Today in world history [2024-02-04]

Date	Events
1783	American Civil War: England officially declared an end to its hostilities with the United States.
1789	George Washington was elected the first president of the United States.
1935	George Washington was re-elected as US president in his second term.
1899	The Philippines - USA war has begun.
1927	British Malcolm Campbell broke the world record by speeding up to 281.4 km per hour with his car named "Bluebird".
1932	The Winter Olympics started in Lake Placid (New York).
1936	Radium E was the first synthetically obtained radioactive element.
1976	22,778 people died in the 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Guatemala and Honduras.
1998	6.1 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan: More than 5,000 people died.
2003	The new name of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is Serbia and Montenegro.
2006	88 people died and 280 people were injured in a stampede that occurred in a stadium near Manila, the capital of the Philippines.