Historical Events for 4th February 2024

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1922 - After boycotts and international pressure, Japan agrees to return Shantung Province to China
1933 - German President Paul von Hindenburg limits freedom of the press
1937 - Jim Margie, Philadelphia, bowls 900 in 3 (unsanctioned) games
1951 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
1964 - FAA begins 6 month test of reactions to sonic booms over Oklahoma City
1972 - Dutch speed skater Ard Schenk wins the 5,000m at the Sapporo Winter Olympics; also wins the 1,500m and 10,000m gold medals
1974 - Chimpanzee Nim Chimsky signs his 1st word, at 2½ months
1985 - 20 countries (but not US) sign UN treaty outlawing torture
1997 - O.J. Simpson found liable in the deaths of Ron Goldman and Nicole Simpson in a civil court action
1999 - Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in the city.

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