Like today, February 4, 2022

960: The coronation of Chao Quanggin as Emperor of China by the name of Taichu marks the beginning of the Song Dynasty, which will last more than three centuries.

1169: A strong earthquake shook the east coast of Sicily, especially Catania, killing about 15,000 people.

789: George Washington is unanimously elected by the Electoral College as the first president of the United States.

1794: Slavery is abolished in all the territories of the French First Republic. It will be reintroduced to the French West Indies in 1802.

1797: An earthquake hits Ecuador, killing at least 40,000 people.

1848: In France, the Black Code and consequently the slave market are permanently abolished.

1859: The Sinaitic Code is discovered in Egypt.

1867: A catastrophic earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale struck Cephalonia (January 23 with the old calendar), with hundreds dead and major damage. 224 people are killed and 2,612 houses collapse.

1900: The water that the Athenians drink from the Hadrian’s Aqueduct was found to be contaminated. The problem is caused by a huge septic tank found next to the aqueduct.

1920: The first London-South Africa flight takes place. The plane took a month and a half to reach its destination, making several intermediate stops.

1924: An incident in Parliament between the Venezuelan MP, Theodoros Pangalos, and his opposition colleague, Athanasios Tzonis. The second, provoked, slaps the first, who threatens him with his revolver, but is disarmed by the Arta MP.

1932: The Japanese occupy Harbin in Manchuria.

1943: Executed by the Germans Costas Perrikos, an air force officer, who had developed resistance action in Athens, culminating in the explosion of the building of the pro-Nazi organization ESPO.

[1945: The conference between Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill on the reorganization of post-war Europe begins in Yalta, Crimea.

1948: Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the Commonwealth of Nations.

1950: Six months after the end of the Civil War, members of the Left founded the “Democratic Party”, which will be the forerunner of the EDA.

1956: The British are closing seven primary schools in Cyprus, because they had raised the blue and white.

1959: Greek-Turkish talks begin in Zurich to find a solution to the Cyprus problem.

1960: The official talks between Greece and the Common Market begin.

1961: The State Theater of Northern Greece is founded.

1971: The company Rolls Royce, the British symbol of quality, declares bankruptcy, a fact that is characterized by British politicians as “the greatest national tragedy”.

1992: In Venezuela, Hugo Chavez with the Bolivarian Revolutionary Movement 200 (Movrimento Bolivariano Revolucionario 200, MBR-200) attempted a coup against President Carlos Andres Perez, with 18 dead and 60 wounded.

1996: The acting Prime Minister of Turkey, Tansu Ziller, threatens that the extension of Greek territorial waters to 12 nautical miles will be a cause of war, while he states that he will raise the issue of the approximately 1,000 islands, islets and rocky islets in the jurisdiction of international legal bodies. that belong to its territory.

2000: The The Sims video game goes on sale, selling over 6.3 million copies in the US and 58 million in the rest of the world.

2003: The Federal Parliament of Yugoslavia creates the Commonwealth of Serbia and Montenegro.

2004: Facebook, one of the most popular social networking sites, is founded.

2005: Pascal Yodimnaji is taking over as Prime Minister of Chad.

2006: Resignation of the Metropolitan of Piraeus Kallinikos.

2006: Authorities in Imathia are facing an unprecedented tragedy, as 11-year-old Alex Meskishvili, who disappeared on February 3, 2006, is said to have been murdered by his peers. The search for the body of the unfortunate child is fruitless.

2016: Nationwide strike in Greece due to insurance. Even the gas stations and cafes are closed.

2018: A rally in favor of the non-use of the term Macedonia in the name of FYROM is being held in Syntagma Square. 140,000 citizens participated according to the EL.AS. and 1,500,000 citizens according to the organizers.

Births

1495 – Francis II Sforza, Duke of Milan

1815 – Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek politician

1851 – Karl Berg, German industrialist

1856 – Robert Dick Wilson, American linguist

1871 – Friedrich Ebert, German politician

1872 – Gotse Delchev, Bulgarian revolutionary

1873 – Etienne Demarto, Canadian athlete

1881 – Fernand Leze, French painter and sculptor

1889 – Walter Cutlet, American actor

1892 – Andres Nin, Spanish revolutionary

1897 – Ludwig Erhard, German politician

1900 – Jacques Prevert, French poet

1902 – Charles Lindbergh, American pilot

1906 – Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian

1906 – Clyde Tombo, American astronomer

1912 – Byron Nelson, American golfer

1913 – Rosa Parks, American activist

1915 – Ray Evans, American songwriter

1917 – George Sikeliotis, Greek painter and engraver

1921 – Betty Friedan, American feminist

1923 – Donald Nichols, English Byzantine scholar

1931 – Isabel Perρόνn, Argentine politician

1940 – George Romero, American director

1941 – Opy Zouni, Greek painter

1941 – Serban Kantakouzenos, Romanian actor

1941 – Laisenya Karaze, Prime Minister of the Fiji Islands

1943 – Svetlana Babanina, Russian swimmer

1947 – Lakis Glezos, Greek football player

1948 – Alice Cooper (pronounced Vincent Damon Fournier), American singer

1948 – Ram Baran Yadav, President of Nepal

1951 – George Papadakis, Greek presenter

1972 – Giovanni Silva de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer

1978 – Dana Garcia, Colombian actress

1979 – Giorgio Pantano, Italian race driver

1981 – Jason Capone, American basketball player

1982 – Chris Sebin, American wrestler

1990 – Katerina Stefanidi, Greek short jump athlete

2000 – George Antzoulas, Greek football player

Deaths

211 – Septimius Severus, Roman emperor

708 – Pope Sisinius

1461 – Owen Tudor, Welsh nobleman

1508 – Conrad Celtis, German scholar

1615 – Giambattista della Porta, Italian scholar

1843 – Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general

1905 – Louis-Ernest Baria, French sculptor

1925 – Robert Koldeway, German archaeologist

1928 – Hendrik Lorenz, Dutch physicist

1936 – Wilhelm Gustloff, German Nazi

1940 – Nikolai Yezhov, Soviet secret police officer

1943 – Costas Perrikos, Greek soldier and resistance fighter

1947 – Luigi Roussolo, Italian painter and composer

1968 – Neil Cassadi, American writer

1984 – Michael Myridakis, Greek politician

1991 – Eleni Skoura, Greek politician

1995 – Patricia Haysmith, American author

1997 – Antonis Pararas, Greek television presenter

2000 – Achilles I. Papaloukas, Greek lawyer and politician

2001 – Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer

2006 – Betty Friedan, American feminist

2009 – Aleka Paizi, Greek actress

2010 – Costas Axelos, Greek philosopher

2011 – Pavlos Sarlis, Greek politician

2011 – Martial Celestine, Prime Minister of Haiti

2012 – Florence Green, England World War I veteran

2013 – Panagiotis Katerinis, Greek resistance and politician