February 4: World Cancer Day (2000)Execution of John Rogers1488 Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias landed in Mossel Bay, becoming the first known European to have sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and the southern tip of Africa.1555 Marian Restoration: Because he opposed Catholicism, John Rogers was burned at the stake (pictured) as the first English Protestant executed for heresy under the reign of MaryI.1945 World WarII: American forces liberated the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila, the largest enemy-civilian internment camp run by the Empire of Japan in the Philippines.1999 The Panamanian-flagged freighter New Carissa ran aground near Coos Bay, Oregon, causing one of the worst oil spills in the state's history.Joan of France (d.1505)Constance Markievicz (b.1868)Betty Friedan (b.1921)Louis Jordan (d.1975)More anniversaries: February 3February 4February 5ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout