Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth. Date: February 4, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin. Date: February 4, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133. Date: February 4, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft. Date: February 4, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: February 4, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On…
The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California. Date: February 4, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)
Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China. Date: February 4, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000. Date: February 4, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history. Date: February 4, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)
A coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez. Date: February 4, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day (Today)