Historical Events on February 4

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Here are some historical events that happened on February 4:

1789: George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the Electoral College.

1861: Delegates from six Southern states meet in Montgomery, Alabama, and form the Confederate States of America.

1938: Disney's animated film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is released in the United States. It is the first full-length cel-animated feature in motion picture history.

1945: The Yalta Conference begins during World War II. Leaders of the Allied powers, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin, discuss the post-war reorganization of Germany and Europe.

1974: The Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) kidnaps newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst in Berkeley, California.

1997: O.J. Simpson is found liable for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in a civil trial. He is ordered to pay $25 million in punitive damages.

2004: Mark Zuckerberg and his college roommates launch Facebook from their Harvard University dormitory room.

2018: SpaceX successfully launches the Falcon Heavy, the most powerful operational rocket in the world, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

These are just a few examples, and many more events have occurred on February 4 throughout history.