On this day …
February 4, 2015
- In 1789, George Washington was unanimously elected as President of the United States by the Electoral College.
- In 1801, John Marshall was sworn in as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
- In 1941, the United Service Organization was created to entertain American troops.
- In 1945, the Yalta Conference between Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Josef Stalin opened at the Livadia Palace.
- In 1969, Yasser Arafat took over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
- In 1974, the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst in Berkeley, Calif.
- In 2004, Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
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