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==Events==
===Pre–1600===
* [[211]] – Following the death of the Roman Emperor [[Septimius Severus]] at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the [[Caledonians]], the empire is left in the control of his two quarrelling sons, [[Caracalla]] and [[Geta (emperor)|Geta]], whom he had instructed to make peace.<ref>{{cite book|first=Anthony R|last=Birley|author-link=Anthony Birley|title=Septimius Severus: The African Emperor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z8iEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT238|date=1 June 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-70745-4|pages=238}}</ref>
* [[960]] – [[Zhao Kuangyin]] declares himself [[Emperor Taizu of Song]], ending the [[Later Zhou]] and beginning the [[Song dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Lorge|first=Peter|title=The Reunification of China: Peace through War under the Song Dynasty|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5C7uCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT18|access-date=3 February 2018|date=31 December 2015|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781316432273|pages=4–5}}</ref>
*[[1169]] – A [[1169 Sicily earthquake|strong earthquake]] strikes the Ionian coast of Sicily, causing tens of thousands of injuries and deaths, especially in [[Catania]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Ugo|last=Falcando|title=The History of the Tyrants of Sicily by "Hugo Falcandus," 1154–69|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LlkpnG1iAEwC&pg=PA216|year=1998|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-0-7190-5435-8|pages=216}}</ref>
*[[1454]] – [[Thirteen Years' War (1454–66)|Thirteen Years' War]]: The Secret Council of the [[Prussian Confederation]] sends a formal act of disobedience to the [[Grand Masters of the Teutonic Knights|Grand Master]] of the [[Teutonic Order|Teutonic Knights]], sparking the Thirteen Years' War.<ref>{{cite book|last=Prtuz|first=Hans|translator-last=Wright|translator-first=John Henry|title=The Age of Renaissance. Vol. X: A History of All Nations|___location=New York|publisher=Lea Brothers & Company|date=1905|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iws6AQAAIAAJ|page=234|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Sedlar|first=Jean W.|title=A History of East Central Europe. Vol. 3: East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000–1500|___location=Seattle|publisher=University of Washington Press|date=2014|isbn=9780295972916|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3o5lrvuwOVwC|page=294}}</ref>
*[[1555]] – [[John Rogers (Bible editor and martyr)|John Rogers]] is [[burned at the stake]], becoming the first English [[Protestant]] [[martyr]] under [[Mary I of England]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Loach|first=Jennifer|title=Parliament and the Crown in the Reign of Mary Tudor|___location=Oxford|publisher=Clarendon Press|date=1986|isbn=9780198229360|page=128}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1703]] – In [[Edo (Tokyo)|Edo]] (now Tokyo), all but one of the [[Forty-seven Ronin]] commit [[seppuku]] (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.<ref>{{cite book|last=Coffey|first=Thomas M.|title=Imperial Tragedy: Japan in World War II, the First Days and the Last|___location=New York|publisher=World Publishing Co.|date=1971|oclc=713931898|pages=214–215}}</ref>
*[[1758]] – The city of [[Macapá]] in Brazil is founded by Sebastião Veiga Cabral.
*[[1789]] – [[George Washington]] is unanimously elected as the first [[President of the United States]] by the [[U.S. Electoral College]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Merrill|last1=Jensen|author-link1=Merrill Jensen|first2=Lucy Trumbull|last2=Brown|first3=Robert A.|last3=Becker|title=The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections, 1788–1790|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rklx9c7MJFoC&pg=PR15|year=1976|publisher=Univ of Wisconsin Press|isbn=978-0-299-10650-8|pages=15}}</ref>
*[[1794]] – The French legislature abolishes [[slavery]] throughout all territories of the [[French First Republic]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Filip|last=Batselé|title=Liberty, Slavery and the Law in Early Modern Western Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4tHHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA53|publisher=Springer Nature|isbn=978-3-030-36855-5|pages=53|year=2020}}</ref> It would be reestablished in the [[French West Indies]] in 1802.
*[[1797]] – The [[1797 Riobamba earthquake|Riobamba earthquake]] strikes [[Ecuador]], causing up to 40,000 casualties.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=avgyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA293|year=1837|pages=293}}</ref>
*[[1801]] – [[John Marshall]] is sworn in as [[Chief Justice of the United States]].
*[[1810]] – Napoleonic Wars: Britain [[Invasion of Guadeloupe (1810)|seizes Guadeloupe]].
*[[1820]] – The [[Chilean Navy]] under the command of [[Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald|Lord Cochrane]] completes the two-day long [[Capture of Valdivia]] with just 300 men and two ships.
*[[1825]] – The [[Ohio Legislature]] authorizes the construction of the [[Ohio and Erie Canal]] and the [[Miami and Erie Canal]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Huntington|first1=C.C.|last2=McClelland|first2=C.P.|title=History of the Ohio Canals: Their Construction, Cost, Use and Partial Abandonment|___location=Columbus, Ohio|publisher=Press of F.J. Heer|date=1905|oclc=7004707|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UC9AAAAAIAAJ|page=18}}</ref>
*[[1846]] – The first [[Mormon pioneers]] make their exodus from [[Nauvoo, Illinois]], westward towards [[Salt Lake Valley]].
*[[1859]] – The [[Codex Sinaiticus]] is discovered in [[Egypt]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Calvin Ellis|last=Stowe|author-link=Calvin Ellis Stowe|title=Origin and History of the Books of the Bible|url=https://archive.org/details/originhistoryofb02stow|year=1868|publisher=Denison|pages=[https://archive.org/details/originhistoryofb02stow/page/72 72]}}</ref>
*[[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: In [[Montgomery, Alabama]], delegates from six breakaway [[U.S. state]]s meet and initiate the process that would form the [[Confederate States of America]] on [[February 8]].
