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02/04/1957
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Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican illustrator, dies
Type: Death
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02/04/1958
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"Oh, Captain!" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 192 performances
Type: Event
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02/04/1958
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Hall of Fame fails to elect anyone for 1st time since 1950
Type: Event
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02/04/1958
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Mary Ann Pascal, actress (Samantha-Brothers)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1958
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Werner Schwab, writer
Type: Birth
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02/04/1958
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Frederik de Merode, Belgian prince, dies at 46
Type: Death
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02/04/1959
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Israel begins exporting copper ore
Type: Event
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02/04/1959
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Lawrence Taylor, [LT], NFL's greatest linebacker (NY Giants)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1959
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Zenani Mandela, daughter of Nelson and Winnie Mandela
Type: Birth
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02/04/1959
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Una O'Connor, actress (Banjo, Invisible Man), dies at 78
Type: Death
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02/04/1960
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BBWAA voters fail to elect a new Hall of Fame member
Type: Event
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02/04/1960
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Giants move their offices to Candlestick Park
Type: Event
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02/04/1960
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Lionel Bart's musical "Fings ain't wot they used t'be," premieres
Type: Event
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02/04/1960
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Pamelyn Ferdin, actress (Happy Birthday Wanda June, Tool Box Murders)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1961
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Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure
Type: Event
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02/04/1961
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Denis Savard, Pointe Gatineau Ca, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1961
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Vern Fleming, LIC NY, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1962
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"Gay Life" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 113 performances
Type: Event
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02/04/1962
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Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game
Type: Event
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02/04/1962
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles
Type: Event
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02/04/1962
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Monty Hoyt
Type: Event
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02/04/1962
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Clint Black, Long Branch NJ, country vocalist (A Better Man)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1962
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Dan Plesac, Gary IN, pitcher (Pitts Pirates)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1962
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Vern Fleming, NBA guard (NJ Nets)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1963
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Jane Leary, Sydney Australia, golfer (1992 Australian Amateur Champ)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1963
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Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss alpine skier (Olympic-gold-1988)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1963
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Tracie Ruiz-Conforto, Hawaii, sync swimmer (Oly-2 gold/silver-84, 88)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1964
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Amendment 24 outlaws poll tax
Type: Event
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02/04/1964
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FAA begins 6 month test of reactions to sonic booms over Okla City
Type: Event
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02/04/1964
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Siegfried T Bok, neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica), dies at 71
Type: Death
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02/04/1965
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Type: Event
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02/04/1965
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John van Loen, Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord, San Frecce)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1965
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U C Greyhound, champion trotter (horse), dies at 33
Type: Death
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02/04/1966
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All-Nippon Airways 727 crashes off Haneda Airport (Japan); kills 133
Type: Event
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02/04/1966
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Barry Klein, Grand Rapids Mich, rower (Olympics-1996)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1966
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Marissa Laakso, Boston Mass, Miss Mass-America (1991)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1966
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Spike, rocker [or Sep 18]
Type: Birth
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02/04/1966
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Gilbert H Grosvenor, president Natl Geographic Society, dies at 90
Type: Death
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02/04/1967
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"Wild Thing" hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby
Type: Event
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02/04/1967
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US launches Lunar Orbiter 3
Type: Event
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02/04/1967
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Sergei Grinkov, Russian ice skater
Type: Birth
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02/04/1968
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"Golden Rainbow" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 355 performances
Type: Event
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02/04/1968
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Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball
Type: Event
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02/04/1968
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Kristen Marie, actress (Cheryl McKinnon-Another World)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1968
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Ed Baker, actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema at 70
Type: Death
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02/04/1968
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Gerard den Brabander, [Jan G Jofriet], poet (Nothing New), dies at 67
Type: Death
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02/04/1969
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41,163, then largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cin-Det, SD-Bost
Type: Event
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02/04/1969
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Beatles appoint Eastman and Eastman, as general cousel to Apple
Type: Event
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02/04/1969
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John Madden is named head coach of NFL's Oakland Raiders
Type: Event
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02/04/1969
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Lonnie Elder's "Ceremonies in Dark Old Men," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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