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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