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2022

China welcomes the world to the Beijing Winter Olympics. Charles Hamelin and Marie-Philip Poulin serve as Canada’s flag bearers during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony at the Beijing National Stadium.

2016

King Mohammed VI of Morocco inaugurates the world’s largest solar power plant near Ouarzazate. It is expected to power one million households once completed in 2018.

2004

Mark Zuckerberg creates the social network Facebook.

1997

A civil jury finds O.J. Simpson liable for the death of Ronald Goldman and for assault and battery against Ronald Goldman and Nicole Brown.

1988

Panamanian General Manuel Noriega is indicted in the United States on charges of drug trafficking and racketeering.

1977

The band Fleetwood Mac releases its 11th album, Rumours. It is named Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards.

1976

The XII Winter Olympic Games open in Innsbruck, Austria.

1970

Franklin J. Schaffner’s film “Patton,” starring George C. Scott, premieres in New York. It wins Best Picture at the 1971 Academy Awards.

1945

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin meet in Yalta, Crimea, to discuss the final phase of World War II.

1932

The III Winter Olympic Games begin in Lake Placid, New York.

1924

Canada wins its first gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Chamonix. The Toronto Granite Club takes gold in ice hockey.

1789

In Philadelphia, George Washington is unanimously elected the first president of the United States.

1783

England declares an end to hostilities with its former colony, the United States of America.

It happened on… February 4

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