February 4th
960
Coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of the Song, initiating three centuries of Song Dynasty dominance in southern
China
.
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211
Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies, leaving
the Roman Empire
in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta.
2004
The Massachusetts Supreme Court
declared that gays had the right to marry.
Goodridge v. Department of Public Health
2003
Yugoslavia
was dissolved and replaced with a loose union of its remaining two republics,
Serbia
and
Montenegro
.
Serbia and Montenegro
2000
A coalition government that included Joerg Haider's far-right Freedom Party came to power in
Austria
, triggering
European Union
sanctions.
Jörg Haider
1988
Panamanian
General
Manuel Noriega
indicted by
US
federal grand jury for drug trafficking and racketeering.
Manuel Noriega
1983
Singer Karen Carpenter died at age 32.
Karen Carpenter
1977
The album "Rumours" by Fleetwood Mac was released.
Rumours (album)
1976
Benjamin Britten,
British
composer, died.
Benjamin Britten
1974
Patricia Hearst
, granddaughter of newspaper mogul
William Randolph Hearst
, was kidnapped by
the Symbionese Liberation Army
.
Patty Hearst
1969
The Palestine National Congress
appointed
Yasir Arafat
head of
the Palestine Liberation Organization
.
Palestine Liberation Organization
1948
The island nation of
Ceylon
- now
Sri Lanka
- became an independent dominion within
the British Commonwealth
.
Dominion of Ceylon
1945
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
,
British
Prime Minister
Winston Churchill
and
Soviet
leader
Josef Stalin
began a wartime conference at
Yalta
.
List of foreign recipients of the Légion d'Honneur
1941
The United Service Organizations (USO) was formed.
United Service Organizations
1938
The Thornton Wilder play "
Our Town
" opened on
Broadway
.
Our Town
1913
Civil rights pioneer
Rosa Parks
was born Rosa Louise McCauley in
Tuskegee
, Ala.
Rosa Parks
1865
Robert E. Lee
is named general-in-chief of
Confederate
forces.
Robert E. Lee
1861
Delegates from six southern states met in
Montgomery
,
Ala.
, to form
the Confederate States of America
.
South Carolina in the American Civil War
1859
German
archeologist Constantin von Tischendorf discovers the Codex Sinaiticus. The “Sinai Bible”, a handwritten copy of the Greek Bible, is considered a great historical treasure.
Constantin von Tischendorf
1789
George Washington
and
John Adams
are elected the president and vice president of
the United States
.
United States presidential election, 1788–89
1787
Shays
's Rebellion, an uprising of
Massachusetts
farmers, was defeated.
Shays' Rebellion
1783
Britain
declared a formal cessation of hostilities in
the American Revolutionary War
.
American Revolutionary War
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