February 4
From Mw
- 4th February 1969 (16th Dhul-Qadah 1388) - Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
- 4th February 1980 (17th Rabbi al-Awwal 1400) - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran.

