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Notable anniversaries in history for today: February 4
- 200th: 1824 - J W Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to the public.
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Robert Liefmann; German economist (Unternehmersverbände).
- 100th: 1924 - First Olympic Winter Games close at Chamonix, France.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Gil Rogers in Lexington, Kentucky, USA; actor (Hawk - Guiding Light, Doctors).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Daniel A Mica; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Florida, 1979-).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Florence LaRue in Gordon, Pennsylvania, USA; rocker (The 5th Dimension - "One Less Bell").
- 80th: 1944 - US 7th Infantry Division captures Kwajalein.
- 60th: 1964 - US Federal Aviation Administration begins six month test of reactions to sonic booms over Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
- 60th: 1964 - Siegfried T Bok, neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica), dies at age 71.
- 50th: 1974 - Benzine rationing ends in Netherlands.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Brandon Convery in Kingston, Ontario, Canada; NHL center (Toronto Maple Leafs).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Chris Ward; defensive end (Baltimore Ravens).
- 50th: 1974 - Chimpanzee Nim Chimsky signs his first word, at age 2.5 months.
- 50th: 1974 - Gas rationing ends in Netherlands.
- 50th: 1974 - Patty Hearst, the 19-year-old daughter of newspaper publisher Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped from her apartment in Berkeley, California.
- 40th: 1984 - Frank Aquilera sets world frisbee distance record (168 metres) in Las Vegas.
- 30th: 1994 - The Federal Open Market Committee raises the US Federal Funds target rate for the first time since May 1989. The rate is raised by 25 basis points to 3.25 percent.
- 30th: 1994 - 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins.
- 30th: 1994 - Twenty die in armed assault on mosque in Khartum, Sudan.
- 30th: 1994 - Harold Schneider, US producer (Five Easy Pieces, War Games), dies at age 55.
- 30th: 1994 - Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist/director (KNMI), dies at age 84.
- 30th: 1994 - Justinus Darmojuwono, Indonesian archbishop/cardinal, dies at age 79.
- 30th: 1994 - Merlene Ottey runs world record 50 metre indoor (6.00 seconds).
- 30th: 1994 - Russian team beats ladies world record 4x800 metre indoor (8:18.71).
- 25th: 1999 - Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city.
- 20th: 2004 - The Saint Louis Cardinals and Albert Pujols agree to a US$100 million, seven-year deal.
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