{"id":18281,"date":"2024-02-04T00:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T18:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=18281"},"modified":"2024-02-02T15:50:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T10:20:24","slug":"history-of-4-february-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-4-february-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 4 February"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>History of 4 February<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> &#8211; U.S. President Ronald Reagan&#8217;s defense budget called for a tripling of the expenditure on the &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; research program.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong> &#8211; Russian scientists unfurled a giant mirror in orbit and flashed a beam of sunlight across Europe during the night. Observers saw it only as a momentary flash.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong> &#8211; A civil jury in California found O.J. Simpson liable in the death of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Goldman&#8217;s parents were awarded $8.5 million in compensatory damages.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong> &#8211; Two Israeli troop-carrying helicopters collided on their way to Lebanon, all 73 soldiers and airmen aboard were killed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong> &#8211; President Milosevic of Serbia apparently surrendered to the will of his people, ordering his government to recognize opposition victories in local elections held in November 1996.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong> &#8211; Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) scored his 600th&nbsp;National Hockey League (NHL)&nbsp;goal during his 719th game. Lemieux reached the milestone second fastest in history. Gretzky had reached the plateau during his 718th game.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; In northeast Afghanistan, at least 5,000 people were killed in an earthquake that measured 6.1 on the&nbsp;Richter Scale.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999<\/strong> &#8211; Warplanes from Israel attacked south Lebanon just after rockets were fired toward Israel. No casualties were claimed on either side.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999<\/strong> &#8211; Gary Coleman was sentenced to a $400 fine, a suspended 90-day jail sentence, and ordered to attend 52 anger-management classes. The sentence stemmed from Coleman assaulting an autograph seeker on July 30, 1998.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999<\/strong> &#8211; Amadou Diallo, an unarmed West African immigrant, was shot and killed in front of his Bronx home by four plainclothes New York City police officers. The officers had been conducting a nighttime search for a rape suspect.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2000<\/strong> &#8211; Austrian President Thomas Klestil swore in a coalition government that included Joerg Haider&#8217;s far-right Freedom Party. European Union sanctions were a result of the action.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2003<\/strong> &#8211; Yugoslavia was formally dissolved by lawmakers. The country was replaced with a loose union of its remaining two republics, Serbia and Montenegro.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2004<\/strong> &#8211; The social networking website Facebook.com was launched.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2015<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;TransAsia Airways Flight 235&nbsp;with 58 people on board, en route from the Taiwanese capital&nbsp;Taipei&nbsp;to&nbsp;Kinmen, crashes into the&nbsp;Keelung River&nbsp;just after take-off, killing 43 people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Celebrating Birthday Today&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Jason Kapono, American basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Johan Vansummeren, Belgian cyclist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Chris Sabin, American wrestler<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Ivars Timermanis, Latvian basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Tomas Vaitkus, Lithuanian cyclist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Lee Stempniak, American ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Rebecca White, Australian politician<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Sandeep Acharya, Indian singer (d. 2013)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Mauricio Pinilla, Chilean footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Maximilian G\u00f6tz, German race car driver<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Mahmudullah Riyad, Bangladeshi cricketer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Darren O&#8217;Dea, Irish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013 Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1, a Czech tennis player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Carly Patterson, American gymnast and singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Bae Noo-ri, South Korean actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Maximilian W\u00f6ber, Austrian footballer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 4 February 1985 &#8211; U.S. President Ronald Reagan&#8217;s defense budget called for a tripling of the expenditure on the &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; research program. 1993 &#8211; Russian scientists unfurled a giant mirror in orbit and flashed a beam of sunlight across Europe during the night. 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