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February 4
1783 - England proclaimed the formal end to the hostilities with the United States.
1787 - Shays's Rebellion, an uprising of Massachusetts farmers, was defeated.
1789 - George Washington and John Adams were elected the first president and vice president of the United States.
1801 - John Marshall was confirmed by the Senate as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court.
1861 - Delegates from six southern states met at Montgomery, Alabama to form the Confederate States of America.
1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met at the Yalta Conference.
1948 - Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) gained its independence from Britain.
1969 - The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasir Arafat head of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
1974 - Patricia Hearst, granddaughter of newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
1976 - More than 23,000 people died when a severe earthquake struck Guatemala with a magnitude of 7.5.
1977 - Eleven people were killed when two Chicago Transit Authority trains collided on an elevated track.
1997 - A civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, after he had been acquitted at his criminal trial.
1999 - Senators at President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial voted to permit the showing of portions of Monica Lewinsky's videotaped deposition.
2003 - The country of Yugoslavia formally ceased to exist, being replaced by the loose federation of Serbia and Montenegro.
2004 - Facebook had its beginnings as Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launched "Thefacebook."
2004 - The Massachusetts Supreme Court declared the right for citizens to have same-sex marriages.
2013 - British scientists announced they had rescued the skeletal remains of King Richard III, who lived during the 15th century, from the anonymity of a drab municipal parking lot.
2020 - Thousands of medical workers in Hong Kong were on strike for a second day to demand that the country's border with China be completely closed to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus; the territory reported its first death from the virus and the second known fatality outside China.
2021 - A voting technology company, Smartmatic USA, sued Fox News, three of its hosts and two former Trump lawyers — Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell — for $2.7 billion, for allegedly conspiring to spread false claims that the company helped "steal" the presidential election.
2023 - The U.S. military shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast on orders from President Joe Biden, after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America.
Birthdays
21 - Kyla Kennedy (actress)
27 - Yasmine Sahid (actress)
36 - Carly Patterson (gymnast/singer)
36 - Dallas Lovato (actress)
39 - Ashley Thomas (actress)
40 - Zoe Manville (singer)
49 - Natalie Imbruglia (singer)
51 - Oscar De La Hoya (boxer)
52 - Nicolle Wallace (TV personality)
53 - Rob Corddry (actor)
54 - Gabrielle Anwar (actress)
62 - Clint Black (singer)
65 - Pamelyn Ferdin (actress)
65 - Lawrence Taylor (football player)
72 - Lisa Eichhorn (actress)
75 - Michael Beck (actor)
76 - Alice Cooper (singer)
77 - Dan Quayle (former Vice President of the United States)
84 - John Schuck (actor)
88 - Gary Conway (actor)
95 - Jerry Adler (actor)
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Today in Sports History - February 4
1932 - The first Winter Olympics in the United States opened at Lake Placid, New York.
1987 - The Sacramento Kings score a record low four points (in the shot clock era) in a game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
1991 - The Baseball Hall of Fame's Board of Directors vote unanimously to bar Pete Rose due to his gambling issues while a player and coach.
1993 - The Boston Celtics retired Larry Bird's #33.
1997 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) scored his 600th National Hockey League (NHL) goal during his 719th game. Lemieux reached the milestone second fastest in history. Gretzky had reached the plateau during his 718th game.
2003 - Jaromir Jagr (Washington Capitals) scored his 500th career goal. He also got his 11th career hat trick in the game.
2007 - The Indianapolis Colts defeat the Chicago Bears 29-17 to win Super Bowl XLI.
2017 - Running backs LaDainian Tomlinson and Terrell Davis along with quarterback Kurt Warner were elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
2018 - The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the New England Patriots 41-33 to win Super Bowl LII and their first NFL championship since 1960.
1783 - England proclaimed the formal end to the hostilities with the United States.
1787 - Shays's Rebellion, an uprising of Massachusetts farmers, was defeated.
1789 - George Washington and John Adams were elected the first president and vice president of the United States.
1801 - John Marshall was confirmed by the Senate as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court.
1861 - Delegates from six southern states met at Montgomery, Alabama to form the Confederate States of America.
1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met at the Yalta Conference.
1948 - Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) gained its independence from Britain.
1969 - The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasir Arafat head of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
1974 - Patricia Hearst, granddaughter of newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
1976 - More than 23,000 people died when a severe earthquake struck Guatemala with a magnitude of 7.5.
1977 - Eleven people were killed when two Chicago Transit Authority trains collided on an elevated track.
1997 - A civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, after he had been acquitted at his criminal trial.
1999 - Senators at President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial voted to permit the showing of portions of Monica Lewinsky's videotaped deposition.
2003 - The country of Yugoslavia formally ceased to exist, being replaced by the loose federation of Serbia and Montenegro.
2004 - Facebook had its beginnings as Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launched "Thefacebook."
2004 - The Massachusetts Supreme Court declared the right for citizens to have same-sex marriages.
2013 - British scientists announced they had rescued the skeletal remains of King Richard III, who lived during the 15th century, from the anonymity of a drab municipal parking lot.
2020 - Thousands of medical workers in Hong Kong were on strike for a second day to demand that the country's border with China be completely closed to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus; the territory reported its first death from the virus and the second known fatality outside China.
2021 - A voting technology company, Smartmatic USA, sued Fox News, three of its hosts and two former Trump lawyers — Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell — for $2.7 billion, for allegedly conspiring to spread false claims that the company helped "steal" the presidential election.
2023 - The U.S. military shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast on orders from President Joe Biden, after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America.
Birthdays
21 - Kyla Kennedy (actress)
27 - Yasmine Sahid (actress)
36 - Carly Patterson (gymnast/singer)
36 - Dallas Lovato (actress)
39 - Ashley Thomas (actress)
40 - Zoe Manville (singer)
49 - Natalie Imbruglia (singer)
51 - Oscar De La Hoya (boxer)
52 - Nicolle Wallace (TV personality)
53 - Rob Corddry (actor)
54 - Gabrielle Anwar (actress)
62 - Clint Black (singer)
65 - Pamelyn Ferdin (actress)
65 - Lawrence Taylor (football player)
72 - Lisa Eichhorn (actress)
75 - Michael Beck (actor)
76 - Alice Cooper (singer)
77 - Dan Quayle (former Vice President of the United States)
84 - John Schuck (actor)
88 - Gary Conway (actor)
95 - Jerry Adler (actor)
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Today in Sports History - February 4
1932 - The first Winter Olympics in the United States opened at Lake Placid, New York.
1987 - The Sacramento Kings score a record low four points (in the shot clock era) in a game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
1991 - The Baseball Hall of Fame's Board of Directors vote unanimously to bar Pete Rose due to his gambling issues while a player and coach.
1993 - The Boston Celtics retired Larry Bird's #33.
1997 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) scored his 600th National Hockey League (NHL) goal during his 719th game. Lemieux reached the milestone second fastest in history. Gretzky had reached the plateau during his 718th game.
2003 - Jaromir Jagr (Washington Capitals) scored his 500th career goal. He also got his 11th career hat trick in the game.
2007 - The Indianapolis Colts defeat the Chicago Bears 29-17 to win Super Bowl XLI.
2017 - Running backs LaDainian Tomlinson and Terrell Davis along with quarterback Kurt Warner were elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
2018 - The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the New England Patriots 41-33 to win Super Bowl LII and their first NFL championship since 1960.
