February 4

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[edit] Events

1. 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta.
2. 362 - Roman Emperor Julian promulgates an edict that recognizes equal rights to all the religions in the Roman Empire.
3. 1789 - George Washington is unanimously elected to be the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
4. 1943 - World War II: Battle of Stalingrad ends.
5. 1945 - World War II: The Yalta Conference begins.

[edit] Births

1. 1677 - Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731)
2. 1902 - Charles Lindbergh, American pilot (d. 1974)

[edit] Deaths

1. 1936 - Wilhelm Gustloff, German leader of the Swiss NSDAP party (b. 1895)
2. 1966 - Gilbert H. Grosvenor, American president of the National Geographic Society (b. 1875)