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Today in History February 4th
Today is Saturday, February 4th, 2012 (day 34 of the year),
but you may have selected a different day. In any case,
these are just a few of the things that happened on
This Date in History! Holiday notices are displayed
boldly.
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Today in History
February
Interesting Things
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In 1783, Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former colony, the United States of America.
04
In 1789, electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.
04
In 1801, John Marshall was sworn in as chief justice of the United States.
04
In 1861, at a convention in Montgomery, Ala., six states -- Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina -- elected Jefferson Davis president of the Confederacy.
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In 1861, delegates from six southern states met in Montgomery, Ala., to form the Confederate States of America.
04
In 1932, New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt opened the Winter Olympic Games at Lake Placid.
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In 1938, Chancellor Adolf Hitler seized control of the German army and put Nazi officers in key posts as part of a plan that led to World War II.
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In 1938, the Thornton Wilder play "Our Town" opened on Broadway.
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In 1941, the United Service Organizations came into existence.
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In 1945, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a wartime conference at Yalta.
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In 1948, the island nation of Ceylon -- now Sri Lanka -- became an independent dominion within the British Commonwealth.
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In 1974, Patricia Hearst, the 19-year-old daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst, was abducted from her apartment in Berkeley, Calif., by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
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In 1975, more than 22,000 people died when a severe earthquake struck Guatemala and Honduras.
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In 1976, an earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale killed nearly 23,000 people in Guatemala and Honduras.
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In 1983, singer Karen Carpenter died in Downey, Calif., at age 32.
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In 1985: President Reagan sent to Congress a fiscal 1986 budget totaling $973.7 billion and projecting a deficit of $180 billion.
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In 1987, pianist Liberace died in Palm Springs, Calif., at age 67.
04
In 1990: Hundreds of thousands of cheering protesters filled Moscow streets to demand that the Communists surrender their stranglehold on power.
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In 1990: Nine people were killed as guerrillas attacked a bus carrying Israeli tourists near Cairo, Egypt.
04
In 1991, Iran offers to mediate an end to the Persian Gulf War.
04
In 1992, Congress passed a jobless benefits extension bill.
04
In 1993, Congress approved legislation giving employees unpaid leave in the event of a birth or a medical emergency in their family.
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In 1993, the Centers for Disease Control expanded its investigation into contaminated hamburger meat that sickened hundreds of people in four Western states.
04
In 1994: The Federal Reserve increased interest rates for the first time in five years in a surprise announcement that triggered a huge sell-off on Wall Street; the Fed said the move was designed to head off any recurrence of high inflation.
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