Page 9: Historical Events In January - 02
Wednesday, 04 February 2026
1991 Renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at 78. 

1992 Test debut of Shane Warne, vs India at Sydney 

1992 Virginia Field, actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at 74 

1994 "Shakespeare after My Father" closes at Helen Hayes New York City NY after 266 performances. 

1994 Battles between army and rebellious Indians in South Mexico, kill 57. 

1994 Caesar Romero, actor (Joker-Batman), dies at 86 

1995 Bus crashes in Luzon Philippines, 29 killed 

1995 Marion Barry is sworn in as mayor of Washington DC, four years after leaving office to serve a six-month sentence for drug possession 

1995 Most distant galaxy yet discovered are discovered by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (estimated 15 billion light years away) 

1995 Most distant galaxy yet discovered are discovered by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (estimated5 billion light years away). 

1995 Graham Sharp, ice skater, dies at 77 

1996 Sydney Thompson, rock Climber, dies at 81. 

1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Columbus OH on WBZX 99.7 FM. 

1997 Residents of southern and eastern Ontario are digging out again this morning after another round of snow 

1997 Jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75. 

1998 Autopsy of Chris Farley shows he overdosed of opiates and cocaine 

2006 The Bad Reichenhall ice rink roof in Germany collapses after heavy snowfall in the Bavarian Alps, killing 15. 

2007 The new constitution of Gibraltar came into force. [1]. 

2014 30 people are killed after a bus plunges off a cliff and falls 400 ft in Malshej Ghat, India. 

2017 US House Republicans vote to gut the independent Office of Congressional Ethics, a public uproar forces them to back down the next day. 

2018 Bus crash in Pasamayo, Peru, results in the deaths of 51 on notorious "Devil's Curve" road. 

2018 WHO reveals it will classify gaming addiction as mental health condition in its next Classification of Diseases 

2018 Storm Eleanor forms near Ireland then sweeps across the UK and Western Europe in next few days 

2019 Apple CEO Tim Cook blames below expectation Chinese iPhone sales for downturn in company's outlook, rocking international stock markets 

2019 Great Belt Bridge rail accident: A DSB express passenger train is hit by a semi-trailer from a passing cargo train on the western bridge of the Great Belt Fixed Link in Denmark, killing eight people and making it the deadliest rail accident in the country since 1988 

2021 US President Donald Trump says to Georgia's secretary of state Brad Raffensperger "I just want to find 11780 votes, which is one more than we have,†in recording released by the Washington Post. 

2024 Marshallese general election: The Legislature of the Marshall Islands elects Hilda Heine as President for a second non-consecutive term during its inaugural session following the general election 

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