2025: February 4 (5 Sha'ban 1446 AH)
February 4 Events 1859 – The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt . [7] 1969 – Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization . 1997 – En route to Lebanon , two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73. 1998 – The 5.9 M w Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII ( Very strong ). With 2,323 killed, and 818 injured, damage is considered extreme. 1999 – Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot 41 times by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city. 2003 – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopts a new constitution, becoming a loose confederacy between Montenegro and Serbia. Birt...