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What happend on 4. February in History
In our data base we found 302 events happened on 4. February:
• 211: Septimius Severus, Roman emperor (b. 145) [category: Deaths]
• 211: Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians.He leaves the empire in the control of his two quarrelling sons. [category: Events]
• 708: Pope Sisinnius [category: Deaths]
• 856: Rabanus Maurus, Bishop of Mainz (b. c. 780) [category: Deaths]
• 869: Saint Cyril, Greek missionary (b. 827) [category: Deaths]
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• 960: The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song Dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries. [category: Events]
• 1169: A strong earthquake struck the Ionian coast of Sicily, causing tens of thousands of victims, especially in Catania. [category: Events]
• 1454: In the Thirteen Years' War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master. [category: Events]
• 1505: Nicolaus Rey, Polish poet (d. 1580) [category: Births]
• 1508: Conrad Celtes, German humanist scholar (b. 1459) [category: Deaths]
• 1575: Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal (d. 1629) [category: Births]
• 1590: Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer (b. 1517) [category: Deaths]
• 1615: Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese warlord (b. 1552) [category: Deaths]
• 1615: Giovanni Battista della Porta, Italian polymath and playwright (b. 1535) [category: Deaths]
• 1617: Louis Elsevier, Dutch publisher (b. 1546) [category: Deaths]
• 1620: Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667) [category: Births]
• 1639: Alessandro Melani, Italian composer (d. 1703) [category: Births]
• 1646: Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman (d. 1699) [category: Births]
• 1676: Giacomo Facco, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1753) [category: Births]
• 1677: Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731) [category: Births]
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• 1688: Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (d. 1763) [category: Births]
• 1694: Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Russian noble (b. 1651) [category: Deaths]
• 1703: In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death. [category: Events]
• 1713: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician (b. 1671) [category: Deaths]
• 1725: Dru Drury, English entomologist (d. 1804) [category: Births]
• 1740: Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (d. 1795) [category: Births]
• 1746: Tadeusz Kościuszko, Russian-born military leader (d. 1817) [category: Births]
• 1751: Blas de Laserna, Spanish composer (d. 1816) [category: Births]
• 1774: Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) [category: Deaths]
• 1778: A. P. de Candolle, Swiss botanist (d. 1841) [category: Births]
• 1781: Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer (b. 1737) [category: Deaths]
• 1789: George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College. [category: Events]
• 1794: The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French Republic. [category: Events]
• 1797: The Riobamba earthquake strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties. [category: Events]
• 1799: Almeida Garrett, Portuguese writer (d. 1854) [category: Births]
• 1799: Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (b. 1728) [category: Deaths]
• 1801: John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States. [category: Events]
• 1808: Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright (d. 1856) [category: Births]
• 1810: The Royal Navy seizes Guadeloupe. [category: Events]
• 1820: The Chilean Navy under the command of Lord Cochrane completes the 2 day long Capture of Valdivia with just 300 men and 2 ships. [category: Events]
• 1825: The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal. [category: Events]
• 1831: Oliver Ames, American politician (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1843: Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (b. 1770) [category: Deaths]
• 1846: Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1846: The first Mormon pioneers make their exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, westward towards Utah Territory. [category: Events]
• 1848: Jean Aicard, French poet (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1849: Jean Richepin, French poet (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1859: Timofei Mikhailov, Russian revolutionary (d. 1881) [category: Births]
• 1859: The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt. [category: Events]
• 1861: American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America. [category: Events]
• 1865: Abe Isoo, Japanese politician (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1870: Constant van Langhendonck, Belgian horse rider (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1871: Friedrich Ebert, German politician (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1872: Gotse Delchev, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1903) [category: Births]
• 1873: Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian athlete (d. 1905) [category: Births]
• 1875: Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1877: Eddie Cochems, American football player (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1880: Paul Lotsij, Dutch rower (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1881: Fernand Léger, French painter (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1883: Jakob Sildnik, Estonian photographer and filmmaker (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1887: Anna Hedvig Büll, Baltic German missionary (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1891: Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar, Indian politician (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1892: Andreu Nin, Catalan politician (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1892: E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1894: Adolphe Sax, Belgian instrument maker (b. 1814) [category: Deaths]
• 1895: Nigel Bruce, English actor (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1896: Friedrich Glauser, Swiss writer (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1896: Friedrich Hund, German physicist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1897: Ludwig Erhard, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1899: The Philippine-American War begins with the Battle of Manila. [category: Events]
• 1900: Jacques Prévert, French poet and lyricist (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1902: Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and activist (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1902: Hartley Shawcross, British lawyer and politician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1904: MacKinlay Kantor, American writer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1905: Hylda Baker, English comedy actress (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1905: Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1906: Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1906: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1908: Julian Bell, British poet (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1912: Byron Nelson, American golfer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1912: Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian conductor (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1912: Louis-Albert Vachon, Canadian archbishop (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1912: Ola Skjåk Bræk, Norwegian politician (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1912: Franz Reichelt, Austrian inventor (b. 1800's) [category: Deaths]
• 1913: Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1914: Alfred Andersch, German writer (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1915: Ray Evans, American songwriter (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1915: Sir Norman Wisdom, English actor and comedian (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1915: William Talman, American actor (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1917: Yahya Khan, President of Pakistan (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1918: Ida Lupino, English film actress and director (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1918: Luigi Pareyson, Italian philosopher (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1918: Porky Chedwick, American radio personality [category: Births]
