🌟 Editor's Note
Good morning — it’s Wednesday, February 4. Today we’re exploring The Last of the Mohicans, one of the oldest Bibles, the Confederate States of America, the first radioactive element, Disney's first feature, The Sims, Facebook's birth, and much more — quick, sharp, and bursting with fascinating insights!
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🚀 Time Machine
-211
Septimius Severus dies in Eboracum, England, leaving the Roman Empire to his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta.
-960
Zhao Kuangyin becomes Emperor Taizu of the Song, beginning three centuries of Song dominance in southern China.
-1789
The first US Electoral College chose George Washington as President and John Adams as Vice President.
-1826
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper was published.
-1859
"The Sinai Bible," one of the oldest copies of the Bible, was seen in Egypt by Constantin von Tischendorf, who took it home.
-1861
Delegates from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana meet in Montgomery, Alabama, to form the Confederate States of America.
-1936
The first radioactive substance was produced synthetically. (radium E)
-1938
Watch Disney's first feature-length production, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, released.
-1969
The Palestine National Council appoints Yasser Arafat chairman of the PLO.
-1988
The US federal grand jury indicted Panamanian General Manuel Noriega for drug trafficking and racketeering.
-2000
The Sims, a revolutionary computer game, debuts in North America.
-2004
Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook from his Harvard dorm room.
📸 Snapshot
Young women mocking a beach sign that requires full bathing suits. Miami, Florida, 1934
🗨️ Last Words
“Far from well, yet far better than mine iniquities deserve.”