February 4th, 1929

Born on February 4th, 1929

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on February 4th?

February 4th, 2015

Shortly after takeoff from Taipei Songshan Airport, the crew of TransAsia Airways Flight 235 shut down the wrong engine in response to a flameout, leading to a crash that resulted in 43 deaths.

February 4th, 2008

The London low emission zone, governing what types of vehicles may enter Greater London, came into operation.

February 4th, 1999

Amadou Diallo, a 23-year-old immigrant from Guinea, was shot and killed by four New York City Police Department plain-clothed officers, prompting outrage both within and outside the city.

February 4th, 1974

American newspaper heiress and socialite Patty Hearst was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army, which she later joined, in one of the most well-known cases of Stockholm syndrome.

February 4th, 1969

Yasser Arafat (pictured) was elected chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

February 4th, 1945

World War II: U.S. forces liberated the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila, the largest Japanese internment camp in the Philippines.

February 4th, 1899

The Philippine–American War began when an American soldier, under orders to keep insurgents away from his unit's encampment, fired on a Filipino soldier in Manila.

February 4th, 1859

Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovered the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century great uncial codex of the Bible in Greek, in Saint Catherine's Monastery, Egypt.

February 4th, 1820

Chilean War of Independence: Chilean forces captured the city of Valdivia.

February 4th, 1801

John 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.

February 4th, 0960

Emperor Taizu (pictured) came to power, initiating the Song dynasty of China that eventually lasted for more than three centuries.

February 4th, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic causes all casinos in Macau to be closed down for 15 days.

February 4th, 2015

TransAsia Airways Flight 235, with 58 people on board, en route from the Taiwanese capital Taipei to Kinmen, crashes into the Keelung River just after takeoff, killing 43 people.

February 4th, 2008

Civic mobilizations in Colombia against FARC, under the name A million voices against the FARC.

February 4th, 2004

Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 4th

Born on February 4th, 1929

95

Jerry Adler

American actor

*February 4th, 1929, Brooklyn

95

Carlos Alonso

Argentine painter, draftsman and printmaker

*February 4th, 1929, Tunuyán

91

Walther Tröger

German jurist

*February 4th, 1929, Wunsiedel †December 30th, 2020, Frankfurt

56

Günther Kretzschmar

German composer

*February 4th, 1929, Hohenstein-Ernstthal †January 24th, 1986, Bremen

84

Dorothy Howard

Canadian music educator

*February 4th, 1929, Winnipeg †March 1st, 2013, Winnipeg

79

Friedhelm Busse

German politician

*February 4th, 1929, Bochum †July 23rd, 2008, Passau

49

Neil Johnston

American Hall of Fame basketball player

*February 4th, 1929, Chillicothe †September 28th, 1978, Bedford

80

Eduard Zimmermann

German tv journalist

*February 4th, 1929, Munich †September 19th, 2009, Munich

76

Josef Starkl

Austrian entrepreneur and gardener

*February 4th, 1929, Tulln an der Donau †July 13th, 2005

95

Guadalupe de Ceita

São Toméan writer, doctor, and national hero

*February 4th, 1929, São Tomé

93

Stanley Drucker

American musician

*February 4th, 1929, Brooklyn †December 19th, 2022, Vista

93

William Thomas Hart

United States federal judge

*February 4th, 1929, Joliet †January 17th, 2023

94

Reino Börjesson

Swedish footballer

*February 4th, 1929, Borås †October 21st, 2023

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89

Conrad Bain

Canadian-American actor, personality, entertainer, and activist (1923–2013)

*February 4th, 1923, Lethbridge †January 14th, 2013, Livermore

26

Yulfira Barkah

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1998, Medan

74

Ade Chandra

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

92

Rosa Parks

African-American civil rights activist (1913-2005)

*February 4th, 1913, Tuskegee †October 24th, 2005, Detroit

96

Kim Yong-nam

Former President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly

*February 4th, 1928, Pyongyang

90

Horst Ehmke

Politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Lawyer (1927-2017)

