On this day: February 4
Events
Philippine–American WarFebruary 4, 1899 – July 2, 1902 · Wars & Conflicts
1932 Winter OlympicsFebruary 4, 1932 – February 15, 1932 · Sports
Dominion of CeylonFebruary 4, 1948 – May 22, 1972 · World History
Portuguese Colonial WarFebruary 4, 1961 – April 25, 1974 · Wars & Conflicts
Tyazhely SputnikFebruary 4, 1961 · Space
1976 Winter OlympicsFebruary 4, 1976 – February 15, 1976 · Sports- Release of RumoursFebruary 4, 1977 · Music
- Release of Songs from the WoodFebruary 4, 1977 · Music
Release of VideodromeFebruary 4, 1983 · Film- Release of ControlFebruary 4, 1986 · Music
- Release of InnuendoFebruary 4, 1991 · Music
Release of Absolute PowerFebruary 4, 1997 · Film
Launch of FacebookFebruary 4, 2004 · Internet- Release of It's Not Me, It's YouFebruary 4, 2009 · Music
- Release of Dirt 3February 4, 2011 · Gaming
- Release of The Cloverfield ParadoxFebruary 4, 2018 · Film
2018 Hualien earthquakeFebruary 4, 2018 · Geography
2022 Winter OlympicsFebruary 4, 2022 – February 20, 2022 · Sports
Release of Dying Light 2 Stay HumanFebruary 4, 2022 · Gaming
Release of Kingdom Come: Deliverance IIFebruary 4, 2025 · Gaming
Born on this day
Ridolfo del GhirlandaioFebruary 4, 1483 – January 6, 1561 · Art
Alessandro MagnascoFebruary 4, 1667 – March 12, 1749 · Art
Johann Ludwig Bachcirca February 4, 1677 – March 1, 1731 · Music
Johann Friedrich BöttgerFebruary 4, 1682 – March 13, 1719 · Technology
John RobisonFebruary 4, 1739 – January 30, 1805 · Technology
Carl Michael BellmanFebruary 4, 1740 – February 11, 1795 · Music
Blasius MerremFebruary 4, 1761 – February 23, 1824 · Science
Georg BrandesFebruary 4, 1842 – February 19, 1927 · Culture
Władysław PodkowińskiFebruary 4, 1866 – January 5, 1895 · Art
Constance MarkieviczFebruary 4, 1868 – July 15, 1927 · Art
Ludwig PrandtlFebruary 4, 1875 – August 15, 1953 · Science
Louis Camille MaillardFebruary 4, 1878 – May 12, 1936 · Science
Giuseppe AdamiFebruary 4, 1878 – October 12, 1946 · Film
Jacques CopeauFebruary 4, 1879 – October 20, 1949 · Film
Fernand LégerFebruary 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955 · Art
Yakov ProtazanovFebruary 4, 1881 – August 8, 1945 · Film
Richard BoleslawskiFebruary 4, 1889 – January 17, 1937 · Film
Friedrich HundFebruary 4, 1896 – March 31, 1997 · Science
Ludwig ErhardFebruary 4, 1897 – May 5, 1977 · Politics
Charles LindberghFebruary 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974 · Technology- Alexander ImichFebruary 4, 1903 – June 8, 2014 · Science
Dietrich BonhoefferFebruary 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945 · Culture
Clyde TombaughFebruary 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997 · Science
Nicholas Georgescu-RoegenFebruary 4, 1906 – October 30, 1994 · Science
Norman WisdomFebruary 4, 1915 – October 4, 2010 · Music- Ray EvansFebruary 4, 1915 – February 15, 2007 · Music
Ida LupinoFebruary 4, 1918 – August 3, 1995 · Film
Lotfi A. ZadehFebruary 4, 1921 – September 6, 2017 · Science
Bhimsen JoshiFebruary 4, 1922 – January 24, 2011 · Music
Arthur CohnFebruary 4, 1927 – December 12, 2025 · Film
Igor KvashaFebruary 4, 1933 – August 30, 2012 · Film
Birju MaharajFebruary 4, 1938 – January 2022 · Music
George A. RomeroFebruary 4, 1940 – July 16, 2017 · Film
Polad BulbuloghluFebruary 4, 1945 – present · Music
Alice CooperFebruary 4, 1948 – present · Music
KitarōFebruary 4, 1953 – present · Music
Zeca PagodinhoFebruary 4, 1959 – present · Music- Jonathan LarsonFebruary 4, 1960 – January 25, 1996 · Music
- Gloria BamiloyeFebruary 4, 1964 – present · Film
Gabrielle AnwarFebruary 4, 1970 – present · Film
Natalie ImbrugliaFebruary 4, 1975 – present · Music
Cam'ronFebruary 4, 1976 – present · Music
Gavin DeGrawFebruary 4, 1977 – present · Music
Peter JosephFebruary 4, 1979 – present · Film
Kimberly WyattFebruary 4, 1982 – present · Music
Zach KingFebruary 4, 1990 – present · Film