*[[1899]] – The [[Philippine–American War]] begins when four Filipino soldiers enter the "American Zone" in Manila, igniting the [[Battle of Manila (1899)|Battle of Manila]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Nickeson|first=Dawn Ottevaere|chapter=Philippine Islands, U.S. Acquisition of|title=The Encyclopedia of the Spanish–American and Philippine–American Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History|editor-last=Tucker|editor-first=Spencer|___location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2009|isbn=9781851099511|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8V3vZxOmHssC|page=491}}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1932]] – [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]: [[Harbin]], [[Manchuria]], [[Defense of Harbin|falls to]] [[Empire of Japan|Japan]].
*[[1938]] – [[Adolf Hitler]] appoints himself as head of the [[Oberkommando der Wehrmacht|Armed Forces High Command]].
*[[1941]] – The [[United Service Organization]] (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
*[[1945]] – [[World War II]]: [[Santo Tomas Internment Camp]] is liberated from Japanese authority.
* 1945 – World War II: The [[Yalta Conference]] between the "Big Three" ([[Winston Churchill|Churchill]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Roosevelt]], and [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]]) opens at the [[Livadia Palace]] in the [[Crimea#Soviet Union: 1922.E2.80.931991|Crimea]].
* 1945 – World War II: The [[British Indian Army]] and [[Imperial Japanese Army]] begin a series of battles known as the [[Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations]].
*[[1948]] – [[Dominion of Ceylon|Ceylon]] (later renamed [[Sri Lanka]]) becomes independent within the [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth]].
*[[1961]] – The [[Angolan War of Independence]] and the greater [[Portuguese Colonial War]] begin.
*[[1966]] – [[All Nippon Airways Flight 60]] plunges into [[Tokyo Bay]], killing 133.
*[[1967]] – [[Lunar Orbiter program]]: [[Lunar Orbiter 3]] lifts off from [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral's]] Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the [[Surveyor program|Surveyor]] and [[Apollo program|Apollo]] spacecraft.
*[[1974]] – The [[Symbionese Liberation Army]] kidnaps [[Patty Hearst]] in [[Berkeley, California]].
* 1974 – [[M62 coach bombing]]: The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty [[British Armed Forces]] personnel in [[Yorkshire]], England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed.
*[[1975]] – [[1975 Haicheng earthquake|Haicheng earthquake]] (magnitude 7.3 on the [[Richter magnitude scale|Richter scale]]) occurs in [[Haicheng, Liaoning]], China.
*[[1976]] – In [[Guatemala]] and [[Honduras]] an [[1976 Guatemala earthquake|earthquake]] kills more than 22,000.
*[[1977]] – A [[Chicago Transit Authority]] [[elevated train]] [[1977 Chicago Loop derailment|rear-ends another and derails]], killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history.
*[[1992]] – A [[1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempts|coup d'état]] is led by [[Hugo Chávez]] against [[Venezuela]]n President [[Carlos Andrés Pérez]].
*[[1997]] – En route to [[Lebanon]], two Israeli [[Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion|Sikorsky CH-53]] troop-transport helicopters [[1997 Israeli helicopter disaster|collide in mid-air]] over northern Galilee, Israel, killing 73.
* 1997 – The [[1997 Bojnurd earthquake|Bojnurd earthquake]] measuring {{M|w}} 6.5 strikes Iran. With a Mercalli intensity of VIII, it kills at least 88 and damages 173 villages.<ref name=NGDC>[[National Geophysical Data Center]] / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. [[NOAA]] [[National Centers for Environmental Information]]. [[doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K]]</ref>
*[[1998]] – The 5.9 {{M|w}} [[February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake|Afghanistan earthquake]] shakes the [[Takhar Province]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VII (''Very strong''). With 2,323 killed, and 818 injured, damage is considered extreme.
*[[1999]] – Unarmed West African immigrant [[Shooting of Amadou Diallo|Amadou Diallo is shot 41 times]] by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city.
*[[2000]] – The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of Paris is signed by the President of France, [[Jacques Chirac]] and the Director General of [[UNESCO]], [[Koichiro Matsuura]], initiating [[World Cancer Day]] which is held on February 4 every year.<ref>{{cite web |title=World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium: Charter of Paris, 4 February 2000 |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000119111 |access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.mdanderson.org/app/paris/default.html|title=You can join the global fight against cancer!|access-date=28 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://connection.asco.org/magazine/features/world-cancer-day-why-fourth-february|title=World Cancer Day: Why the Fourth of February?|date=19 March 2012|last=Khayat|first=David|author-link=David Khayat|website=ASCO Connection|access-date=28 June 2019}}</ref>
*[[2003]] – The [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] adopts a new constitution, becoming a loose confederacy between Montenegro and Serbia.
*[[2004]] – [[Facebook]], a mainstream online [[social networking site]], is founded by [[Mark Zuckerberg]] and [[Eduardo Saverin]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-battle-for-facebook-242989/|title=The Battle For Facebook|last1=Hoffman|first1=Claire|author-link1=Claire Hoffman|date=2010-09-15|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref>
*[[2008]] – Civic mobilizations in [[Colombia]] against [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|FARC]], under the name [[One million voices against FARC|''A million voices against the FARC'']].<ref name=tiempo>{{cite web |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-3945957 |title= Marcha contra las Farc, mayor movilización en la historia del país |access-date=March 22, 2023 |last= |first= |date=February 4, 2008 |work=El Tiempo |publisher=Casa Editorial El Tiempo |___location=Bogotá |language=Spanish |quote= }}</ref>
*[[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.
