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth.

Thursday 04, 1932:

Asteroid 1239 Queteleta discovered by Eugène Joseph Delporte.

Friday 04, 1927:

The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson.

Thursday 04, 1915:

Germany establishes a submarine blockade around the UK and declares any vessel in it a legitimate target.

Saturday 04, 1899:

The Philippine-American War begins.

Tuesday 04, 1862:

Bacardi, one of the world's largest spirits company, was founded as a small distillery in Santiago de Cuba in eastern Cuba.

Monday 04, 1861:

American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama the Confederate States of America is formed by delegates from six break-away United States.

Friday 04, 1859:

Codex Sinaiticus discovered in Egypt.

Sunday 04, 1810:

British Navy seizes Guadeloupe.

Wednesday 04, 1801:

John Marshall sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.

Tuesday 04, 1794:

The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French Republic.

Saturday 04, 1792:

George Washington is unanimously elected to a second term as President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.

Wednesday 04, 1789:

George Washington is unanimously elected to be the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.

Tuesday 04, 1783:

American Revolutionary War: The United Kingdom formally declares that it will cease hostilities with the United States of America.

Sunday 04, 1703:

The day that forty-six of the forty-seven ronin committed sepuku.

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.

Monday 04, 211:

Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta.

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