On This Very Day
February 4th
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- 1783
Devastating earthquake in Calabria, Italy, kills about 50,000 people.
- 1787
Shays' Rebellion, a farmers' uprising in Massachusetts, comes to an end.
- 1849
University of Wisconsin opens with just one room and 20 students.
- 1982
Indoor record set for paper airplane flight: 47 meters in Tacoma, Washington.
- 1998
Bill Gates hit with a pie in Brussels, Belgium.
- 2000
'The Sims', a groundbreaking simulation video game, released in North America.
- 2004
Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook from his Harvard dormitory.
- 2023
Chinese surveillance balloon shot down by US near the eastern seaboard.
- 1789
George Washington elected as the first President of the United States.
- 1902
Birth of Charles Lindbergh, famed American aviator and activist.
- 1932
First Winter Olympics in the US held in Lake Placid, NY.
- 1974
Patty Hearst kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
- 1938
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' released.
- 1797
Massive earthquake in Quito, Ecuador results in 41,000 fatalities. View Post →
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