*[[2020]] – The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] causes all casinos in [[Macau]] to be closed down for 15 days.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stevenson|first=Alexandra|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/business/coronavirus-macau-gambling.html|title=Coronavirus Shuts Macau, the World's Gambling Capital|date=4 February 2020|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=4 February 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Joyu|last1=Wang|first2=Jing|last2=Yang|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/deadly-coronavirus-forces-chinas-gambling-hub-to-shut-its-casinos-11580816447|title=Coronavirus: Bad Luck Hits Macau Casinos With 15-Day Shutdown|date=4 February 2020|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=4 February 2020|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>
*[[2025]] – Ten people are killed in [[2025 Risbergska school shooting|a mass shooting]] at [[Campus Risbergska|an adult education centre]] in [[Örebro]], Sweden.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ahlander |first1=Johan |last2=Johnson |first2=Simon |title=Sweden's deadliest attack leaves 11 dead at Orebro adult school |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/swedish-police-respond-threat-deadly-violence-school-2025-02-04/ |website=Reuters |access-date=5 February 2025}}</ref>
==Births==
===Pre–1600===
*[[1447]] – [[Lodovico Lazzarelli]], Italian poet (died 1500)<ref>{{cite book|author=Ludovico Lazzarelli|title=Lodovico Lazzarelli (1447–1500): The Hermetic Writings and Related Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqx9AAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 2005|publisher=Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies|isbn=978-0-86698-324-2|page=309}}</ref>
*[[1495]] – [[Francesco II Sforza]], Duke of Milan (died 1535)<ref>{{cite book|author=Julia Mary Cartwright Ady|title=Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan and Lorraine, 1522–1590|url=https://archive.org/details/christinaofdenma01adyj|year=1913|publisher=J. Murray|page=[https://archive.org/details/christinaofdenma01adyj/page/72 72]}}</ref>
* 1495 – [[Jean Parisot de Valette]], Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (died 1568)
*[[1505]] – [[Mikołaj Rej]], Polish poet and author (died 1580)<ref>{{cite book|author=Columbia University. Klub Polski|title=The Wayside Willow: Prose and Verse|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0wEjAAAAMAAJ|year=1945|publisher=White Eagle Publishing Company|page=41}}</ref>
*[[1575]] – [[Pierre de Bérulle]], French cardinal and theologian, founded the [[French school of spirituality]] (died 1629)
===1601–1900===
*[[1646]] – [[Hans Erasmus Aßmann]], German poet and politician (died 1699)<ref>''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' - [[s:de:ADB:Abschatz, Hans Aßmann Freiherr von|online version]] at [[Wikisource]]</ref>
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*[[1688]] – [[Pierre de Marivaux]], French author and playwright (died 1763)<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle= Marivaux, Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de | volume= 17 |last1= Saintsbury |first1= George |author1-link= George Saintsbury | pages = 726–727 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[1725]] – [[Dru Drury]], English entomologist and author (died 1804)<ref>{{cite ODNB|author=von Hayek, C.M.F.|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|year=2004|chapter=Drury, Dru (1725–1804)|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/8093}}</ref>
*[[1740]] – [[Carl Michael Bellman]], Swedish poet and composer (died 1795)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bellman.org/index.php/om-bellman-och-hans-verk/biografi | title=Carl Michael Bellmans liv och verk. En minibiografi (The Life and Works of Carl Michael Bellman. A Short Biography) |language=sv |publisher=The Bellman Society |access-date=25 April 2015}}</ref>
*[[1778]] – [[Augustin Pyramus de Candolle]], Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic (died 1841)
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*[[1803]] – [[Antonija Höffern]], Slovenian noblewoman (died 1871)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Glonar |first=Joža |date=2013 |title=Höffern, Antonija, pl. (1803–1871) |url=https://www.slovenska-biografija.si/oseba/sbi233529/ |access-date=May 5, 2023 |website=Slovenian Biographical Lexicon |publisher=[[Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts]] |language=sl}}</ref>
*[[1818]] – [[Emperor Norton]], San Francisco eccentric and visionary (died 1880)<ref>{{cite web|title=Encyclopedia of San Francisco: Emperor Norton |publisher=San Francisco Museum and Historical Society |first=Peter |last=Moylan |url=http://www.sfhistoryencyclopedia.com/articles/n/nortonJoshua.html |access-date=April 17, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223023720/http://www.sfhistoryencyclopedia.com/articles/n/nortonJoshua.html |archive-date=February 23, 2007 }}</ref>
*[[1831]] – [[Oliver Ames (governor)|Oliver Ames]], American financier and politician, 35th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (died 1895)
*[[1848]] – [[Jean Aicard]], French poet, author, and playwright (died 1921)
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*[[1862]] – [[Édouard Estaunié]], French novelist (died 1942)
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*[[1868]] – [[Constance Markievicz]], Irish revolutionary and first woman elected to the UK [[House of Commons]] (died 1927)
*[[1869]] – [[Bill Haywood]], American labor organizer (died 1928)<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Autobiography of Big Bill Haywood |last=Haywood |first=William D. |author-link=Bill Haywood |___location=New York |publisher=International Publishers |url=https://archive.org/details/autobiographyofb00whay |page=8 |date=1974 |isbn=9780717800117 |orig-date=original publication 1929 |quote=I was born on the fourth of February, 1869, before a railroad spanned the continent.}}</ref>
*[[1871]] – [[Friedrich Ebert]], German lawyer and politician, first [[President of Germany (1919–1945)|President of Germany]] (died 1925)
*[[1872]] – [[Gotse Delchev]], Bulgarian and Macedonian revolutionary activist (died 1903)
*[[1873]] – [[Étienne Desmarteau]], Canadian shot putter and discus thrower (died 1905)
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*[[1881]] – [[Eulalio Gutiérrez]], Mexican general and politician, [[President of Mexico]] (died 1939)
