February 4
1783 - England proclaimed the formal end to the hostilities with the United States.
1787 - Shays's Rebellion, an uprising of Massachusetts farmers, was defeated.
1789 - George Washington and John Adams were elected the first president and vice president of the United States.
1801 - John Marshall took office as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, a position he would hold for a record 34 years.
1861 - Delegates from six southern states met at Montgomery, Alabama to form the Confederate States of America.
1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Russian leader Josef Stalin met at the Yalta Conference during World War II.
1948 - Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) gained independence from Britain.
1969 - The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasir Arafat head of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
1974 - Patricia Hearst, granddaughter of newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
1976 - More than 23,000 people died when a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Guatemala.
1997 - A civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, ordering Simpson to pay $33.5 million to the victims' families.
2003 - The country of Yugoslavia ceased to exist, being replaced by the loose federation of Serbia and Montenegro.
2004 - The Massachusetts State Supreme Court declared the right for citizens to have same-sex marriages.
2004 - Facebook had its beginnings as Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launched "Thefacebook."
2013 - British scientists announced that the skeletal remains they had discovered during an excavation beneath a Leicester, England parking lot were, beyond reasonable doubt, the remains of 15th century monarch King Richard III.
2021 - A voting technology company, Smartmatic USA, sued Fox News, three of its hosts and two former Trump lawyers -- Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell -- for $2.7 billion, for allegedly conspiring to spread false claims that the company helped "steal" the presidential election. (The case remains ongoing.)
Birthdays
28 - Gracie Bon (model)
29 - Angela Halili (actress)
37 - Carly Patterson (gymnast)
42 - Lauren Ash (actress)
48 - Gavin DeGraw (singer)
49 - Cam'ron (rapper)
50 - Natalie Imbruglia (singer)
52 - Oscar De La Hoya (boxer)
63 - Clint Black (singer)
66 - Lawrence Taylor (football player)
77 - Alice Cooper (singer)
78 - Dan Quayle (former vice president)
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Today in Sports History - February 4
1924 - The first Olympic Winter Games opened in Chamonix, France.
1932 - The first Winter Olympics in the United States opened at Lake Placid, NY. The games were opened by New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1969 - John Madden was named the head coach of the NFL's Oakland Raiders.
1973 - The New York Islanders and the Buffalo Sabres played an entire game with no penalties called.
1987 - The Sacramento Kings score an NBA record low 4 points in the first quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers; the fewest points ever scored in a quarter since the introduction of the 24-second shot clock in 1954.
1991 - The Baseball Hall of Fame Board of Directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose due to his gambling on games while a player and manager.
1993 - The Boston Celtics retired Larry Bird's #33.
1997 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) scored his 600th National Hockey League (NHL) goal during his 719th game. Lemieux reached the milestone second fastest in history. Gretzky had reached the plateau during his 718th game.
2003 - Jaromir Jagr (Washington Capitals) scored his 500th career goal. He also got his 11th career hat trick in the game.
2007 - The Indianapolis Colts defeat the Chicago Bears 29-17 to win Super Bowl XLI.
2018 - The Philadelphia Eagles defeat the New England Patriots 41-33 to win Super Bowl LII.
2022 - The Winter Olympic Games open in Beijing, China.
1783 - England proclaimed the formal end to the hostilities with the United States.
1787 - Shays's Rebellion, an uprising of Massachusetts farmers, was defeated.
1789 - George Washington and John Adams were elected the first president and vice president of the United States.
1801 - John Marshall took office as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, a position he would hold for a record 34 years.
1861 - Delegates from six southern states met at Montgomery, Alabama to form the Confederate States of America.
1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Russian leader Josef Stalin met at the Yalta Conference during World War II.
1948 - Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) gained independence from Britain.
1969 - The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasir Arafat head of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
1974 - Patricia Hearst, granddaughter of newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
1976 - More than 23,000 people died when a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Guatemala.
1997 - A civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, ordering Simpson to pay $33.5 million to the victims' families.
2003 - The country of Yugoslavia ceased to exist, being replaced by the loose federation of Serbia and Montenegro.
2004 - The Massachusetts State Supreme Court declared the right for citizens to have same-sex marriages.
2004 - Facebook had its beginnings as Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launched "Thefacebook."
2013 - British scientists announced that the skeletal remains they had discovered during an excavation beneath a Leicester, England parking lot were, beyond reasonable doubt, the remains of 15th century monarch King Richard III.
2021 - A voting technology company, Smartmatic USA, sued Fox News, three of its hosts and two former Trump lawyers -- Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell -- for $2.7 billion, for allegedly conspiring to spread false claims that the company helped "steal" the presidential election. (The case remains ongoing.)
Birthdays
28 - Gracie Bon (model)
29 - Angela Halili (actress)
37 - Carly Patterson (gymnast)
42 - Lauren Ash (actress)
48 - Gavin DeGraw (singer)
49 - Cam'ron (rapper)
50 - Natalie Imbruglia (singer)
52 - Oscar De La Hoya (boxer)
63 - Clint Black (singer)
66 - Lawrence Taylor (football player)
77 - Alice Cooper (singer)
78 - Dan Quayle (former vice president)
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Today in Sports History - February 4
1924 - The first Olympic Winter Games opened in Chamonix, France.
1932 - The first Winter Olympics in the United States opened at Lake Placid, NY. The games were opened by New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1969 - John Madden was named the head coach of the NFL's Oakland Raiders.
1973 - The New York Islanders and the Buffalo Sabres played an entire game with no penalties called.
1987 - The Sacramento Kings score an NBA record low 4 points in the first quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers; the fewest points ever scored in a quarter since the introduction of the 24-second shot clock in 1954.
1991 - The Baseball Hall of Fame Board of Directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose due to his gambling on games while a player and manager.
1993 - The Boston Celtics retired Larry Bird's #33.
1997 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) scored his 600th National Hockey League (NHL) goal during his 719th game. Lemieux reached the milestone second fastest in history. Gretzky had reached the plateau during his 718th game.
2003 - Jaromir Jagr (Washington Capitals) scored his 500th career goal. He also got his 11th career hat trick in the game.
2007 - The Indianapolis Colts defeat the Chicago Bears 29-17 to win Super Bowl XLI.
2018 - The Philadelphia Eagles defeat the New England Patriots 41-33 to win Super Bowl LII.
2022 - The Winter Olympic Games open in Beijing, China.
