Born on February 4
February 4 birthdays & history
If you were born on February 4, you share a birthday with Rosa Parks, Dan Quayle and Charles Lindbergh. February 4 babies are Aquarius, with amethyst as their birthstone and the violet as their birth flower. February 4 is the 35th day of the year in leap years.
Famous people born on February 4
- 1913Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist
- 1947Dan Quayle, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 44th Vice President of the United States
- 1902Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer
- 1923Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor
- 1948Alice Cooper, American singer-songwriter
- 1900Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter
- 1906Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian
- 1906Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer and academic, discovered Pluto
- 1921Betty Friedan, American author and feminist
- 1975Natalie Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
What happened on February 4
- 960Emperor Taizu came to power, initiating the Song dynasty of China that eventually lasted for more than three centuries.
- 1488Bartolomeu Dias landed in Mossel Bay, becoming the first European known to have sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip of Africa, beginning Portuguese influence and trade in the Indian Ocean.
- 1758The city of Macapá in Brazil is founded by Sebastião Veiga Cabral.
- 1789George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
- 1801John Marshall, whose court opinions helped lay the basis for U.S. constitutional law and made the Supreme Court a coequal branch of government, took office as chief justice.
- 1825The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
- 1859Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovered the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century great uncial codex of the Bible in Greek, in Saint Catherine's Monastery, Egypt.
- 1948Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
- 1969Yasser Arafat was elected chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
- 2003The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopts a new constitution, becoming a loose confederacy between Montenegro and Serbia.
- 2004Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin.
- 2008The London low emission zone, charging certain diesel-powered commercial vehicles to enter Greater London, came into operation.
Also observed on February 4
- Day of the Armed Struggle (Angola)
- Independence Day (Sri Lanka)
- Rosa Parks Day (California and Missouri, United States)
- International Day of Human Fraternity
Questions, answered
What star sign is February 4?
People born on February 4 are Aquarius. Their birthstone is amethyst and their birth flower is the violet.
Which famous people were born on February 4?
Rosa Parks (1913), Dan Quayle (1947), Charles Lindbergh (1902), Conrad Bain (1923), Alice Cooper (1948), Jacques Prévert (1900) were all born on February 4.
What happened on February 4 in history?
Among other things: in 2003, The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopts a new constitution, becoming a loose confederacy between Montenegro and Serbia; in 2004, Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin; in 2008, The London low emission zone, charging certain diesel-powered commercial vehicles to enter Greater London, came into operation.
Can I get a newspaper front page from February 4?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any February 4 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “February 4”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.