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* 1881 – [[Kliment Voroshilov]], Soviet politician and Marshal of the Soviet Union, People's Commissar for Defence (died 1969)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ворошилов Климент Ефремович |url=https://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=1089 |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=www.warheroes.ru}}</ref>
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*[[1891]] – [[M. A. Ayyangar]], Indian lawyer and politician, second [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] (died 1978)
*[[1892]] – [[E. J. Pratt]], Canadian poet and academic (died 1964)
*[[1893]] – [[Raymond Dart]], Australian paleoanthropologist (died 1988)<ref name="dart-nyt">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/23/obituaries/raymond-a-dart-is-dead-at-95-leader-in-study-of-human-origins.html|work=New York Times|title=Raymond Dart Obiturary|date=23 November 1988 |access-date=2024-02-07 |last1=Wilford |first1=John Noble }}</ref>
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*[[1896]] – [[Friedrich Glauser]], Austrian-Swiss author (died 1938)
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*[[1897]] – [[Ludwig Erhard]], German soldier and politician, second [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic of Germany)|Chancellor of West Germany]] (died 1977)
*[[1899]] – [[Virginia M. Alexander]], American physician and founder of the Aspiranto Health Home (died 1949)
*[[1900]] – [[Jacques Prévert]], French poet and screenwriter (died 1977)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jacques Prévert|title=Jacques Prevert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wdyEgDGqO0C&pg=PA17|year=1989|publisher=Ardent Media|pages=17}}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] – [[Charles Lindbergh]], American pilot and explorer (died 1974)<ref>{{cite book|author=Kathi R. Jones|title=Memorializations and Dedications of Kelly Air Force Base, Texas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kJjfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA47|year=1999|publisher=Office of History, San Antonio Air Logistics Center, Kelly Air Force Base|pages=47}}</ref>
* 1902 – [[Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross]], German-English lawyer and politician, [[Attorney General for England and Wales]] (died 2003)
*[[1903]] – [[Alexander Imich]], Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (died 2014)
*[[1904]] – [[MacKinlay Kantor]], American author and screenwriter (died 1977)<ref>{{cite book |last1= Kidd|first1= Robin L.|editor1-first= Philip A.|editor1-last= Greasley|title= Dictionary of Midwestern Literature|volume=One: The Authors |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnuYKJSoHCMC&pg=PP1|access-date= June 27, 2010|year= 2001 |publisher= Indiana University Press|___location= Bloomington, IN|isbn= 978-0-253-33609-5 |pages= 251|chapter= MacKinlay Kantor|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnuYKJSoHCMC&pg=PA292 }}</ref>
* 1904 – [[Deng Yingchao]], Chinese politician, Chairwoman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (died 1968)<ref>{{Cite news |date=1992-07-12 |title=Deng Yingchao, a Party Leader And Widow of Zhou, Dies at 88 (Published 1992) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/12/world/deng-yingchao-a-party-leader-and-widow-of-zhou-dies-at-88.html |access-date=2023-08-04}}</ref>
*[[1905]] – [[Hylda Baker]], English comedian, actress and music hall performer (died 1986)
*[[1906]] – [[Dietrich Bonhoeffer]], German pastor and theologian (died 1945)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gruchy |first1=John W. de |title=The Cambridge Companion to Dietrich Bonhoeffer |date=13 May 1999 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-58781-5 |page=24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cZYM1TE0O-UC&pg=PA24 |language=en}}</ref>
* 1906 – [[Letitia Dunbar-Harrison]], Irish librarian (died 1994)<ref>{{Cite book|title=The curious case of the Mayo librarian|last=Walsh|first=Pat|date=2009|publisher=Mercier Press|isbn=9781856356152|___location=Cork|pages=78|language=en|oclc = 301894338}}</ref>
* 1906 – [[Clyde Tombaugh]], American astronomer and academic, discovered [[Pluto]] (died 1997)
*[[1908]] – [[Julian Bell]], English poet and academic (died 1937)
*[[1912]] – [[Ola Skjåk Bræk]], Norwegian banker and politician, [[Ministry of Trade and Industry (Norway)|Norwegian Minister of Industry]] (died 1999)
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* 1912 – [[Byron Nelson]], American golfer and sportscaster (died 2006)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 4: Alice Cooper, Hannibal Buress |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/04/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-4-Alice-Cooper-Hannibal-Buress/5121675384439/#:~:text=3%3A00%20AM-,Feb.,under%20the%20sign%20of%20Aquarius. |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=3 February 2024 |date=4 February 2023}}</ref>
*[[1913]] – [[Rosa Parks]], American civil rights activist (died 2005)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jan Onofrio|title=Alabama Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S3GLWEaxpVYC&pg=PA254|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Somerset Publishers, Inc.|isbn=978-0-403-09811-8|pages=254}}</ref>
*[[1914]] – [[Alfred Andersch]], German-Swiss author and publisher (died 1980)
*[[1915]] – [[William Talman (actor)|William Talman]], American actor and screenwriter (died 1968)
* 1915 – [[Norman Wisdom]], English comedian, actor and singer-songwriter (died 2010)<ref>{{cite ODNB|title=Wisdom, Sir Norman Joseph (1915–2010), comedian and actor|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-103354|access-date=16 February 2022|year=2014 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/103354|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 |last1=Double |first1=Oliver }}</ref>
*[[1917]] – [[Yahya Khan]], Pakistan general and politician, third [[President of Pakistan]] (died 1980)
*[[1918]] – [[Ida Lupino]], English-American actress and director (died 1995)<ref name="UPI"/>
* 1918 – [[Luigi Pareyson]], Italian philosopher and author (died 1991)
*[[1920]] – [[Janet Waldo]], American actress and voice artist (died 2016)
*[[1921]] – [[Betty Friedan]], American author and feminist (died 2006)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/national/05friedan.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5090&en=30472e5004a66ea3&ex=1296795600 |first=Margalit |last=Fox |date=February 5, 2006 |title=Betty Friedan, who ignited cause in 'Feminine Mystique,' dies at 85 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=February 2, 2010}}</ref>
