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February 4 Historical Events

The following events took place on February 4. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 47 events. Showing 31 - 47.

  • 1974
    The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
  • 1974
    M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed.
  • 1975
    Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
  • 1976
    In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
  • 1977
    A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency’s history.
  • 1980
    Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran.
  • 1992
    A coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
  • 1996
    Major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and ties all-time record low temperature at −26 °F (−32.2 °C)
  • 1997
    En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
  • 1997
    After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.
  • 1998
    An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
  • 1999
    Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city.
  • 2003
    The Bengali Hindus declare the independence of the Republic of Bangabhumi from Bangladesh.
  • 2003
    The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.
  • 2004
    Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
  • 2006
    A stampede occurs in the PhilSports Arena near Manila, killing 71 people.
  • 2015
    A TransAsia Airways aircraft with 58 people on board, en route from the Taiwanese capital Taipei to Kinmen, crashes into the Keelung River just after take-off, killing at least 31 people.

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