4TH
FEBRUARY
NATIONAL DAY OF SRI LANKA.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST THEOPHILUS THE PENITENT; ST
NICHOLAS STUDITES; ST ANDREW CORSINI, BISHOP; ST JOAN OF VALOIS; ST ISIDORE OF PELUSIUM;
ST JOHN de BRITTO; ST MODAN; ST PHILEAS; ST JOSEPH OF LEONESSA; & ST REMBERT." |
| 4TH |
708 |
"SISINNIUS" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 4TH |
1783 |
HOSTILITIES BETWEEN ENGLAND & THE
UNITED STATES END. |
| 4TH |
1783 |
AN EARTHQUAKE IN CALABRIA, ITALY, KILLS 50,000. |
| 4TH |
1797 |
AN EARTHQUAKE IN QUITO, ECUADOR, KILLS
40,000. |
| 4TH |
1824 |
"J.W. GOODRICH" INTRODUCES RUBBER GALOSHES TO THE
PUBLIC. |
| 4TH |
1861 |
SEVEN SECESSIONIST SOUTHERN STATES
FORMED THE "CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA" IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. |
| 4TH |
1873 |
AMERICAN METHODIST EVANGELIST, "GEORGE BERNARD" WHO
PENNED OVER 300 GOSPEL SONGS INCLUDING, "THE OLD RUGGED CROSS," WAS BORN. |
| 4TH |
1913 |
"LOUIS PERLMAN" PATENTS A
DEMOUNTABLE AUTO TYRE CARRYING WHEEL RIM. |
| 4TH |
1920 |
FIRST FLIGHT FROM LONDON TO SOUTH AFRICA. |
| 4TH |
1922 |
A YOUNG SWIMMER, "MILTON
COUGHLAND," IS KILLED BY A SHARK AT COOGEE BEACH, SYDNEY.
OLYMPIC SWIMMER "FRANK BEAUREPAIRE" WENT TO HIS AID. |
| 4TH |
1924 |
1ST WINTER OLYMPICS CLOSE AT CHARMOIX, FRANCE. |
| 4TH |
1928 |
A PROVOCATIVE PERFORMANCE IN MUNICH BY
BLACK U.S. PERFORMER "JOSEPHINE BAKER" DREW PROTESTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE NAZI
PARTY. |
| 4TH |
1932 |
3RD WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN IN LAKE PLACID, NEW YORK. |
| 4TH |
1936 |
FIRST RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE, ‘RADIUM
E,’ PRODUCED SYNTHETICALLY. |
| 4TH |
1939 |
SINGER-ACTOR, "FRANK SINATRA" & HIS FIRST WIFE,
"NANCY BARBATO" WERE MARRIED IN NEW JERSEY. |
| 4TH |
1948 |
CEYLON BECOMES AN INDEPENDENT STATE. |
| 4TH |
1956 |
5 PEOPLE ARE KILLED WHEN AN AVRO ANSON CRASHES AT HAWKESTONE
PEAKE, W.A. |
| 4TH |
1957 |
"SMITH CORONA" MARKET THE
WORLD’S FIRST PORTABLE ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER IN THE U.S. |
| 4TH |
1965 |
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND ANNOUNCE DECISION TO SEND TROOPS
TO BORNEO. |
| 4TH |
1968 |
THE WORLD’S LARGEST HOVERCRAFT WAS
LAUNCHED AT COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. |
| 4TH |
1968 |
THE FIRST RADIO PHONE-IN PROGRAM IS LAUNCHED IN THE U.K. |
| 4TH |
1971 |
BRITISH CARMAKER "ROLLS
ROYCE" DECLARES ITSELF BANKRUPT. |
| 4TH |
1974 |
CHIMPANZEE, "NIM CHIMSKY" SIGNS HIS FIRST WORD AT 2
MONTHS. |
| 4TH |
1974 |
"PATRICIA HEARST" 19, IS
KIDNAPPED BY THE SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY. |
| 4TH |
1976 |
12TH WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN IN INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA. |
| 4TH |
1976 |
AN EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 7.5 KILLS
22,778 IN GUATEMALA & HONDURAS. |
| 4TH |
1976 |
MUDSLIDES RESULTING FROM EATHQUAKES KILL ABOUT 23,000 NORTH
OF GUATEMALA CITY. |
| 4TH |
1977 |
A TRAIN JUMPS FROM IT’S ELEVATED
TRACK & CRASHES ONTO A CHICAGO STREET, KILLING 11, & INJURING 200. |
| 4TH |
1982 |
AT TACOMA, WASHINGTON, A PAPER AIRPLANE IS THROWN A RECORD 47
METRES. |
| 4TH |
1982 |
"LAKER AIRLINES" COLLAPSES
WITH HUGE DEBTS. |
| 4TH |
1984 |
"FRANK AQUILERA" SETS A WORLD FRISBEE THROWING
DISTANCE RECORD OF 168 METRES AT LAS VEGAS. |
| 4TH |
1987 |
8 SCHOOL CHILDREN DIE, AND 12 ARE
INJURED IN A BUS CRASH AT GORDONVALE, QUEENSLAND. |
| 4TH |
1987 |
"DENNIS CONNER" IN ‘STARS &
STRIPES’ WINS BACK THE AMERICA’S CUP FOR AMERICA FROM AUSTRALIA’S ‘KOOKABURRA
3’ IN PERTH. |
| 4TH |
1988 |
PANAMANIAN LEADER, "MANUEL
NORIEGA" IS INDICTED ON DRUG CHARGES. |
| 4TH |
1993 |
RUSSIA UNFURLS A GIANT MIRROR IN ORBIT & FLASHED A BEAM
OF SUNLIGHT ACROSS EUROPE. |
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