*February 4th, 1927, Gdańsk †March 12th, 2017, Bonn

55

Michael Søgaard

Danish badminton player

*February 4th, 1969, Sønderborg

72

Jenny Shipley

New Zealand politician

*February 4th, 1952, Gore

43

Donna Haliday

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1981, Raetihi

77

Dan Quayle

Vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993

*February 4th, 1947, Indianapolis

30

Ciaran Chambers

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1994, Belfast

80

Ludwig Erhard

Chancellor of West Germany (1963–1966)

*February 4th, 1897, Fürth †May 5th, 1977, Bonn

29

Wu Hsiao-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*February 4th, 1995, Kaohsiung

76

Alice Cooper

American singer (born 1948)

*February 4th, 1948, Detroit

49

Natalie Imbruglia

Australian-British singer, songwriter and actress

*February 4th, 1975, Sydney

32

Luke Charlesworth

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1992, Auckland

72

Lisa Eichhorn

American actress

*February 4th, 1952, Glens Falls

77

Ida Lupino

British actress and filmmaker (1918–1995)

*February 4th, 1918, London †August 3rd, 1995, Los Angeles

20

Nethania Irawan

Badminton player

*February 4th, 2004, Surabaya

83

Jim Cunningham

British politician

*February 4th, 1941, Coatbridge

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39

Martin Luther King Jr.

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)

*January 15th, 1929, Atlanta †April 4th, 1968, Memphis

91

Kurt Rudolph

German religious studies scholar

*April 3rd, 1929, Dresden †May 13th, 2020

83

Hebe Camargo

Brazilian recording artist, television host, singer

*March 8th, 1929, Taubaté †September 29th, 2012, Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital

63

Audrey Hepburn

British actress (1929–1993)

*May 4th, 1929, Rue Keyenveld - Keienveldstraat †January 20th, 1993, Tolochenaz

91

Christopher Plummer

Canadian actor (1929–2021)

*December 13th, 1929, Toronto †February 5th, 2021, Weston

87

Kathleen Crowley

American actress and beauty pageant contestant (1929-2017)

*December 26th, 1929, Green Bank †April 23rd, 2017, Green Bank

87

Chuck Barris

American game show creator, producer, and host (1929-2017)

*June 3rd, 1929, Philadelphia †March 21st, 2017, Palisades

95

Christian Meier

German historian of ancient history and professor

*February 16th, 1929, Słupsk

87

Willi Fährmann

German writer

*December 18th, 1929, Duisburg †May 25th, 2017, Xanten

52

Grace Kelly

American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982)

*November 12th, 1929, Philadelphia †September 14th, 1982, Commune of Monaco

70

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer (1929-2000)

*July 18th, 1929, Cleveland †February 12th, 2000, Neuilly-sur-Seine

83

Robert Bonnaud

Historian

*November 13th, 1929, Marseille †January 22nd, 2013, 13th arrondissement of Paris

87

Hans Koschnick

German politician (SPD), Mayor of Bremen (1929-2016)

*April 2nd, 1929, Bremen †April 21st, 2016, Bremen

73

Dorothee Sölle

German theologian

*September 30th, 1929, Cologne †April 27th, 2003, Göppingen

86

Bud Spencer

Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player (1929–2016)

*October 31st, 1929, Naples †June 27th, 2016, Rome

94

Milan Kundera

Franco-Czech poet and novelist

*April 1st, 1929, Brno †July 11th, 2023, 7th arrondissement of Paris

85

Karl Otto Pöhl

German banker (1929–2014)

*December 1st, 1929, Hanover †December 9th, 2014, Switzerland

87

Michael M. Ryan

American actor (1929-2017)

*March 19th, 1929, Wichita †March 1st, 2017, Kansas City

87

Josef Válka

Czech historian (1929-2017)

*July 13th, 1929, Borač †May 13th, 2017, Brno

15

Anne Frank

German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)

*June 12th, 1929, Maingau Clinic of the Red Cross †February 1st, 1945, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

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No: With 365 days 1929 is a normal year and no leap year.

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