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| 4 is the second squared number |
Today's number is 4 |
| 4 is the smallest squared prime |
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| 4 is the only even squared prime |
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| 4 is both 2 doubled and 2 squared |
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| A number is divisible by 4 if its last two digits are divisible by 4. For example 1632 is divisible by 4 because 32 is divisible by 4 (4 x 8 = 32) |
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| A Tetrahedron has 4 sides and 4 vertices. It is the simplest Platonic solid |
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| 4 is the first positive non-Fibonacci number |
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| 4 pops up quite frequently in religions, magik, divination & superstitions |
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| 4 is beryllium |
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| The four states of matter are: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. |
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| There are four fundamental forces (electromagnetism, gravitation, the weak nuclear force, and the strong nuclear force) |
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| There are 4 forms in the logical "square of Opposition": A ("All S is R"), I ("Some S is R"), E ("No S is R"), and O ("Some S is not R") |
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| It takes 4 Supreme Court Justices to grant a writ of cert. |
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| There were 4 classical Greek elements (earth, water, air & fire) |
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| There are 4 seasons |
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| There are 4 suits in a standard deck of playing cards |
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| There are 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse, plus Basement Cat. |
4 BC was Year of the Consulship of Sabinus and Rufus
Herod the Great died
Publius Quintilius Varus, then Governon of Syria (YES, that damn Varus again), took three of his four legions from Antioch to Jerusalem to restore order and crucified 2,000 Jewish rebels.
Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist was born
4 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Catus and Saturninus
Augustus adopted Tiberius to be his heir
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| 1147 | The first historical record of Moscow, 345 years before 1492 |
| 1581 | Francis Drake was knighted for circumnavigating the world |
| 1796 | Georges Cuvier gave his first paleontological lecture, founding the science of paleontology |
| 1818 | The US Congress adopted the US flag, later to be fetishised |
| 1850 | Los Angeles was incorporated as a city |
| 1887 | Susanna M. Salter became the first female mayor in the United States in Argonia, Kansas . |
| 1949 |
12 Nations formed NATO |
| 1958 | The CND peace symbol was first displayed |
| 1964 | The Beatles had the top 5 songs on the Billboard Top 100 |
| 1967 | Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech |
| 1968 | Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray |
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Born this day in |
| 1802 | Dorothea Dix, an activist, a nurse & an activist nurse |
| 1869 | Mary Colter, an awesome architect, |
| 1906 | John Cameron Swayze, a journalist |
| 1913 |
Muddy Waters, a singer, songwriter & guitarist |
| 1932 | Clive Davis,who founded Arista Records and J Records |
| 1936 | Hugh Masekela, a singer,songwriter & trumpet player |
| 1948 |
Berry Oakley, a bass player (The Allman Brothers Band) |
| 1948 |
Pick Withers, a drummer (Dire Straits and Magna Carta). |
| 1949 |
Junior Braithwaite, a singer (Bob Marley and the Wailers) |
| 1952 |
Gary Moore, a singer,songwriter, guitarist, & producer (Skid Row, Thin Lizzy, and Colosseum II) |
| 1971 |
Josh Todd,, a singer & songwriter,(Buckcherry) |
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Died this day in |
| 1617 | John Napier, a mathematician, physicist, & astronomer |
| 1774 | Oliver Goldsmith, an author, poet & playwright |
| 1912 | Isaac K. Funk, a co-founder of Funk & Wagnalls </td>
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| 1919 | William Crookes, a chemist and physicist |
| 1923 | John Venn, a mathematician and philosopher who liked to diagram stuff |
| 1929 | Karl Benz, who started a car company |
| 1958 | Johnny Stompanato, a thug who was killed by a teenage girl |
| 1968 | Martin Luther King Jr., a minister, activist, & Nobel Prize laureate |
| 2001 | Ed (Big Daddy) Roth, an illustrator and engineer |
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So it looks like we gots ...
The Beatles 1964
Muddy Waters
Arista Records
Hugh Masekela
Berry Oakley (The Allman Brothers Band) (d. 1972)
Pick Withers (Dire Straits and Magna Carta)
Junior Braithwaite (Bob Marley and the Wailers)Junior Braithwaite (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
Gary Moore (Skid Row, Thin Lizzy, and Colosseum II)
Josh Todd (Buckcherry)
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Crossposted from Caucus 99%