• 1921: Betty Friedan, American feminist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1921: Lotfi Asker Zadeh, Soviet-born mathematician and computer scientist [category: Births]
• 1922: Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Indian classical singer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1923: Conrad Bain, Canadian-born actor (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1923: Joan Vollmer, American beatnik (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1924: Janet Waldo, American Actress [category: Births]
• 1925: Gerald Sim, English actor [category: Births]
• 1925: Russell Hoban, American writer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1926: Roger Blais, Canadian engineer and academic (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1927: Rolf Landauer, American physicist and engineer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1928: Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Eduard Zimmermann, German journalist and security expert (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1929: Jerry Adler, American actor [category: Births]
• 1929: Julien Chouinard, Canadian civil servant (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1930: Tibor Antalpéter, Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1931: Isabel Martínez de Perón, President of Argentina [category: Births]
• 1932: Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan. [category: Events]
• 1933: Archibald Sayce, English educator (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1935: J. Henry Birtles, British rugby player (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: David Brenner, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1936: Gary Conway, American actor [category: Births]
• 1936: Wilhelm Gustloff, German Nazi party leader (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Radium becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically. [category: Events]
• 1937: David Newman, American filmmaker (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1938: Donald W. Riegle, Jr., American Senator [category: Births]
• 1938: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is released nationwide in the United States, the first feature-length film to use cel animation. [category: Events]
• 1940: George A. Romero, American director and producer [category: Births]
• 1940: John Schuck, American actor [category: Births]
• 1940: Michelle Rossignol, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1940: Nikolai Yezhov, Soviet secret police official (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Jiří Raška, Czech ski jumper (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1941: John Steel, British musician (The Animals) [category: Births]
• 1941: The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops. [category: Events]
• 1943: Alberto João Jardim, Portuguese politician [category: Births]
• 1943: Ken Thompson, American computer scientist [category: Births]
• 1943: Wanda Rutkiewicz, Polish mountaineer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1943: Frank Calder, English-born Canadian ice hockey executive (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Florence LaRue, American singer (The 5th Dimension) [category: Births]
• 1944: Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: The Yalta Conference between the "Big Three" (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) opens at the Livadia Palace in the Crimea. [category: Events]
• 1947: Dan Quayle, Vice President of the United States [category: Births]
• 1947: Dennis C. Blair, American admiral and intelligence official [category: Births]
• 1948: Alice Cooper, American musician [category: Births]
• 1948: Mienoumi Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler [category: Births]
• 1948: Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth. [category: Events]
• 1949: Michael Beck, American actor [category: Births]
• 1949: Rasim Delic, Bosnian general and war criminal (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1950: Pamela Franklin, British actress [category: Births]
• 1951: Dariush Eghbali, Iranian singer and musician [category: Births]
• 1951: Patrick Bergin, Irish actor [category: Births]
• 1951: Phil Ehart, American musician (Kansas) [category: Births]
• 1951: Stan Papi, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1952: Bolesław Proch, Polish motorcycle racer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1952: Jerry Shirley, Drummer (Humble Pie) [category: Births]
• 1952: Li Yinhe, Chinese sexologist [category: Births]
• 1952: Lisa Eichhorn, American actress [category: Births]
• 1953: Kitaro, Japanese composer [category: Births]
• 1953: Antonio Conte, Italian fencer (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Mikuláš Dzurinda, Slovak Prime Minister [category: Births]
• 1957: Don Davis, American composer [category: Births]
• 1957: Evan Wolfson, American attorney and activist [category: Births]
• 1958: Tomasz Pacyński, Polish writer [category: Births]
• 1958: Henry Kuttner, American author (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Christian Schreier, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1959: Lawrence Taylor, American football player [category: Births]
• 1959: Pamelyn Ferdin, American actress [category: Births]
• 1959: Una O'Connor, Irish actress (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Dave Pichette, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1960: Jenette Goldstein, American actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Jonathan Larson, American composer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1960: Mark Dawson, British-born American entertainment manager [category: Births]
• 1960: Siobhan Dowd, British/Irish author (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1960: Tim Booth, British singer (James) [category: Births]
• 1961: Denis Savard, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1961: Stewart O'Nan, American author [category: Births]
• 1962: Alfred Twardecki, Polish historian [category: Births]
• 1962: Clint Black, American musician [category: Births]
• 1962: Michael Riley, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss skier [category: Births]
• 1964: Noodles, American guitarist (The Offspring) [category: Births]
• 1965: Jerome Brown, American football player (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1966: Kyōko Koizumi, Japanese actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1966: Viatcheslav Ekimov, Russian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1966: Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Turkish-born magazine editor (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133. [category: Events]
• 1967: Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1967: Albert Orsborn, American Salvation Army general (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft. [category: Events]
• 1968: Marko Matvere, Estonian actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Neal Cassady, American writer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Brandy Ledford, American actress and model [category: Births]
• 1969: Dallas Drake, ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1969: Duncan Coutts, Canadian bassist (Our Lady Peace) [category: Births]
• 1969: Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization. [category: Events]
• 1970: Gabrielle Anwar, English actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Michael A. Goorjian, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Rob Corddry, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1972: Dara Ó Briain, Irish comedian [category: Births]
• 1972: Giovanni Silva De Oliveira, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Manny Legacé, Canadian ice hockey goaltender [category: Births]
• 1973: Oscar de la Hoya, Mexican-American boxer [category: Births]
• 1974: Mijntje Donners, Dutch hockey international [category: Births]
