Historical Events In February - 04

1958  On February - 04 frederik de Merode, Belgian prince, dies at 46  

1959  Israel begins exporting copper ore on February - 04.  

1959  Una O'Connor, actress (Banjo, Invisible Man), dies at 78 on February - 04.  

1960  BBWAA voters fail to elect a new Hall of Fame member on February - 04.  

1961  On February - 04 sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure  

1962  On February - 04 russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game  

1962  US female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles on this day in history.  

1962  On February - 04 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Monty Hoyt  

1962  "Gay Life" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 113 performances on February - 04.  

1964  On this day in history 24th Amendment abolishes Poll tax  

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1964  FAA begins 6 month test of reactions to sonic booms over Oklahoma City OK on this day in history.  

1964  FAA begins 6 month test of reactions to sonic booms over Okla City on February - 04.  

1964  Siegfried T Bok, neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica), dies at 71 on February - 04.  

1965  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 04.  

1965  U C Greyhound, champion trotter (horse), dies at 33 on this day in history.  

1966  All-Nippon Airways 727 crashes off Haneda Airport (Japan); kills 133 on this day in history.  

1966  On February - 04 gilbert H Grosvenor, president Natl Geographic Society, dies at 90  

1967  On this day in history "Wild Thing" hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby  

1967  US launches Lunar Orbiter 3 on February - 04.  

1968  Ed Baker, actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema at 70 on February - 04.  

1969  On February - 04 beatles appoint Eastman &Eastman, as general counsel to Apple  

1969  Yassar Arafat takes over as chairman of PLO on February - 04.  

1969  Thelma Ritter, actress (All About Eve, Pillow Talk), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1970  On February - 04 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1971  On this day in history apollo 14 lander Antares lands on Moon (Shepard &Mitchell)  

1971  On February - 04 british car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt  

1971  On February - 04 government exhibit under construction collapses, kills 65 in Brazil  

1971  National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington NC on February - 04.  

1971  Rolls Royce goes bankrupt after a disastrous contract to supply aero engines to Lockheed Aircraft on February - 04.  

1972  On this day in history 6th round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ends in Vienna Austria  

1972  On this day in history in Central Italy a 4.8 earthquate and a series of hundreds of relatively minor shocks near the Italian town of Ancona on the Adriatic coast caused wide-spread panic, some damage, several injuries, and one death  

1972  Senator Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported on February - 04.  

1973  "No, No Nanette" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 861 performances on this day in history.  

1973  On February - 04 reshef, Israel's missile boat, unveiled  

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1465  French van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen was born on February - 04.  

1524  On this day in history birth of luis de Camões, Portugal's greatest poet. (d. 1580)  

1549  On this day in history birth of eustache du Caurroy, composer  

1575  On February - 04 birth of pierre de Barulle, French cardinal  

1581  Daniel Selich, composer was born on February - 04.  

1620  On February - 04 birth of gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667)  

1646  On this day in history birth of hans A Freiherr von Abschatz, Silesian poet  

1677  Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731) was born on February - 04.  

0211  On February - 04 lucius Septimus Severus, emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64  

0708  Sisinnius, Greek-Syrian pope (708, 20 days), dies on this day in history.  

0856  On this day in history hrabanus Maurus, East France, archbishop of Mainz, dies  

0869  Death of Saint Cyril, Greek missionary to the Slavs (b. 827) on this day in history.  

1189  Gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies on February - 04.  

1222  Willem I, earl of Holland (1203-22), dies on this day in history.  

1503  Queen Elizabeth, consort of Henry VII of England, dies on February - 04.  

1505  Joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40 on February - 04.