{"id":25222,"date":"2016-02-04T08:55:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T14:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=25222"},"modified":"2016-02-04T08:46:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T14:46:31","slug":"today-in-history-152","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=25222","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Thursday, February\u00a0 04, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Feb. 4, 1801, John Marshall was sworn in as chief justice of the United States.
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1783<\/td>\nBritain declared a formal cessation of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1789<\/td>\nElectors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1861<\/td>\nDelegates from six southern states met in Montgomery, Ala., to form the Confederate States of America.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1913<\/td>\nCivil rights pioneer Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Ala.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1938<\/td>\nThe Thornton Wilder play “Our Town” opened on Broadway.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1941<\/td>\nThe United Service Organizations (USO) was formed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1945<\/td>\nPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a wartime conference at Yalta.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1948<\/td>\nThe island nation of Ceylon – now Sri Lanka – became an independent dominion within the British Commonwealth.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1974<\/td>\nNewspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was kidnapped in Berkeley, Calif., by the Symbionese Liberation Army.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/td>\nThe album “Rumours” by Fleetwood Mac was released.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983<\/td>\nSinger Karen Carpenter died at age 32.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nA coalition government that included Joerg Haider’s far-right Freedom Party came to power in Austria, triggering European Union sanctions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nYugoslavia was dissolved and replaced with a loose union of its remaining two republics, Serbia and Montenegro.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nThe Massachusetts high court declared that gays were entitled to marry.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nThe social networking website Facebook was launched.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rock singer Alice Cooper turns 68 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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George A. Romero<\/td>\nDirector<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lawrence Taylor<\/td>\nFootball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clint Black<\/td>\nCountry musician<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rob Corddry<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Natalie Imbruglia<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gavin DeGraw<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carly Patterson<\/td>\nGymnast<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Former Vice President Dan Quayle turns 69 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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