Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 4
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February 4: Independence Day in Sri Lanka (1948)
- 1859 - Constantin von Tischendorf found the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century uncial manuscript of the New Testament, in a monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt.
- 1862 - Bacardi, one of the world's largest rum producers, was founded as a small distillery in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
- 1899 - The Philippine-American War broke out.
- 1945 - Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin met at the Yalta Conference.
- 1957 - USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, logged her 60,000th nautical mile, matching the endurance of the fictional Nautilus described in Jules Verne's novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Recent days: February 3 – February 2 – February 1
