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Birthday February 04, 1875 Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist & father of aerodynamics |
Birthday February 04, 1902 Charles A. Lindbergh, (Lucky Lindy) 1st to fly solo across Atlantic |
Birthday February 04, 1906 Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto |
Birthday February 04, 1912 Erich Leinsdorf, musical conductor (or 0203) |
Birthday February 04, 1918 Ida Lupino, Actress |
Birthday February 04, 1921 Betty Friedan, feminist & writer (The Feminine Mystique) |
Birthday February 04, 1923 Conrad Bain, Actor |
Birthday February 04, 1931 Isabel Peron, Argentine president |
Birthday February 04, 1935 Martti Talvela, Finnish operatic basso |
Birthday February 04, 1943 Cheryl Miller, in Sherman Oaks |
Birthday February 04, 1944 Florence LaRue, in Gordon Pennsylvania & one of 5th Dimension |
Birthday February 04, 1948 Alice Cooper, singer |
Birthday February 04, 1950 Pamela Franklin |
Birthday February 04, 1952 Lisa Eichhorn |
Birthday February 04, 1959 Lawrence Taylor, NY Giants linebacker |
Birthday February 04, 1959 Football great Lawrence Taylor born |
Birthday February 04, 1960 Pamela Ferdin |
History February 04, 1600 Tycho Brahe & Johannes Kepler meet for 1st time outside of Prague |
History February 04, 1789 First U.S. president elected |
History February 04, 1789 George Washington is elected president |
History February 04, 1789 Washington unanimously elected by Electoral College to first and second terms |
History February 04, 1826 The Last of the Mohicans is published |
History February 04, 1847 1st US Telegraph Company established in Maryland |
History February 04, 1861 Provisional Confederate Congress convenes |
History February 04, 1861 States meet to form Confederacy |
History February 04, 1865 Hawaiian Board of Education is formed |
History February 04, 1887 Interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads |
History February 04, 1899 Revolt against US occupation of Philippines |
History February 04, 1915 Germany declares war zone around British Isles |
History February 04, 1922 Ford buys Lincoln |
History February 04, 1932 1st Winter Olympics held at Lake Placid - NY |
History February 04, 1936 1st radioactive substance produced synthetically - radium E |
History February 04, 1938 Disney releases Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
History February 04, 1945 Roosevelt - Stalin & Churchill meet in Yalta - USSR |
History February 04, 1945 Yalta Conference foreshadows the Cold War |
History February 04, 1945 The Yalta Conference commences |
History February 04, 1948 Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day) |
History February 04, 1957 1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale - Syracuse NY |
History February 04, 1961 The Misfits released by United Artists |
History February 04, 1962 First U.S. helicopter is shot down in Vietnam. |
History February 04, 1964 Amendment 24 banning poll tax |
History February 04, 1965 Rumors fly about U.S.-Soviet pressure on allies in Vietnam |
History February 04, 1969 PLO is founded |
History February 04, 1972 Last Thai contingent departs South Vietnam |
History February 04, 1973 Reshef - Israel's missile boat - is unveiled |
History February 04, 1973 Islanders & Sabres had a penality free game |
History February 04, 1974 The Symbionese Liberation Army abducts Patty Hearst |
History February 04, 1974 Patricia Hearst kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army |
History February 04, 1976 Earthquake rocks Guatemala City |
History February 04, 1983 Karen Carpenter dies of anorexia |
History February 04, 1984 Backstage Magic" opens at CommuniCore |
History February 04, 1985 20 countries (not US) sign UN treaty outlawing torture |