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Replaying Tuesday, February 4, 1997

The February 4, 1997 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♒. It was the 34 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.

If you were born on this day, you are 29 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 128 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, February 4, 2027, in 236 days. You have lived for 10,720 days, or about 257,281 hours, or about 15,436,888 minutes, or about 926,213,280 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

Jonathan Larson (actor, composer, librettist, screenwriter, writer, born February 4, 1960)
Hunter Biden (businessperson, lawyer, born February 4, 1970)
Rosa Parks (autobiographer, civil rights advocate, human rights activist, public figure, born February 4, 1913)
Alice Cooper (actor, disc jockey, musician, rock musician, singer, singer-songwriter, born February 4, 1948)
Oscar De La Hoya (boxer, born February 4, 1973)
Ayami Nakajō (actor, fashion model, model, born February 4, 1997)
Charles Lindbergh (air force officer, aircraft pilot, autobiographer, diarist, engineer, fighter pilot, inventor, peace activist, writer, born February 4, 1902)
Natalie Imbruglia (actor, film actor, model, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, television actor, born February 4, 1975)
Lewis Tan (actor, model, stunt performer, television actor, born February 4, 1987)
Božena Němcová (artist, children's writer, collector of fairy tales, editor, poet, writer, born February 4, 1820)
Dan Quayle (Vice President of the United States, businessperson, lawyer, politician, born February 4, 1947)
Lotfi A. Zadeh (computer scientist, engineer, mathematician, professor, born February 4, 1921)
Jerome Powell (investment banker, lawyer, politician, born February 4, 1953)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (philosopher, poet, resistance fighter, theologian, born February 4, 1906)
Lauren Ash (actor, film actor, born February 4, 1983)
Keigo Higashino (engineer, novelist, screenwriter, writer, born February 4, 1958)
Haruka Tomatsu (actor, seiyū, singer, born February 4, 1990)
Gabrielle Anwar (actor, film actor, film producer, television actor, born February 4, 1970)
George A. Romero (actor, film actor, film director, film editor, film producer, screenwriter, born February 4, 1940)
Tadeusz Kościuszko (engineer, hero, military officer, politician, resistance fighter, born February 4, 1746)
Lawrence Taylor (American football player, actor, film actor, professional wrestler, born February 4, 1959)
Andrei Arlovski (boxer, born February 4, 1979)
Kliment Voroshilov (military officer, politician, revolutionary, born February 4, 1881)
Tatsurō Yamashita (film producer, record producer, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, born February 4, 1953)
Sergey Pugachyov (banker, entrepreneur, politician, statesperson, born February 4, 1963)
Isabel Martínez de Perón (dancer, politician, born February 4, 1931)
Kuranosuke Sasaki (actor, television actor, born February 4, 1968)
Edvin Ryding (actor, born February 4, 2003)
Nicolle Wallace (novelist, political adviser, television presenter, born February 4, 1972)
Ludwig Erhard (economist, politician, university teacher, born February 4, 1897)
Hannibal Buress (actor, comedian, podcaster, screenwriter, television actor, writer, born February 4, 1983)
Urmila Matondkar (actor, presenter, born February 4, 1974)
Alexia Putellas (association football player, born February 4, 1994)
Friedrich Ebert (politician, born February 4, 1871)
Shigeru Ishiba (politician, born February 4, 1957)
Nairo Quintana (sport cyclist, born February 4, 1990)
Charlie Barnett (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born February 4, 1988)
Kyōko Koizumi (actor, businessperson, singer, born February 4, 1966)
Laurence Arné (actor, screenwriter, born February 4, 1982)
Shigeru Chiba (actor, director of audiography, seiyū, born February 4, 1954)
Kenshi Sugiya (baseball player, born February 4, 1991)
Taejo of Goryeo (politician, born January 31, 877)
Patrick Whitesell (talent agent, born February 4, 1965)
Ida Lupino (film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, television actor, television director, born February 4, 1918)
Chen Kun (actor, film actor, singer, television actor, born February 4, 1976)
Thomas Silverstein (criminal, serial killer, born February 4, 1952)
Michael J. Saylor (author, businessperson, computer scientist, entrepreneur, inventor, philanthropist, born February 4, 1965)
Rob Corddry (actor, comedian, executive producer, film actor, screenwriter, television actor, television director, television producer, voice actor, born February 4, 1971)
Malik Monk (basketball player, born February 4, 1998)
Jacques Prévert (director, drawer, playwright, poet, screenwriter, writer, born February 4, 1900)

4th of February 1997 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on February 4, 1997

Questions of Fairness

Date: 05 February 1997

By Bill Carter

Bill Carter

Roone Arledge, president of ABC News, says that network will broadcast two special programs on Feb 12 devoted to 'the whole issue of what people think about investigative reporting on television'; special edition of Prime Time Live, news magazine program on which Food Lion report on food contamination appeared, will include interviews with members of North Carolina jury that ruled that the network had to pay Food Lion $5.5 million in punitive damages; that show, beginning at 10 PM, will be followed at 11:35 by Viewpoint edition of Nightline in which Ted Koppel will moderate discussion about journalist ethics and news-gathering methods (M)

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SERBIAN PRESIDENT ACCEPTS VICTORIES BY HIS OPPONENTS

Date: 05 February 1997

By Chris Hedges

Chris Hedges

Serbian Pres Slobodan Milosevic, abandoned by key supporters, unable to force police or army to crush daily street protests and under intense diplomatic pressure, says he will restore opposition victories in local elections, letter to Parliament; opposition leaders, wary because of his history of feigning compromise while retaining power, say they will continue protests until he eases grip on news media; call for democratic reforms (M)

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Son Knows Best: There Sure Is a Story Here

Date: 05 February 1997

By Joel Brinkley

Joel Brinkley

Joel Brinkley, son of veteran newsman David Brinkley, interviews his father; photo (L)

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A Royal Rebel's Pitch to America

Date: 05 February 1997

By Claudia H. Deutsch

Claudia Deutsch

Decision by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, to appear in American television and print commercials raises hackles all over Britain, where media have relentlessly scorned her as vulgar, making her pariah whose endorsements would make people cringe, not buy; American advertising experts say time is right for 'bad girl' to join them, and that one with tabloid appeal of royalty is prime candidate in country where infamy sells; her contracts to promote Weight Watchers International and other products discussed; some other celebrities who have parlayed notoriety into endorsements noted; photos (M)

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Bowie Goes Futuristic

Date: 04 February 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

David Bowie sells $55 million worth of bonds backed by future royalty payments on his music (S)

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Investor Recommends Spinoff of Telerate

Date: 04 February 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Michael Price, whose Franklin Mutual Advisers Inc acquired 5.4 percent stake in Dow Jones & Co, says in Securities and Exchange Commission filing that Dow Jones should consider alliances, joint ventures or spinoff of its Telerate unit; Dow Jones recently announced that it would invest $650 million in Telerate to revitalize the service (M)

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HEWLETT-PACKARD TO SEEK ENCRYPTION-EXPORT APPROVAL

Date: 05 February 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Hewlett-Packard Co will seek approval from Commerce Department to export stronger encryption technology following announcement by three companies of plans for such exports (S)

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BANKAMERICA TO BUY BACK $650 MILLION MORE IN STOCK

Date: 05 February 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

BankAmerica Corporation will buy back additional $650 million in common and preferred shares by end of 1998 (S)

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MOTOROLA COMPUTER BUSINESS SPLITS INTO TWO DIVISIONS

Date: 04 February 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Computer unit of Motorola Inc says it reorganized into two divisions; one will sell Macintosh clones, portables and servers, while other will sell components to other manufacturers (S)

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