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*[[1922]] – [[Bhimsen Joshi]], Indian vocalist of the Hindustani classical music tradition (died 2011)<ref>{{cite news|title=Bharat Ratna Bhimsen Joshi|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/bharat-ratna-bhimsen-joshi/238862|publisher=Outlook India|access-date=5 November 2008}}</ref>
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*[[1925]] – [[Russell Hoban]], American author and illustrator (died 2011)<ref>{{cite news | journal = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | title = Russell Hoban | date = December 14, 2011 | access-date = December 14, 2011 | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8957017/Russell-Hoban.html | ___location=London}}</ref>
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* 1925 – [[Christopher Zeeman]], English mathematician and academic (died 2016)
*[[1926]] – [[Gyula Grosics]], Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2014)
*[[1927]]
*[[1928]] – [[Oscar Cabalén]], Argentinian racing driver (died 1967)
* 1928 – [[Osmo Antero Wiio]], Finnish journalist, academic, and politician (died 2013)
*[[
*
* 1929 – [[Neil Johnston]], American basketball player (died 1978)<ref>{{cite web |title=Neil Johnston|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/neil-johnston/|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Athletics|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1930]] – [[Tibor Antalpéter]], Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat, [[List of Ambassadors of Hungary to the United Kingdom|Hungarian Ambassador to the United Kingdom]] (died 2012)
*
* 1930 – [[Jim Loscutoff]], American basketball player and coach (died 2015)
*[[1931]] – [[Isabel Perón]], Argentinian dancer and politician, 41st [[President of Argentina]]<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1932]] – [[Robert Coover]], American novelist (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=John |date=October 6, 2024 |title=Robert Coover, Inventive Novelist in Iconoclastic Era, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/06/books/robert-coover-dead.html |access-date=October 7, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
*[[
* 1935 – [[Martti Talvela]], Finnish opera singer (died 1989)
* 1935 – [[Collin Wilcox (actress)|Collin Wilcox]], American actress (died 2009)
*[[1936]] – [[David Brenner]], American comedian, actor, and author (died 2014)<ref name="UPI"/>
*
* 1936 – [[Claude Nobs]], Swiss businessman, founded the [[Montreux Jazz Festival]] (died 2013)
*[[1937]] – [[Birju Maharaj]], Indian dancer, composer, singer and exponent of the [[Lucknow gharana|Lucknow "Kalka-Bindadin" Gharana]] of [[Kathak]] dance (died 2022)<ref>{{cite web|date=18 January 2022|title=How Pandit Birju Maharaj always stayed alive to sights, sounds, and sentiments of the present|url=https://www.firstpost.com/art-and-culture/how-pandit-birju-maharaj-always-stayed-alive-to-sights-sounds-and-sentiments-of-the-present-10295401.html|access-date=19 January 2022|website=Firstpost|language=en}}</ref>
* 1937 – [[David Newman (screenwriter)|David Newman]], American director and screenwriter (died 2003)
*[[1938]] – [[Frank J. Dodd]], American businessman and politician, president of the [[New Jersey Senate]] (died 2010)
*[[1939]] – [[Stan Lundine]], American lawyer and politician, [[Lieutenant Governor of New York]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The New York red book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kFMkAQAAIAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Williams Press|page=36}}</ref>
*[[
* 1940 – [[John Schuck]], American actor<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1941]] – [[Russell Cooper]], Australian politician, 33rd [[Premier of Queensland]]
*
* 1941 – [[Jiří Raška]], Czech skier and coach (died 2012)
* 1941 – [[John Steel (drummer)|John Steel]], English musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1943]] – [[Alberto João Jardim]], Portuguese journalist and politician, second [[Presidents of the Regional Government of Madeira|President of the Regional Government of Madeira]]
* 1943 – [[Wanda Rutkiewicz]], Lithuanian-Polish mountaineer (died 1992)
* 1943 – [[Ken Thompson]], American computer scientist and programmer, co-developed the [[B (programming language)|B programming language]]
*[[
*[[1944]] – [[Alan Shields]], American artist and ship captain (died 2005)<ref>{{cite book |last1= Brienza|first1= Jill|last2= Halbreich|first2= Kathy|last3= Ratcliff|first3= Carter|last4= Shields|first4= Jason|last5= Weselk|first5= Victoria|last6= Zuckerman|first6= Heidi|author-link= |date= 2016 |title= Alan Shields Protracted Simplicity|url= |___location= Aspen, CO|publisher= Aspen Art Press|page= |isbn=978-0-934324-74-8}}</ref>
*[[1947]] – [[Dennis C. Blair]], American admiral and politician, third [[Director of National Intelligence]]
* 1947 – [[Dan Quayle]], American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 44th [[Vice President of the United States]]<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1948]] – [[Alice Cooper]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 4, 2023 includes celebrities Alice Cooper, Natalie Imbruglia |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-4-2023-includes-celebrities-alice-cooper-natalie-imbruglia.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=3 February 2024 |date=4 February 2023}}</ref>
* 1948 – [[Mienoumi Tsuyoshi]], Japanese sumo wrestler
*[[1949]] – [[Michael Beck]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
* 1949 – [[Rasim Delić]], Bosnian general (died 2010)
*[[1951]] – [[Patrick Bergin]], Irish actor
*[[1952]] – [[Lisa Eichhorn]], American actress, writer, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
* 1952 – [[Jenny Shipley]], New Zealand politician, [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Jennifer Shipley |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/jennifer-shipley |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=28 July 2021 |language=en |date=27 February 2020}}</ref>
* 1952 – [[Thomas Silverstein]], American criminal and prisoner (died 2019)
*[[1955]] – [[Mikuláš Dzurinda]], Slovak politician, [[Prime Minister of Slovakia]]
