Historical Events and Current Affairs on February 4

1194 : Richard I Lion Hearted pays Leopold O Fenrik VI's ransom of 100,000
1508 : Maximilian I assumes imperial title without being crowned
1586 : Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, becomes governor of Neth
1600 : Tycho Brahe & Johannes Kepler meet for 1st time near Prague
1620 : Prince Bethlen G bor signs peace with emperor Ferdinand II
1657 : Oliver Cromwell grants residency to Luis Caravajal
1697 : 3 VOC-ships anchor at Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia
1699 : 350 rebellious Streltsi executed in Moscow
1782 : British garrison surrenders to French & Spanish fleet
1783 : Worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 (Calabria, Italy)
1787 : 1st Anglican bishops of NY & Pennsylvania consecrated in London
1787 : Shays' Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails
1789 : 1st electoral college chooses Washington & Adams as Pres & VP
1794 : French National Convention proclaims abolishment of slavery
1797 : Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador kills 41,000
1803 : William Dunlap, adapts French melodrama "Voice of Nature"
1822 : Free American Blacks settle Liberia, West Africa
1824 : J W Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to public
1846 : Mormons leave Nauvoo, Mo for settlement in west
1847 : 1st US telegraph co established in Maryland
1849 : University of Wisconsin begins in 1 room with 20 students
1854 : Alvan Bovay proposes name "Republican Party," Ripon, Wisc
1855 : Soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela
1861 : Ala, Ga, Fla, La, Miss & SC elect Jefferson Davis pres of Confederacy
1861 : Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time, Montgomery
1864 : 24th Amendment abolishes Poll tax
1864 : Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi
1865 : Hawaiian Board of Education formed
1865 : Robert E Lee is named commander-in-chief of Confederate Army
1866 : Mary Baker Eddy cures her injuries by opening a bible
1875 : Princess Louise marries Prince Philip von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha in Belg
1880 : Steele MacKay's "Hazel Kirke," premieres in NYC
1887 : Interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads
1895 : 1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago
1899 : Revolt against US occupation of Philippines
1903 : Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA beat Winn Victorias, 2 games to 1 & 1 tie
1904 : John Millington Synges "Well of Saints," premieres in Dublin
1913 : Louis Perlman patents demountable auto tire-carrying wheel rim
1913 : National Institute of Arts & Letters founded
1914 : US Congress approves Burnett-anti-immigration law
1915 : Experiments to find cause of pellagra begin at Miss Penitentiary
1917 : Belgium Council of Flanders established
1919 : City of Bremen's Soviet Republic overthrown
1920 : 1st flight from London to South Africa takes-off (1« months)
1922 : WGY-AM in Schenectady NY begins radio transmissions
1924 : 1st Winter Olympic games close at Chamonix France
1924 : George Kelly's "Show-Off," premieres in NYC
1926 : Austrian chancellor Seipel wants to join Germany
1927 : KGA-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions
1930 : 1st tieless, soundless, shockless streetcar tracks, New Orleans
1931 : National League adopts a deader baseball
1932 : 3rd Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, NY
1932 : Japanese troop occupy Harbin, Manchuria
1933 : -Feb 10] Crew of Dutch "7 Provinces" mutiny after pay cuts
1933 : German Pres Von Hindenburg limits freedom of the press
1934 : Reinmuth disc asteroids 2824 Franke, 3219 Komaki, 3370 Kohsai & 3404
1936 : 1st radioactive substance produced synthetically (radium E)
1937 : Jim Margie, Philadelphia, bowls 900 in 3 (unsanctioned) games
1938 : "Our Town," by Thornton Wilder opens on Broadway
1938 : Hitler seizes control of German army & puts Nazi in key posts
1939 : Glenn Cunningham (top miler) says 4-min mile beyond human effort
1941 : British tanks occupy Maus Libya
1941 : Former Dutch premier De Geer flies to Berlin
1941 : United Service Organization (USO) founded
1942 : Clinton Pierce becomes 1st US general wounded in action in WW II
1943 : Bertolt Brecht's "Der gute Mensch von Sezuan," premieres in Zrich
1944 : Jean Anouilh's "Antigone," premieres in Paris
1944 : US 7th Infantry Division captures Kwajalein
1945 : FDR, Churchill & Stalin meet at Yalta
1946 : Garson Kanin's "Born Yesterday," premieres in NYC
1948 : Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) declares independence from UK
1949 : Failed assassination attempt on Shah of Persia
1951 : US female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer
1951 : US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
1952 : 1st black executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC NY)
1956 : AL plans to test automatic intentional walk during spring training
1957 : 1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse NY)
1958 : "Oh, Captain!" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 192 performances
1958 : Hall of Fame fails to elect anyone for 1st time since 1950
1959 : Israel begins exporting copper ore
1960 : BBWAA voters fail to elect a new Hall of Fame member
1960 : Giants move their offices to Candlestick Park
1960 : Lionel Bart's musical "Fings ain't wot they used t'be," premieres
1961 : Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure
1962 : "Gay Life" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 113 performances
1962 : Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game
1962 : US female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles
1962 : US male Figure Skating championship won by Monty Hoyt
1964 : Amendment 24 outlaws poll tax
