February 4: Independence Day in Sri Lanka (1948)
Constantin von Tischendorf
- 1169 – A strong earthquake struck the eastern coast of Sicily, causing at least 15,000 deaths.
- 1859 – German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf (pictured) rediscovered the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century uncial manuscript of the Greek Bible, in Saint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt.
- 1969 – Yasser Arafat was elected chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
- 1974 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army bombed a motor coach carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel and their family members, killing twelve.
- 2004 – Four Harvard University students launched the popular social networking website Facebook from their dorm room.
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