*[[1957]] – [[Matthew Cobb]], British zoologist and author<ref>{{citation | title= Births registered in January, February and March, 1957: COA-COC | page= 232 | publisher= General Register Office for England and Wales }}</ref>
*[[1958]] – [[Tomasz Pacyński]], Polish journalist and author (died 2005)
*[[1959]] – [[Christian Schreier]], German footballer and manager
* 1959 – [[Lawrence Taylor]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lawrence Taylor |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/lawrence-taylor/ |publisher=[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] |access-date=26 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[1960]] – [[Siobhan Dowd]], English author and activist (died 2007)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/siobhan-dowd-462781.html |title=Siobhan Dowd: Rising star of children's literature |author=Tucker, Nicholas |newspaper=The Independent |date=24 August 2007 |access-date=16 December 2009 }}</ref>
* 1960 – [[Jonathan Larson]], American lyricist, composer, and playwright (died 1996)<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/jonathan-larson/ |title= Jonathan Larson {{pipe}} the Stars {{pipe}} Broadway: The American Musical {{pipe}} PBS }}</ref>
*[[1961]] – [[Denis Savard]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach<ref>{{Ice hockey stats|legendsm=P200002}}</ref>
*[[1962]] – [[Clint Black]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
* 1962 – [[Vern Fleming]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Vern Fleming |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/313/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1963]] – [[Noodles (musician)|Noodles]], American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
* 1963 – [[Pirmin Zurbriggen]], Swiss skier
*[[1964]] – [[Elke Philipp]], German Paralympic equestrian<ref>{{cite web |title=Elke Philipp – Team Deutschland Paralympics |url=https://www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de/de/athleten/detail/a_action/show/a_athletes/elke-philipp-174.html |website=www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de |access-date=17 March 2020 |language=de}}</ref>
*[[1965]] – [[Jerome Brown]], American football player (died 1992)
*[[1966]] – [[Viatcheslav Ekimov]], Russian cyclist
*[[1967]] – [[Sergei Grinkov]], Russian figure skater (died 1995)
*[[1970]] – [[Gabrielle Anwar]], English-American actress<ref name="AP"/>
* 1970 – [[Hunter Biden]], American attorney and lobbyist<ref>{{cite web |last1=Phelps |first1=Jordyn |last2=Saenz |first2=Arlette |title=Hunter Biden Denies Ashley Madison Account Using His Email Address Belongs to Him |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hunter-biden-denies-ashley-madison-account-belongs/story?id=33301506 |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=26 January 2023 |date=25 August 2015}}</ref>
*[[1971]] – [[Rob Corddry]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
* 1971 – [[Michael A. Goorjian]], American actor, director, and writer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1972]] – [[Giovanni (footballer, born 1972)|Giovanni]], Brazilian footballer and manager
* 1972 – [[Dara Ó Briain]], Irish comedian and television host
*[[1973]] – [[Oscar De La Hoya]], American boxer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1975]] – [[Natalie Imbruglia]], Australian singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1976]] – [[Cam'ron]], American rapper and actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Be Allah |first1=Sha |title=Happy Birthday to the Dipset General Cam'ron! |url=https://thesource.com/2022/02/04/happy-birthday-to-the-dipset-general-camron/ |publisher=[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]] |access-date=26 January 2023 |date=4 February 2022}}</ref>
*[[1977]] – [[Gavin DeGraw]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1979]] – [[Giorgio Pantano]], Italian racing driver
*[[1980]] – [[Raimonds Vaikulis]], Latvian basketball player
*[[1981]] – [[Jason Kapono]], American basketball player<ref>{{Basketballstats|bbr=k/kaponja01}}</ref>
* 1981 – [[Johan Vansummeren]], Belgian cyclist
*[[1982]] – [[Ivars Timermanis]], Latvian basketball player
*[[1983]] – [[Hannibal Buress]], American comedian and actor<ref name="UPI"/>
* 1983 – [[Rebecca White]], Australian politician<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/history/members/white760.html |title=Rebecca White |publisher=Parliament of Tasmania |access-date=9 February 2023 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204651/https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/history/members/white760.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1984]] – [[Doug Fister]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Doug Fister |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/doug-fister-450729 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref>
* 1984 – [[Mauricio Pinilla]], Chilean footballer
*[[1986]] – [[Maximilian Götz]], German racing driver
* 1986 – [[Mahmudullah Riyad]], Bangladeshi cricketer<ref>{{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/56025.html|check-wikidata=no|name=Mahmudullah Riyad}}</ref>
*[[1987]] – [[Darren O'Dea]], Irish footballer<ref>{{NFT|21460}}</ref>
* 1987 – [[Lucie Šafářová]], Czech tennis player
*[[1988]] – [[Charlie Barnett (actor)|Charlie Barnett]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
* 1988 – [[Carly Patterson]], American gymnast and singer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/p/cpatterson.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120004942/http://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/p/cpatterson.pdf |archive-date=2011-11-20 |url-status=live|title=Fact Sheet: Carly Patterson|publisher=USA Gymnastics|access-date=2016-07-18}}</ref>
*[[1989]] – [[Lavoy Allen]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lavoy Allen |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202730/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1996]] – [[Mohamed Sherif]], Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce71/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022: List of Players: Al Ahly SC |publisher=FIFA |page=1 |date=7 February 2023 |access-date=18 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212205323/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce71/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archive-date=12 February 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1998]] – [[Malik Monk]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Malik Monk |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1628370/malik-monk |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref>
