Too Tough Trivia

Feb 4 2000
Carl Albert, former Speaker of the House, dies
Feb 4 1999
Four police officers fire 41 shots at an unarmed, immigrant, street peddler with no criminal record, killing him as he tries to enter his Bronx apartment building. They thought he was reaching for a gun
Feb 4 1998
The cable of a cable car in Cavelese, Italy is snapped by a low flying US military jet, causing the car to plummet 650ft, killing all 20 aboard
Feb 4 1997
A jury returns a verdict of guilty on all counts in the wrongful death suit against O.J. Simpson
Feb 4 1983
Karen Carpenter, the drummer and singer of 'The Carpenters', dies of a heart attack which was a side effect of her anorexia
Feb 4 1976
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes Guatemala, killing 23,000 and leaving 1.5 million homeless
Feb 4 1974
Patty Hearst kidnapped
Feb 4 1974
Grenada declares its independence
Feb 4 1971
Rolls Royce, British maker of high-end cars, declares bankruptcy
Feb 4 1969
Cybernet inaugurated
Feb 4 1964
The 24th amendment passes, abolishing poll taxes
Feb 4 1962
Francisco Bolmarich is elected president of Costa Rica
Feb 4 1957
The first electric portable typewriter, a Smith Corona, was sold
Feb 4 1945
The beginning of the Yalta Conference between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin
Feb 4 1941
The first diesel locomotive assigned specifically to pull freight begins operation on the Santa Fe Railroad.
Feb 4 1924
Mahatma Gandhi is released after spending two years in a Bombay jail
Feb 4 1904
The Russo-Japanese War begins when Japan attacks Port Arthur, now Lu-shun in Manchuria
Feb 4 1894
Richard Wetherill discovers the Basket Maker culture
Feb 4 1874
The British win the Battle of Kumasi, ending the Ashanti War. The Ashanti Empire was in Southern Ghana
Feb 4 1861
Jefferson Davis elected President of the Confederate States of America
Feb 4 1787
Shay's Rebellion, an uprising of Massachusetts farmers prompted by high taxes and hard times, ends in defeat at Petersham, Massachusetts. However, Massachusetts would enact laws easing the conditions of debtors
Feb 4 1783
England declares an end to hostilities against the colonies