This Day in History
04 Feb 1454
In the Thirteen Years War the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master
04 Feb 1508
Maximilian I assumes imperial title without being crowned
04 Feb 1586
Robert Dudley earl of Leicester becomes governor-general of the States General of the United Provinces (Netherlands)
04 Feb 1620
Prince Bethlen Gabor of Hungary signs peace with Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II
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States meet to form Confederacy
In Montgomery Alabama delegates from South Carolina Mississippi Florida Alabama Georgia and Louisiana convene to establish the Confederate States of Amer...
First U.S. president elected
George Washington the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War is unanimously elected the first president of the United States by all 69...
Patty Hearst kidnapped
On February 4 1974 Patty Hearst the 19-year-old daughter of newspaper publisher Randolph Hearst is kidnapped from her apartment in Berkeley California by ...
The Yalta Conference commences
On this day President Franklin D. Roosevelt Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta in the Crimea to discuss and plan the ...
Germany declares war zone around British Isles
A full two years before Germanys aggressive naval policy would draw the United States into the war against them Kaiser Wilhelm announces an important s...
Rumors fly about U.S.-Soviet pressure on allies in Vietnam
McGeorge Bundy American Special Assistant for National Security arrives in Saigon for talks with U.S. Ambassador General Maxwell Taylor. Two days later Sovie...
Last Thai contingent departs South Vietnam
A force of 824 soldiers the last of Thailands 12000 troops serving in South Vietnam departs. The Thai contingent which had first arrived in country ...
First U.S. helicopter is shot down in Vietnam.
The first U.S. helicopter is shot down in Vietnam. It was one of 15 helicopters ferrying South Vietnamese Army troops into battle near the village of Hong My i...
Football great Lawrence Taylor born
On February 4 1959 Lawrence Julius Taylor one of the best defensive players in NFL history is born in Williamsburg Virginia. Taylor went on to play his ent...
George Washington is elected president
On this day in 1789 69 members of Congress cast their ballots to elect George Washington the first president of the United States.As the former leader of the ...
The Misfits released by United Artists
The Misfits a flawed but moving meditation on the vanishing spirit of western independence is released by United Artists.The Misfits had all the right ingredi...
The Last of the Mohicans is published
On this day in 1826 The Last of the Mohicans by James Fennimore Cooper is published. One of the earliest distinctive American novels the book is the second o...
Karen Carpenter dies of anorexia
Karen Carpenter a singer who long suffered under the burden of the expectations that came with pop stardom died on this day in 1983 succumbing to heart failu...
Disney releases Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
See for yourself what the genius of Walt Disney has created in his first full length feature production proclaimed the original trailer for Snow ...
Earthquake rocks Guatemala City
In the very early morning of February 4 1976 a 7.5-magnitude earthquake levels much of Guatemala City killing 23000 people and leaving one million others ho...
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