* 1998 – [[Maximilian Wöber]], Austrian footballer
*[[2003]] – [[Kyla Kenedy]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
* 2003 – [[Rasmus Højlund]], Danish footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rasmus Højlund|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/122934/Rasmus-H%C3%B8jlund/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=4 February 2024}}</ref>
==Deaths==
===Pre–1600===
* [[211]] – [[Septimius Severus]], Roman emperor (born 145)<ref>{{cite web |title=Septimius Severus {{!}} Roman emperor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Septimius-Severus |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[
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* [[870]] – [[Ceolnoth]], archbishop of [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]]
*[[
*[[
*[[1505]] – [[Joan of France, Duchess of Berry|Jeanne de Valois]], daughter of Louis XI of France (born 1464)
*[[
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===1601–1900===
*[[
*[[
*[[1713]] – [[Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury]], English philosopher and politician (born 1671)
*[[1774]] – [[Charles Marie de La Condamine]], French mathematician and geographer (born 1701)
*[[1781]] – [[Josef Mysliveček]], Czech composer (born 1737)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Greene |first1=David Mason |last2=Green |first2=Constance |title=Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers |date=1985 |publisher=Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd. |isbn=978-0-385-14278-6 |page=357 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m3S7PIxe0mwC&pg=PA357 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[
*[[
*[[1891]] – [[Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos]], Roman Catholic [[archbishop]] and Mexican politician who served as [[regent]] during the [[Second Mexican Empire]] (born 1816)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arquidiocesisdepuebla.mx/index.php/arquidiocesis/obispos-y-arzobispos/obispos/43-excmo-sr-don-pelagio-antonio-de-lavastida|title=Excmo. Sr. Don Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos (1855–1863)|publisher=Arquidiocesis de Puebla|language=es|access-date=May 29, 2019|archive-date=May 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529225354/http://www.arquidiocesisdepuebla.mx/index.php/arquidiocesis/obispos-y-arzobispos/obispos/43-excmo-sr-don-pelagio-antonio-de-lavastida|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1905]] – [[Louis-Ernest Barrias]], French sculptor and academic (born 1841)
*[[1912]] – [[Franz Reichelt]], French tailor and inventor (born 1878)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Paoletti |first=Gabe |date=2021-10-04 |title=The Sad Story Of The Inventor Who Died Testing His Parachute At The Eiffel Tower |url=https://allthatsinteresting.com/franz-reichelt |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=All That's Interesting |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[
*[[1928]] – [[Hendrik Lorentz]], Dutch physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1853)
*[[
*[[1936]] – [[Wilhelm Gustloff]], German-Swiss soldier, founded [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[NSDAP/AO]] (born 1895)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/david-frankfurter/i-kill-a-nazi-gauleitermemoir-of-a-jewish-assassin/|title = I Kill a Nazi Gauleiter: Memoir of a Jewish Assassin|date = February 1950}}</ref>
*[[
*[[1943]] – [[Frank Calder]], English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (born 1877)
*[[1944]] – [[Arsen Kotsoyev]], Russian author and translator (born 1872)
*[[1956]] – [[Savielly Tartakower]], Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (born 1887)
*[[
*[[1959]] –
*[[
*[[
*[[
*[[1975]]
*[[1982]] – [[Alex Harvey (musician)|Alex Harvey]], Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1935)
*
*[[
*[[1987]] – [[Liberace]], American singer-songwriter and pianist, (born 1919)
* 1987 – [[Meena Keshwar Kamal]], Afghan activist, founded the [[Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan]] (born 1956)<ref>{{cite book|first=Deborah|last=Ellis|title=Women of the Afghan War|___location=Westport|publisher=Praeger|year=2000|page=xvii|isbn=978-0-27596-617-1}}</ref>
* 1987 – [[Carl Rogers]], American psychologist and academic (born 1902)
*[[
*[[
*[[1995]]
*[[
*[[2002]] – [[Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg]] (born 1907)
*[[2003]]
*[[2004]] – [[Hilda Hilst]], Brazilian poet, novelist, and playwright (born 1930)<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 February 2004 |title=Morre a escritora Hilda Hilst |trans-title=Writer Hilda Hilst dies |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/cultura/morre-a-escritora-hilda-hilst/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522182546/https://www.estadao.com.br/cultura/morre-a-escritora-hilda-hilst/ |archive-date=22 May 2023 |access-date=22 May 2023 |website=Estadão |language=pt-br}}</ref>
*[[2005]]
*[[2006]] – [[Betty Friedan]], American author and activist (born 1921)
*[[2007]] – [[José Carlos Bauer]], Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1925)
* 2007 – [[Ilya Kormiltsev]], Russian-English poet and translator (born 1959)
* 2007 – [[Barbara McNair]], American singer and actress (born 1934)
* 2007 – [[Jules Olitski]], Ukrainian-American painter and sculptor (born 1922)
* 2007 – [[Alfred Worm]], Austrian journalist, author, and academic (born 1945)<ref>{{Cite web |title=NEWS Publisher Alfred Worm Is Dead |url=http://www.guj.de/en/press/press-releases/news-publisher-alfred-worm-is-dead/ |last=Adler |first=Alexander |date=4 February 2007 |publisher=[[Gruner + Jahr]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025231914/http://www.guj.de/en/press/press-releases/news-publisher-alfred-worm-is-dead/ |archive-date=25 October 2013 |url-status=live |access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref>
*[[2008]] – [[Augusta Dabney]], American actress (born 1918)
* 2008 – [[Stefan Meller]], Polish academic and politician, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland]] (born 1942)
*[[2010]] – [[Kostas Axelos]], Greek-French philosopher and author (born 1924)
* 2010 – [[Helen Tobias-Duesberg]], Estonian-American composer (born 1919)
*[[2011]] – [[Martial Célestin]], Haitian lawyer and politician, first [[Prime Minister of Haiti]] (born 1913)
