Home
/ News

On this day: February 4

POSTED: 1:03 AM PST February 3, 2013 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST February 3, 2013

George Washington is elected America's first president, the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst, Fleetwood Mac releases "Rumours," and Facebook is launched, all on this day.

OTD February 4 - George Washington — 1 / 35

Public domain

1789: George Washington is unanimously elected as the first United States president by the U.S. Electoral College. He remains the only president to have received 100 percent of the electoral votes, which he also did in his re-election in 1792.

OTD February 4 - George Washington

OTD February 4 - Samuel Chase

OTD February 4 - Montgomery Convention

OTD February 4 - Charles Lindbergh

OTD February 4 - Byron Nelson

OTD February 4 - Rosa Parks

OTD February 4 - Conrad Bain

OTD February 4 - George Romero

OTD February 4 - teflon

OTD February 4 - United Service Organization

OTD February 4 - Frank Calder

OTD February 4 - Yalta Conference

OTD February 4 - Dan Quayle

OTD February 4 - Alice Cooper

OTD February 4 - Lawrence Taylor

OTD February 4 - Clint Black

OTD February 4 - Yasser Arafat

OTD February 4 - Patton

OTD February 4 - Gabrielle Anwar

OTD February 4 - Rob Corddry

OTD February 4 - Oscar De La Hoya

OTD February 4 - Patty Hearst

OTD February 4 - Natalie Imbruglia

OTD February 4 - Rumours

OTD February 4 - Karen Carpenter

OTD February 4 - Liberace

OTD February 4 - Pete Rose

OTD February 4 - Hugo Chavez

OTD February 4 - Patricia Highsmith

OTD February 4 - OJ Simpson

OTD February 4 - Mario Lemieux

OTD February 4 - Amadou Diallo

OTD February 4 - Facebook

OTD February 4 - Ossie Davis

OTD February 4 - Adele

Advertisement

Most Popular

Articles
Slideshows
Videos

Advertisement

E-News Registration

KTVZ Email Newsletters

Sign up for Breaking News, Daily Headlines, Severe Weather Alerts & more!