History for February 4 - On-This-Day.com:
Charles Lindbergh 1902, Rosa Parks 1913, George A. Romero 1940
David Brenner 1945, Dan Quayle 1947, Alice Cooper 1948 - Singer, musician
1789 - Electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.
1824 - J.W. Goodrich introduced rubber galoshes to the public.
1861 - Delegates from six southern states met in Montgomery, AL, to form the Confederate States of America.
1904 - The Russo-Japanese War began after Japan laid siege to Port Arthur.
1932 - The first Winter Olympics were held in the United States at Lake Placid, NY.
1957 - Smith-Corona Manufacturing Inc., of New York, began selling portable electric typewriters. The first machine weighed 19 pounds.
1974 - Patricia (Patty) Hearst was kidnapped in Berkeley, CA, by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
2004 - The social networking website Facebook.com was launched.
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