February 4 in Pop Culture History

• 1789 – George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the US Electoral College.
• 1941 – The USO (United Service Organization) was founded.
• 1992 – A coup d’état was led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
• February 4, 2000, The Sims was released, Computer Game
• 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 on February 4 every year.
• 2004 – Facebook launched.
• If you were born on February 4th,
  You were likely conceived the week of… May 14th (prior year)

United Services Organization (USO) is an American non-profit organization founded in 1941 to support members of the US Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Army Air Corps, and Air National Guard. The USO was founded to provide morale and recreational services to U.S. uniformed military personnel during World War II, and served as a second home for GIs in the United States. By maintaining troops, providing social services, and maintaining the connection between military members and their families, home, and country until all return, we supported America’s military and their families.

During World War II, USO clubs served American G.I.s, and the initiative brought together the help of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Army Air Corps, and Air National Guard.

“Mistakes are part of the game. It’s how well you recover from them, that’s the mark of a great player.”
– Alice Cooper

“Our ideals, laws, and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation, in turn, becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of our resources and each generation has the obligation to pass this inheritance on to the future.”
– Charles Lindbergh

“When people say I can’t or I mustn’t, I always say I can and I will.”
– Oscar De La Hoya

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”
– Rosa Parks

“If one took no chances, one would not fly at all. Safety lies in the judgment of the chances one takes. That judgment, in turn, must rest upon one’s outlook on life. Any coward can sit in his home and criticize a pilot for flying into a mountain in fog. But I would rather, by far, die on a mountainside than in bed.”
– Charles Lindbergh

“Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women’s denigration of themselves.”
– Betty Frieden

“It isn’t how much time you spend somewhere that makes it memorable: it’s how you spend the time.”
– David Brenner

“When you get old, everything is hurting. When I get up in the morning, it sounds like I’m making popcorn.”
– Lawrence Taylor

“I didn’t see myself as any advance guard, or feminist.”
– Ida Lupino

“We cannot attain the presence of God. We’re already totally in the presence of God. What’s missing is awareness.”
– David Brenner

“A zombie film is not fun without a bunch of stupid people running around and observing how they fail to handle the situation.”
– George A. Romero

1169 – A strong earthquake struck the Ionian coast of Sicily, causing over 15,000 deaths, especially in Catania, Lentini and Modica.

1703 – In Edo (Japan), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin committed seppuku (ritual suicide) for avenging their master’s death.

1783 – Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its American colonies, the United States.

1789 – George Washington was elected as the first president of the United States by the Electoral College.

1801 – John Marshall was sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.

1825 – The Ohio Legislature authorized the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal

1826 – The Last of the Mohicans by James Fennimore Cooper was published.

1859 – The Codex Sinaiticus was discovered in Egypt.

1922 – Ford Motor Company acquired the failing luxury automaker Lincoln Motor Company for $8 million.

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

1935 – Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch premiered on CBS radio.

1936 – Radium (Ra) became the first radioactive element to be synthetically made.

1938 – Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs was released by Walt Disney.

1941 – Roy Plunkett received the patent (#2,230,654) for Tetrafluoroethylene Polymers’ (Teflon)

1941 – The USO (United Services Organization) was founded.

1946 – Broadway Show – Born Yesterday (Play) February 4, 1946

1948 – Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.

1957 – Smith-Corona began selling portable electric typewriters.

1961 – The Misfits, starring Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, and Montgomery Clift, was released by United Artists

1965 (Earthquake) Rat Islands, Alaska

1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army abducted 19-year-old Patty Hearst.

1978 – #1 Hit February 4, 1978 – March 3, 1978: Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive

1979 (Earthquake) Riobamba, Ecuador

1983 – Singer Karen Carpenter died of anorexia.

1984 – #1 Hit February 4, 1984 – February 24, 1984: Culture Club – Karma Chameleon

1985 – President Ronald Reagan’s defense budget called for a tripling of the expenditure on the “Star Wars” research program.

1989 – #1 Hit February 4, 1989 – February 10, 1989: Sheriff – When I’m with You

1991 – Pete Rose (aka Charlie Hustle) was banned ‘for life’ from the Baseball Hall of Fame due to the fact that he used to illegally gamble on games.

1992 – A coup d’état was led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.

1997 – A civil jury in California found O.J. Simpson liable in the death of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Goldman’s parents were awarded $8.5 million in compensatory damages.

February 4, 2000, The Sims was released, Computer Game

2004 – Facebook launched as “TheFacebook.com”

2006 – #1 Hit February 4, 2006 – March 10, 2006: Beyonce featuring Slim Thug – Check on It

2014 – The last living WWI veteran was British citizen Florence Beatrice Green who passed away on February 4th, 2012. She was 110 years old. She last living WWI veteran was British citizen Florence Beatrice Green who passed away on February 4th, 2012. She was 110 years old.

Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl got really lucky when they named their son Dash as they had no way of knowing he’d have super speed as a superpower.

The name Scooby-Doo was inspired by Frank Sinatra’s scatting at the end of the song Strangers in the Night.

“I’m funny how, I mean funny like I’m a clown, I amuse you?” – Tommy DeVito #moviequotes

Be kinder to rude people. You may be the change they need to see.

When watching a documentary on lions, I root for the lions. When watching a documentary on antelopes, I root for the antelopes. #goteam

A group of Magpies is called a Tiding or Gulp or Murder or Charm.

To calculate the position of the Voyager 1 spacecraft some 12.5 billion miles away, you only need to use the first 15 digits of the value of Pi to be accurate within 1.5 inches.

A full-size Reeses Cup has 66 ridges around the edge.

“Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.” – Conan the Barbarian #moviequotes

“Denny Crane” – Denny Crane, Boston Legal

“Find a penny, pick it up. All day long you’ll have good luck” sounds like something Big Penny made up to keep the penny relevant.

‘Nipper’ is the name of the dog on the RCA label. ‘Chipper’ is the puppy version of the mascot.

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