Hello there! It's Sunday, February 4th, 2024, the 35th day of the year, with 331 more days to go.
On
this day in history:
Ø In
1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin started a conference in Yalta during
wartime.
Ø In 1783, Britain's King George III officially
stopped hostilities in the American Revolutionary War.
Ø In 1789, George Washington was chosen as the
first President of the United States by electors.
Ø In
1801, John Marshall was confirmed as the Chief Justice of the United States by
the Senate.
Ø In
1913, Rosa Parks, who later sparked a civil rights revolution, was born in
Tuskegee.
Ø In
1974, Patricia Hearst was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army in
Berkeley.
Ø In
1976, a severe earthquake struck Guatemala, causing over 23,000 deaths.
Ø In
1997, a civil jury found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife and
her friend.
Ø In
2004, Mark Zuckerberg launched "Thefacebook," the beginning of
Facebook.
Ø In
2018, the Philadelphia Eagles, led by backup quarterback Nick Foles, won the
Super Bowl for the first time since 1960.
Ø In
2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared the Winter Olympics open in
Beijing.
Ø In 2023 The Us
military shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast on
Orders from President joe Biden, after it traversed sensitive military sites
across North America.
Now,
let's celebrate some birthdays!
Ø Actor
Jerry Adler turns 95.
Ø Former
Argentinian President Isabel Peron is 93.
Ø Actor
Gary Conway is 88.
Ø Actor
John Schuck is 84.
Ø Rock
musician John Steel (The Animals) is 83.
Ø Singer
Florence LaRue (The Fifth Dimension) is 82.
Ø Former
Vice President Dan Quayle is 77.
Ø Rock
singer Alice Cooper is 76.
Ø Actor
Michael Beck is 75.
Ø Actor
Lisa Eichhorn is 72.
Ø Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor is 65.
Ø Actor
Pamelyn Ferdin is 65.
Ø Rock
singer Tim Booth is 64.
Ø Rock
musician Henry Bogdan is 63.
Ø Country
singer Clint Black is 62.
Ø Rock
musician Noodles (The Offspring) is 61.
Ø Actor
Gabrielle Anwar is 54.
Ø Actor
Rob Corddry is 53.
Ø Singer
David Garza is 53.
Ø Actor
Michael Goorjian is 53.
Ø TV
personality Nicolle Wallace is 52.
Ø Olympic
gold medal boxer Oscar De La Hoya is 51.
Ø Singer
Natalie Imbruglia is 49.
Ø Rapper
Cam’ron is 48.
Ø Rock
singer Gavin DeGraw is 47.
Ø Rock
singer Zoe Manville is 40.
Ø Actor/musician
Bashy, AKA Ashley Thomas, is 39.
Ø Actor
Charlie Barnett is 36.
Ø Olympic
gold medal gymnast-turned-singer Carly Patterson is 36.
Ø Actor
Kyla Kenedy (TV: “Speechless”) is 21.