Following is a list of significant events that occurred on February 4 in history:
- 1789 – George Washington was unanimously elected as the first president of the United States by the Electoral College.
- 1825 – John Quincy Adams was elected the 6th president of the United States by the House of Representatives after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes.
- 1917 – The United States broke diplomatic relations with Germany during World War I after Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare.
- 1941 – The United Kingdom and the Vichy government of France began a diplomatic breakdown following a British raid on the French fleet in the Mediterranean during World War II.
- 1969 – The Beatles released their “Yellow Submarine” album, featuring songs from their animated film.
- 1974 – Patricia Hearst, the granddaughter of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
- 1983 – The first American-made mobile phone, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, went on sale.
- 1997 – Tara Lipinski won the World Figure Skating Championship at the age of 14, becoming the youngest person to win the event.
- 2004 – Facebook was launched by Mark Zuckerberg and his fellow students at Harvard University, initially limited to students at Ivy League schools.
- 2020 – The Iowa Democratic caucuses took place, though they were marred by technical issues and delays in reporting results.(incyprus)
