February 4th, 1979

Born on February 4th, 1979

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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, 1979

45

Johan Coenen

Cyclist

*February 4th, 1979, Wellen

45

Giorgio Pantano

Italian racing driver

*February 4th, 1979, Conselve

45

Andrei Arlovski

Belarusian mixed martial artist

*February 4th, 1979, Babruysk

45

Huang Xu

Chinese artistic gymnast

*February 4th, 1979, Nantong

45

Michael Vassar

President of the Singularity Institute

*February 4th, 1979, Philadelphia

45

Jodi Shilling

American actress

*February 4th, 1979, California

45

Jerred Smithson

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 4th, 1979, Vernon

45

Hans Linde

Swedish politician

*February 4th, 1979, Hyby parish

45

Mareva Galanter

French actress and beauty queen

*February 4th, 1979, Papeete

45

Franziska Mascheck

German politician

*February 4th, 1979, Dresden

45

Rebecca Alexander

American Deafblind psychotherapist, author and advocate

*February 4th, 1979, Berkeley

45

Denis Popov

Russian footballer

*February 4th, 1979, Novorossiysk

45

Vojtěch Kubinčák

Czech ice hockey player

*February 4th, 1979, Most

45

Rostyslav Horetskyi

Ukrainian footballer

*February 4th, 1979, Lviv

45

Peter Kaye

English footballer (born 1979)

*February 4th, 1979, Huddersfield

45

Nenad Studen

Bosnia and Herzegovina footballer

*February 4th, 1979, Banja Luka

45

Matthew Compton

Welsh cricketer

*February 4th, 1979, Newport

45

Lee Sang-hong

South Korean footballer

*February 4th, 1979, Busan

45

Willamis de Souza Silva

Brazilian footballer

*February 4th, 1979, Maceió

45

Eduardo Gabriel dos Santos Filho

Brazilian footballer

*February 4th, 1979, Palmeira dos Índios

45

Cory McGrath

Australian rules footballer

*February 4th, 1979, Northam

45

Milagros Crespo

Cuban beach volleyball player

*February 4th, 1979, Cabaiguán

45

Manuel Pozzerle

Italian paralympic snowboarder

*February 4th, 1979, Verona

45

Ebrahim Sadeghi

Iranian footballer (born 1979)

*February 4th, 1979, Karaj

45

Yardley Griffin

Musical artist

*February 4th, 1979, Sacramento

45

Jácint Simon

Hungarian swimmer

*February 4th, 1979, Kecskemét

45

Jeff Morrison

All-American college tennis player, professional tennis player, NCAA champion

*February 4th, 1979, Huntington

45

Ben Lerner

American writer and poet

*February 4th, 1979, Topeka

45

Carlos Richard Díaz

Uruguayan footballer

*February 4th, 1979, Montevideo

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Who's birthday is on February 4th?

43

Donna Haliday

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1981, Raetihi

26

Yulfira Barkah

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1998, Medan

49

Natalie Imbruglia

Australian-British singer, songwriter and actress

*February 4th, 1975, Sydney

55

Michael Søgaard

Danish badminton player

*February 4th, 1969, Sønderborg

35

Moïse Brou Apanga

Footballer (1982-2017)

*February 4th, 1982, Abidjan †April 26th, 2017, Libreville

30

Ciaran Chambers

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1994, Belfast

32

Luke Charlesworth

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1992, Auckland

29

Wu Hsiao-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*February 4th, 1995, Kaohsiung

46

Pavol Hurajt

Slovak biathlete

*February 4th, 1978, Poprad

42

Tomas Vaitkus

Lithuanian cyclist

*February 4th, 1982, Klaipėda

74

Ade Chandra

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

37

Lucie Šafářová

Czech tennis player

*February 4th, 1987, Brno

54

Hunter Biden

American attorney and businessman

*February 4th, 1970, Wilmington

20

Nethania Irawan

Badminton player

*February 4th, 2004, Surabaya

50

Damian Collins

British politician

*February 4th, 1974, Northampton

50

Iben Tinning

Professional golfer

*February 4th, 1974, Copenhagen

34

Zach King

American filmmaker, voice actor and Internet personality

*February 4th, 1990, Portland

34

Nairo Quintana

Colombian road bicyclist

*February 4th, 1990, Tunja

72

Jenny Shipley

New Zealand politician

*February 4th, 1952, Gore

89

Conrad Bain

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

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

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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