Monday, February 4, 2013

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – FEBRUARY 4


HISTORICAL EVENTS

1789  George Washington is unanimously elected by the Electoral College to his first and second terms as the first President of the United States.


1861  Southern states meet to form the Confederacy.



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1945  The Yalta Conference between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin near the end of WWII foreshadows the Cold War.



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1969 - The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded with Yasir Arafat as its leader.



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1974  Newspaper heiress Patricia "Patty" Hearst is kidnapped by members of the SLA (Simbionese Liberation Army). She later takes part in a bank robbery and is convicted when captured.



FAMOUS BIRTHS


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1913  Civil rights activist Rosa Lee Parks is born in Tuskegee, AL.



FAMOUS DEATHS


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869  Saint Cyril, Greek missionary to the Slavs dies. He was famous for development of the Glagolitic and Cyrillic (Russian) alphabet based on the Greek unical alphabet of the 9th Century.






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