Today In History For February 4th

Today is Friday February 4th and it is the 35th day of 2011. There are 330 days left in the year.

It was on this day back in 1861 that delegates from six southern states that had recently seceded from the union met in montgomery Alabama to form the Confederate States of America.

George Washington was elected to be the first president of the United States on this day in 1789.

Former Governor of New York, Franklin D. Roosevelt opened the the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid on this day back in 1932.