Wednesday Headlines: February 4, 2026

Here's a quick overview of our top stories for Wednesday, 4, 2026:

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TOP HEADLINES:

Montana paleontologist Jack Horner named in Epstein files

Belgrade PD Officer Surprised by nearly 100 "get well soon" cards from Arizona

’Really Inconvenient’: Bear Canyon Families Adjust to I-90 Closure

NorthWestern Energy takes public comment on new Integrated Resource Plan

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Interesting historical facts, events, notable births and deaths for February 4th throughout history:

Events

• 1789: The U.S. Electoral College unanimously elects George Washington as the first President of the United States.
• 1861: The Apache Wars begin in Arizona and New Mexico.
• 1938: Adolf Hitler seizes control of the German army and places Nazi officers in top posts.
• 1945: The Yalta Conference, a meeting between Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Franklin D. Roosevelt to discuss the post-World War II reorganization of Germany and Europe, begins.
• 1974: Patricia Hearst, the 19-year-old daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped from her Berkeley, California, apartment by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
• 2004: Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook from his Harvard dorm room.

Notable Births

• 1902: Charles Lindbergh, American aviator who made the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight.
• 1913: Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist famous for her role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
• 1921: Betty Friedan, American writer and activist, a leading figure in the women's movement in the United States.
• 1947: Dan Quayle, 44th Vice President of the United States.

Notable Deaths

• 1983: Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer of the duo the Carpenters.
• 1987: Liberace, American pianist, singer, and actor.
• 2006: Betty Friedan, American writer and activist.

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