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On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for over 33 hours.
Famous Birthdays on February 4
1902 — Charles Lindbergh
American pilot and explorer (died 1974)
February 4 has 160 recorded notable births across history, from 1447 to 2003. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on February 4
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- 1794 The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French First Republic. It would be reestablished in the French West Indies in 1802. Source
- 1789 George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College. Source
- 2000 The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of Paris is signed by the President of France, Jacques Chirac and the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, initiating World Cancer Day which is held on February 4 every year. Source
- 1992 A coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez. Source
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During her husband's third term as president from 1973 to 1974, she served as both the vice president and first lady of Argentina.
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer's writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential; his 1937 book The Cost of Discipleship is described as a modern classic.
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In 2003, Black founded his own record label, Equity Music Group.
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Silverstein spent the last 36 years of his life in solitary confinement for killing corrections officer Merle Clutts at the Marion Penitentiary in Illinois.
More major people born on February 4
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1931
Isabel Perón
Argentinian dancer and politician, 41st President of Argentina
Isabel Martínez de Perón is an Argentine politician who served as the president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976.
1906
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German pastor and theologian (died 1945)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor, neo-orthodox theologian and anti-Nazi dissident who was a key founding member of the Confessing Church.
1962
Clint Black
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Clint Patrick Black is an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer.
1952
Thomas Silverstein
American criminal and prisoner (died 2019)
Thomas Edward Silverstein was an American criminal who spent the last 42 years of his life in prison after being convicted of three separate murders, with a fourth murder conviction being overturned and Silverstein…
1976
Cam'ron
American rapper and actor
Cameron Giles, known mononymously as Cam'ron, is an American rapper.
1868
Constance Markievicz
Irish revolutionary and first woman elected to the UK House of Commons (died 1927)
Constance Georgine Markievicz, also known as Countess Markievicz and Madame Markievicz, was an Irish republican politician, suffragist, socialist and labour activist who was the first woman elected to the Parliament of…
1922
Bhimsen Joshi
Indian vocalist of the Hindustani classical music tradition (died 2011)
Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi, also known by the honorific prefix Pandit, was one of the greatest Indian vocalists in the Hindustani classical tradition from the Indian subcontinent.
1872
Gotse Delchev
Bulgarian and Macedonian revolutionary activist (died 1903)
Georgi Nikolov Delchev, known as Gotse Delchev or Goce Delčev, was a prominent Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary (komitadji) and one of the most important leaders of what is commonly known as the Internal Macedonian…
1879
Varia Kipiani
Georgian scientist
Barbare "Varia" Kipiani was the first Georgian trained as a psychophysiologist and is recognized as a pioneering woman scholar of Georgia.
1881
Eulalio Gutiérrez
Mexican general and politician, President of Mexico (died 1939)
Eulalio Gutiérrez Ortiz was a Mexican general and politician in the Mexican Revolution from state of Coahuila.
1877
Eddie Cochems
American football player and coach (died 1953)
Edward Bulwer Cochems was an American football player and coach.
1973
Oscar De La Hoya
American boxer
Oscar De La Hoya is a Mexican-American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008.
1937
Birju Maharaj
Indian dancer, composer, singer and exponent of the Lucknow "Kalka-Bindadin" Gharana of Kathak dance (died 2022)
Birju Maharaj was an Indian dancer, composer, singer, and exponent of the Lucknow "Kalka-Bindadin" Gharana of Kathak dance in India.
1986
Mahmudullah Riyad
Bangladeshi cricketer
Mohammad Mahmudullah, also known as Riyad, is a former Bangladeshi international cricketer who captained the national team. He plays for Dhaka Division and has represented the national team in all formats.
1943
Ken Thompson
American computer scientist and programmer, co-developed the B programming language
Kenneth Lane Thompson is an American pioneer of computer science. Thompson worked at Bell Labs for most of his career where he designed and implemented the original Unix operating system.
1970
Hunter Biden
American attorney and lobbyist
Robert Hunter Biden is an American artist, disbarred former attorney, and businessman. He is the second son of former president Joe Biden and his first wife, Neilia Hunter Biden.
1929
Jerry Adler
American actor, director, and producer (died 2025)
Jerome Elliott Adler was an American actor, theatrical producer, and director.
1947
Dennis C. Blair
American admiral and politician, third Director of National Intelligence
Dennis Cutler Blair is the former United States Director of National Intelligence and a retired United States Navy admiral who was the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific region.
1875
Ludwig Prandtl
German physicist and engineer (died 1953)
Ludwig Prandtl was a German fluid dynamicist, physicist and aerospace scientist.