1964 : FAA begins 6 month test of reactions to sonic booms over Okla City
1965 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1966 : All-Nippon Airways 727 crashes off Haneda Airport (Japan); kills 133
1967 : "Wild Thing" hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby
1967 : US launches Lunar Orbiter 3
1968 : "Golden Rainbow" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 355 performances
1968 : Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball
1969 : 41,163, then largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cin-Det, SD-Bost
1969 : Beatles appoint Eastman & Eastman, as general cousel to Apple
1969 : John Madden is named head coach of NFL's Oakland Raiders
1969 : Lonnie Elder's "Ceremonies in Dark Old Men," premieres in NYC
1969 : Yassar Arafats takes over as chairman of PLO
1970 : "Charles Aznavour" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 23 performances
1970 : "Gantry" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 1 performance
1970 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 : Apollo 14 lander Antares lands on Moon (Shepard & Mitchell)
1971 : Baseball announces a special hall of fame wing for blacks
1971 : British car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt
1971 : Govt exhibit under construction collapses, kills 65 in Brazil
1971 : National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington NC
1972 : 6th round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ends in Vienna Austria
1972 : Sen Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported
1973 : "No, No Nanette" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 861 performances
1973 : Islanders & Sabres had a penalty free game
1973 : Manfred Kokot runs world record 50m indoor (5.61 sec)
1973 : Reshef, Israel's missile boat, unveiled
1974 : Benzine rationing ends in Netherlands
1974 : Chimpanzee Nim Chimsky signs his 1st word, at 2« months
1974 : Gas rationing ends in Netherlands
1974 : Patricia Hearst (19) kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army
1976 : 12th Winter Olympic games opens in Innsbruck, Austria
1976 : 7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala & Honduras
1976 : Judge Oliver upholds Seitz's decision on Andy Messersmith free agency
1976 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1977 : 30th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 at Vancouver
1977 : Elevated train jumps track, crashes onto Chicago st (11 die, 200 hurt)
1977 : Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" released
1977 : Wings release "Maybe I'm Amazed"
1979 : "Co-Ed Fever," TV Comedy, debut & cancelled that outing on CBS
1979 : End of last 3+day D/N game for 15 yrs (WSC, SCG)
1980 : Bani Sadr sworn in as premier of Iran
1982 : "Pump Boys & Dinettes" opens at Princess Theater NYC for 573 perfs
1982 : Indoor distance record for a paper airplane (47m) Tacoma Wash
1982 : Musical "Pump Boys & Dinettes," premieres in NYC
1982 : Suriname premier Chin A Sen flees
1983 : Jos‚ Happart becomes mayor of Voeren Belgium
1983 : US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton
1984 : "9" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 739 performances
1984 : "Backstage Magic" opens at CommuniCore
1984 : Frank Aquilera sets world frisbee distance record (168m) Las Vegas
1985 : 20 countries (but not US) sign UN treaty outlawing torture
1985 : Naval exercises canceled when US refuses to tell NZ of nuclear weapons
1986 : 38th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 (OT) at Hartford
1986 : Israeli fighters intercept Libyan liner (passenger plane)
1987 : fewest in a period since introduction of 24 second shot-clock in 1954
1987 : Pres Reagan's veto of Clean Water Act is overridden by Congress
1987 : Sacramento Kings score only 4 points 1st quarter against Lakers;
1987 : Stars & Stripes beats Australia's Kookaburra 3, sweeps America's Cup
1988 : Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega indicted on drug charges
1989 : Dean Jones scores 216 v WI at the Adelaide Oval
1989 : T Seki discovers asteroids #5124 Muraoka & #6237 Chikushi
1990 : 10 Israeli tourists murdered near Cairo
1990 : Anders Holmertz swims world record 400 m freestyle (3:40.81)
1990 : Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45:04)
1990 : Lyudmila Narozhi-Lenko runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.69)
1990 : NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-21
1990 : Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship
1990 : St Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 to win 1st
1991 : Hall of Fame's board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose
1991 : Martin Crowe & Andrew Jones make 467 stand v SL, world record
1991 : US postage raises from 25› to 29›
1993 : Admiral Studeman, ends term as acting director of CIA
1993 : Marge Schott suspended from baseball for 1 year due to racism
1993 : Russian space agency tests a 82' wide space mirror
1994 : 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins
1994 : 20 die in armed assault on mosque in Khartum Sudan
1994 : Merlene Ottey runs world record 50 m indoor (6.00 sec)
1994 : Russian team beats ladies world record 4x800 m indoor (8:18.71)
1995 : Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria v South Australia
1995 : Sandra Volker swims female European record 50m backstroke (27.77)
1996 : NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-13
1997 : 73 Israelis die when army copters collide
1997 : her grandparents were Jewish
1997 : Mario LeMieux is 7th NHL player to score 600 goals
1997 : OJ Simpson found libel in murders of Ron Goldman & Nicole Simpson
1997 : Sec of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that
1998 : Bill Gates gets a pie thrown in his face in Brussels Belgium

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