Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 4

February 4: Independence Day in Sri Lanka (1948); Lichun begins in East Asia (05:18 UTC, 2007).

• 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 (pictured).

• 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

More anniversaries:

• January 31
• February 1
• February 2