*[[2012]] – [[István Csurka]], Hungarian journalist and politician (born 1934)
* 2012 – [[Florence Green]], English soldier (born 1901)
* 2012 – [[Robert Daniel]], American farmer, soldier, and politician (born 1936)
* 2012 – [[Mike deGruy]], American director, producer, and cinematographer (born 1951)
* 2012 – [[Susanne Suba]], Hungarian-born watercolorist and illustrator, active in the United States (born 1913)<ref name="SNAC">{{cite web |title=Suba, Susanne, 1913-2012 |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6dj6c9x |publisher=SNAC Cooperative |access-date=January 30, 2023}}</ref>
*[[2013]] – [[Donald Byrd]], American trumpet player (born 1932)
* 2013 – [[Reg Presley]], English singer-songwriter (born 1941)
*[[2014]] – [[Keith Allen (ice hockey)|Keith Allen]], Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1923)
* 2014 – [[Eugenio Corti]], Italian soldier, author, and playwright (born 1921)
* 2014 – [[Dennis Lota]], Zambian footballer (born 1973)
* 2015 – [[Fitzhugh L. Fulton]], American colonel and pilot (born 1925)
*[[2016]] – [[Edgar Mitchell]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1930)
*[[2017]] – [[Steve Lang]], Canadian bass player (born 1949)
* 2017 – [[Bano Qudsia]], Pakistani writer (born 1928)
*[[2018]] – [[John Mahoney]], English-American actor, voice artist, and comedian (born 1940)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/02/john-mahoney-dead |title=John Mahoney, Beloved Frasier Father, Dies at 77|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date= February 5, 2018}}</ref>
*[[2019]] – [[Matti Nykänen]], Finnish Olympic-winning ski jumper and singer (born 1963)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/troubled_finnish_ski_jumping_legend_matti_nykanen_dead_at_55/10629072 |title=Troubled Finnish ski jumping legend Matti Nykänen dead at 55 |date=2019-02-04 |work=Yle News |access-date=2019-02-08 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2020]] – [[Daniel arap Moi]], Former [[President of Kenya]] (born 1924)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-02-04|title=Obituary: Daniel arap Moi, former Kenyan president|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27498749|access-date=2021-01-02}}</ref>
*[[2021]] – [[Millie Hughes-Fulford]], American astronaut, molecular biologist and [[NASA]] payload specialist (born 1945)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-020421a-millie-hughes-fulford-payload-specialist-obituary.html |title=Millie Hughes-Fulford, first female payload specialist in space, dies |website=collectspace.com |access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref>
*[[2022]] – [[Kim In-hyeok]], South Korean volleyball player (born 1995)<ref>{{cite news|last=Park|first=Sang-eun|script-title=ko:남자프로배구 김인혁 사망…경찰 "범죄 혐의점 없어"|url=https://www.kmib.co.kr/article/view.asp?arcid=0016737765|access-date=November 1, 2024|work=[[Kukmin Ilbo]]|date=February 5, 2022|language=ko}}</ref>
*[[2023]] – [[Vani Jairam]], Indian playback singer (born 1945)<ref>{{cite news |title=Padma Bhushan awardee Vani Jairam dies at 77 in Chennai, D Imman says 'can't accept the hard-hitting reality' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/padma-bhushan-awardee-vani-jairam-dies-at-77-in-chennai-d-imman-says-can-t-accept-the-hard-hitting-reality-101675506331070.html |date=4 February 2023 |access-date=5 February 2023 |work=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
* 2023 – [[Sherif Ismail]], 53rd [[Prime Minister of Egypt]] (born 1955)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://see.news/president-sisi-mourns-death-of-former-pm-sherif-ismail |title=President Sisi Mourns Death of Former PM Sherif Ismail |work=See.news |date=4 February 2023 |access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref>
*[[2024]] – [[Barry John]], Welsh rugby player (born 1945)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/68170605 |title=Barry John: Legendary Wales and Lions fly-half dies aged 79 |work=See.news |date=4 February 2024 |access-date=4 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[2025]] – [[Aga Khan IV]], 49th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community (born 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Nathan |date=2025-02-05 |title=Aga Khan: Billionaire and spiritual leader dies at 88 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vmlk4rzzjo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250205040429/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vmlk4rzzjo |archive-date=2025-02-05 |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Andrew Corsini]]
**[[Eduardo Francisco Pironio]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Memoria Litúrgica del Cardenal Eduardo Pironio|url=https://episcopado.org/ver/4089|website=episcopado.org|access-date=2024-05-26}}</ref>
**[[Gilbert of Sempringham]]
**[[John de Brito]]
**[[Goldrofe of Arganil]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Cardoso |first=Jorge |date=1666 |title=Agiologio lusitano dos sanctos, e varoens illustres em virtude do Reino de Portugal, e suas conquistas |trans-title=Lusitanian hagiology, of the saints and men illustrious in their virtue from the Kingdom of Portugal |url=http://purl.pt/12169 |language=pt |___location=Lisbon |publisher=Officina de António Craesbeeck de Mello |volume=''' '''Volume 1 |page=341 }}</ref>
**Blessed [[Rabanus Maurus]]
**[[Rimbert]]
**[[February 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Day of the Armed Struggle]] ([[Angola]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=James |first1=W. Martin |title=Historical Dictionary of Angola |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-1123-9 |page=255 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtJKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA255 |language=en}}</ref>
*Earliest day on which [[Ash Wednesday]] can fall, while March 10 is the latest; celebrated on the first day of [[Lent]] (Western Christianity)
*[[Independence Day (Sri Lanka)]]<ref>{{cite web |title=National days |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/embassies/national-days/ |website=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=en-NZ}}</ref>
*[[Rosa Parks Day]] ([[California]] and [[Missouri]], United States)
*[[World Cancer Day]]
*[[International Day of Human Fraternity]]
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/4 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=2|day=4}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/4 Historical Events on February 4]
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