History for February 4

History for February 4 - On-This-Day.com:
Charles Lindbergh 1902, Rosa Parks 1913, Betty Friedan 1921 
      

George A. Romero 1940, Dan Quayle 1947, Alice Cooper 1948 - Singer, musician 
    

1789 - Electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.


1824 - J.W. Goodrich introduced rubber galoshes to the public.


1904 - The Russo-Japanese War began after Japan laid siege to Port Arthur.


1932 - The first Winter Olympics were held in the United States at Lake Placid, NY.


1957 - Smith-Corona Manufacturing Inc., of New York, began selling portable electric typewriters. The first machine weighed 19 pounds.


1974 - Patricia (Patty) Hearst was kidnapped in Berkeley, CA, by the Symbionese Liberation Army.


1985 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan's defense budget called for a tripling of the expenditure on the "Star Wars" research program.


2004 - The social networking website Facebook.com was launched.