February 4
February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 331 days remain until the year's end. It falls in winter (northern hemisphere) and under the astrological sign of Aquarius.
External references
Curated jump-off points to the major almanacs, encyclopaedias and primary sources for this date.
Astronomy
On February 4 the Sun's declination is approximately -16.7°. At this latitude the Sun is south of the celestial equator, giving the Northern Hemisphere shorter days than nights.
For specific rise/set times at your location, see the U.S. Naval Observatory, or the NASA APOD archive for any imagery published on a February 4.
Position in the year
Holidays & observances
- Independence Day — Sri Lanka (1948)
- World Cancer Day (UN/WHO)
Events
A selection of widely-documented historical events that took place on this date. Years marked BCE follow standard astronomical convention.
1789 — George Washington was unanimously elected the first President of the United States by the Electoral College. ↗(237 years ago)more
Presidential elections were held in the United States from December 15, 1788 to January 7, 1789, under the new Constitution ratified in 1788. George Washington was unanimously elected for the first of his two terms as president and John Adams became the first vice president. This was the only U.S.
1861 — Delegates from six seceded Southern U.S. states met in Montgomery, Alabama to form the Confederate States of America. ↗(165 years ago)more
The Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States from 1861 to 1865. It comprised 11 U.S.
1945 — World War II: the Yalta Conference between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin began in Crimea. ↗(81 years ago)more
The Yalta Conference, held 4–11 February 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. The three states were represented by President Franklin D.
2004 — Mark Zuckerberg launched the social-network site "thefacebook.com" from his Harvard dormitory. ↗(22 years ago)more
Facebook is an American social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, along with his Harvard College roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes.
Notable births
1902 — Charles Lindbergh, American aviator who made the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight. ↗(124 years ago)more
Charles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for over 33 hours. His aircraft, the Spirit of St.
1913 — Rosa Parks, American civil-rights activist. ↗(113 years ago)more
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American civil rights activist. She is best known for her 1955 refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racial segregation laws, which sparked the Montgomery bus boycott. She is sometimes known as the "mother of the civil rights movement".
Notable deaths
1928 — Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate. ↗(98 years ago)more
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz was a Dutch theoretical physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman for their discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect. He derived the Lorentz transformation of the special theory of relativity, as well as the Lorentz force, which describes the force acting on a charged particle in an el...
Numerical & calendrical curiosities
| Day-of-year (35) | 5 × 7 · composite (no) |
|---|---|
| Days remaining (331) | 331 |
| Date code DDMMYYYY | 04022026 · next palindrome year: 2040 |
| Sun declination | -16.68° (Cooper approximation) |
| Distance from solstice | 46 days |