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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_4" title="February 4">February 4</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichun" title="Lichun">Lichun</a></b> begins in East Asia (2024)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1169" title="1169">1169</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1169_Sicily_earthquake" title="1169 Sicily earthquake">A strong earthquake</a></b> struck the eastern coast of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>, causing at least <span class="nowrap">15,000 deaths</span>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969" title="1969">1969</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasser_Arafat" title="Yasser Arafat">Yasser Arafat</a></b> was elected chairman of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Organization" title="Palestine Liberation Organization">Palestine Liberation Organization</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974" title="1974">1974</a> – American newspaper heiress and socialite <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Hearst" title="Patty Hearst">Patty Hearst</a></b> was kidnapped by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbionese_Liberation_Army" title="Symbionese Liberation Army">Symbionese Liberation Army</a>, which she later joined, in one of the most well-known cases of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome" title="Stockholm syndrome">Stockholm syndrome</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Amadou_Diallo" title="Killing of Amadou Diallo">Amadou Diallo</a></b>, a 23-year-old immigrant from Guinea, was shot and killed by four <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department" title="New York City Police Department">New York City Police Department</a> plain-clothed officers, prompting outrage both within and outside the city.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Haywood" title="Bill Haywood">Bill Haywood</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1869); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_M._Alexander" title="Virginia M. Alexander">Virginia M. Alexander</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1899); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Bolikango" title="Jean Bolikango">Jean Bolikango</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1909); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda_Hilst" title="Hilda Hilst">Hilda Hilst</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2004)</p>
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