| Holiday name | Holiday location | Holiday type |
|---|---|---|
| World Cancer Day | - | International |
| Farmer's Day | Taiwan | Observance |
| National Day | Sri lanka | Public Holiday |
| Begin of the Armed Fight for National Liberation | Angola | Public Holiday |
| Rosa Parks Day | United states (California, Ohio) | Local Observance |
| Chinese New Year's Eve | Taiwan | National Holiday |
| Seollal Holiday Day 1 | South korea | National Holiday |
| Vietnamese New Year's Eve | Vietnam | National Holiday |
| Day off for Constitution Day | Mexico | National Holiday |
| Spring Festival Eve | China | National Holiday |
Historical Events on February 4
- 1789: The United States Electoral College votes unanimously to make George Washington the 1st President of the U.S.
- 1794: Throughout the territories of the French First Republic, slavery is abolished. However, it will slavery will be established in the French West Indies at the beginning of the 19th
- 1825: Construction of the Ohio & Erie Canal is approved by the Ohio Legislature.
- 1846: Mormon pioneers travel from Illinois to Salt Lake Valley.
- 1861: Delegates from the 6 U.S States which seceded from the Union, meet in Montgomery, Alabama and form the Confederate States of America.
- 1899: The Battle of Manila is the opening shot in the Philippine American War.
- 1941: The USO (United Service Organization) is organized as a way to serve and entertain American troops.
- 1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin meet at the Yalta Conference in the Crimea.
- 1945: A number of different battles occur between British Indian forces and Japanese forces on this day.
- 1975: In Haicheng, China, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake erupts.
- 1976: Honduras and Guatemala suffer through an earthquake that kills more than 20,000 people.
- 1998: Over 2300 people are killed and another 800+ are injured by an earthquake that strike the Takhar Province in Afghanistan.
- 1999: West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot over 40+ times by a plainclothes New York City police officer. Mr. Diallo was unarmed.
Famous Birthdays on February 4
- French poet and screenwriter, Jacques Prevert is born in 1900.
- American pilot and explorer, Charles Lindbergh is born in 1902.
- American author and screenwriter, MacKinlay Kantor is born in 1904.
- American astronomer and discoverer of Pluto, Clyde Tombaugh is born in 1906.
- English poet Julian Bell is born in 1908.
- American civil rights activist, Rosa Parks is born in 1913.
- American director, screenwriter and producer, George A. Romero is born in 1940.
- American singer and actress, Florence LaRue is born in 1944.
- American singer-songwriter Alice Cooper is born in 1948.
- American actor Michael Beck is born in 1949.
