On This day... February 4 | Nostalgia

NATIONAL DAY OF SRI LANKA1902: Captain Charles Lindbergh, US pioneer aviator and the first to fly solo across the Atlantic, was born in Detroit.1929: The first area of Green Belt was approved, five miles of land near Hendon, Middlesex.1945: The Yalta Conference between Allied leaders Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin opened in the Crimea.1948: Ceylon became a self-governing dominion within the Commonwealth. It later changed its name to Sri Lanka.1962: The first colour supplement was published by The Sunday Times with features on pop art.1974: Eleven people – including eight off-duty soldiers and two young children – were killed, and 12 seriously injured, when the coach they were travelling in on the M62 north of Leeds was blown up by a bomb.1983: Karen Carpenter, US singer who with her brother formed the successful Carpenters duo, died from heart failure as a result of complications arising from anorexia nervosa.1987: Dennis Conner’s US crew won back the America’s Cup from Australia.1990: The New Zealand cricketer Richard Hadlee (later to be knighted) became the first man to take 400 Test wickets.2004: The social networking site Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg.ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: Britons in mainland China were urged to leave as coronavirus deaths began to rise.BIRTHDAYS: Dan Quayle, US politician, 74; Alice Cooper, rock singer, 73; Jenny Shipley, former New Zealand prime minister, 69; Gabrielle Anwar, actress, 51; Bobbie Goulding, rugby league coach and former player, 49; Natalie Imbruglia, actress/singer, 46; Gavin DeGraw, musician, 44; Kimberly Wyatt, singer/dancer, 39.