• 1974: Urmila Matondkar, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1974: The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California. [category: Events]
• 1975: Natalie Imbruglia, Australian musician and actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Thomas Tebbich, Austrian decathlete [category: Births]
• 1975: Howard Hill, American archer (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Louis Jordan, American musician (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China. [category: Events]
• 1976: Cam'ron, American rapper (The Diplomats, The U.N.) [category: Births]
• 1976: In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000. [category: Events]
• 1977: Gavin DeGraw, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1977: Mitra Hajjar, Iranian actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Brett Halliday, American writer (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1978: Danna Garcia, Colombian actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Ömer Onan, Turkish basketball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Andrei Arlovski, Belarussian mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1979: Giorgio Pantano, Italian racing car driver [category: Births]
• 1980: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran. [category: Events]
• 1981: Allen Forrest, American musician and producer [category: Births]
• 1981: Ben Hendrickson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Jason Kapono, America basketball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Johan Van Summeren, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1981: Tom Mastny, Indonesian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Chris Sabin, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1982: Kimberly Wyatt, American singer and dancer (Pussycat Dolls) [category: Births]
• 1982: Tomas Vaitkus, Lithuanian road racing cyclist [category: Births]
• 1982: Alex Harvey, Scottish musician (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Georg Konrad Morgen, German judge (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Jarrad Waite, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Lee Stempniak, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (The Carpenters) (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Mauricio Pinilla, Chilean footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Bug Hall, American actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Asif Ali, Indian film actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Mohammad Mahmudullah, Bangladeshi cricketer [category: Births]
• 1987: Darren O'Dea, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1987: Carl Rogers, American psychologist (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Liberace, American musician (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghani activist (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Carly Patterson, American gymnast [category: Births]
• 1990: Haruka Tomatsu, Japanese voice actress and singer (Sphere) [category: Births]
• 1990: Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian wrestler (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish model (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: A coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez. [category: Events]
• 1993: Connie Saylor, American race car driver (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Fred De Bruyne, Belgian cyclist (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Jane Arbor, British writer (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Godfrey Brown, British athlete and teacher (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Patricia Highsmith, American author (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ties all-time record low temperature at -26°F (-32.2°C) [category: Events]
• 1997: After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections. [category: Events]
• 1997: En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73. [category: Events]
• 1998: An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000. [category: Events]
• 1999: The New Carissa runs aground near Coos Bay, Oregon. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2000: Carl Albert, American politician (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Doris Coley, American singer (Shirelles) (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Phil Tonken, American radio and TV announcer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion in connection with the sabotage of German railway lines. [category: Events]
• 2001: Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer and architect (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: J. J. Johnson, American musician and composer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Pankaj Roy, Indian cricketer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: George Nader, American film and TV actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Prince Sigvard, Duke of Uppland (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Cancer Research UK, the world's largest independent cancer research charity, is founded. [category: Events]
• 2003: André Noyelle, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Benyoucef Ben Khedda, Algerian politician (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Charlie Biddle, Canadian jazz bassist (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed to Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution. [category: Events]
• 2004: Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg. [category: Events]
• 2005: Ossie Davis, American actor, activist (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Betty Friedan, American feminist (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Myron Waldman, American animator (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: A stampede occurs in the ULTRA Stadium near Manila killing 71. [category: Events]
• 2007: Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: José Carlos Bauer, Brazilian footballer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-born American artist (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Steve Barber, American baseball pitcher (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Stefan Meller, Polish politician (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: The London Low Emission Zone (LEZ) scheme begins to operate in the UK. [category: Events]
• 2009: Lux Interior, American musician (The Cramps) (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Helen Tobias-Duesberg, Estonian-born American composer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Kostas Axelos, Greek philosopher (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: The Federal Court of Australia's ruling in Roadshow Films v iiNet sets a precedent that Internet service providers (ISPs) are not responsible for what their users do with the services the ISPs provide them. [category: Events]
• 2011: Martial Célestin, Prime Minister of Haiti (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Woodie Fryman, American baseball pitcher (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Florence Green, British, last surviving veteran of World War I (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• _: Andrew Corsini [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Catherine of Ricci [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of the Armed Struggle (Angola) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Ash Wednesday can fall, while March 10 is the latest; celebrated on the first day of Lent. (Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: February 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gilbert of Sempringham [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Sri Lanka from the United Kingdom in 1948. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: John de Brito [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Rimbert [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Rosa Parks Day (United States) (see December 1) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Veronica [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Cancer Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]