Today is Thursday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2016. There are 331 days left in the year.

Today’s birthdays: Former Argentinian president Isabel Peron is 85. Actor Gary Conway is 80. Movie director George Romero is 76. Actor John Schuck is 76. Former vice president Dan Quayle is 69. Rock singer Alice Cooper is 68. Football Hall-of-Famer Lawrence Taylor is 57. Country singer Clint Black is 54. Olympic gold medal boxer Oscar De La Hoya is 43. Olympic gold medal gymnast-turned-singer Carly Patterson is 28.

In 1789, electors chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.

In 1861, delegates from six southern states met in Montgomery, Ala., to form the Confederate States of America.

In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a wartime conference at Yalta.

In 1974, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst, 19, was kidnapped in Berkeley, Calif., by the Symbionese Liberation Army.

In 1976, more than 23,000 people died when a severe earthquake struck Guatemala with a magnitude of 7.5, according to the US Geological Survey.

In 2004, the Massachusetts high court declared that gay couples were entitled to nothing less than marriage. The social networking website Facebook had its beginnings as Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launched ‘‘Thefacebook.’’

Last year, as Boston dug out from more than 3 feet of snow in the past week, the New England Patriots were finally honored with a parade celebrating their fourth Super Bowl win.