Historical Events For February - 03

1954  Jeen van den Berg wins Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32) on February - 03.  

1956  On this day in history toni Sailor becomes first Olympics skier to sweep the 3 alpine events  

1956  Autherine J Lucy admitted to U of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot on this day in history.  

1957  Patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open on February - 03.  

1958  Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart &peaks at #3 on February - 03.  

1958  On February - 03 royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3  

1958  On February - 03 henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42  

1959  American Airlines Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65 on this day in history.  

1959  On February - 03 buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson die in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.  

1959  On February - 03 american Airlines Electra crashes in NY's East River, killing 65  

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1959  Big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28 on February - 03.  

1960  On this day in history johannes G Geelkerken, Dutch reformed vicar, dies at 80  

1961  6th largest snowfall in NYC history (17.4" (44.2cm)) on this day in history.  

1961  On this day in history anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54  

1962  President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food &drugs on this day in history.  

1962  John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm on February - 03.  

1962  On this day in history werner Bock, writer, dies  

1963  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational on this day in history.  

1964  On February - 03 "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold  

1964  Black &Puerto Rican students boycott NYC public schools on February - 03.  

1965  105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams on February - 03.  

1965  Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km) on this day in history.  

1966  First soft landing on the Moon by spacecraft Luna 9 on this day in history.  

1966  On February - 03 soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9)  

1966  The first operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched (US) on this day in history.  

1966  June Walker, actress (War Nurses), dies at 65 on February - 03.  

1967  On this day in history "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix  

1967  On this day in history joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide  

1969  The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO on February - 03.  

1969  the Palestine National Congress appoints Yasser Arafat head of the Palestine Liberation Organization on this day in history.  

1969  On February - 03 eduardo C Mondlane, president of Mozambique, murdered  

1971  On February - 03 jay C Flippen, actor (Ensign O'Toole), dies at 72  

1972  On this day in history 11th Winter Olympics games opens in Sapporo Japan (1st in Asia)  

1972  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

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1338  Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378) was born on February - 03.  

1368  On this day in history birth of charles VI, King of France (1380-1422)  

1525  On February - 03 birth of giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer  

1648  On this day in history birth of louis Bouteiller, composer  

1655  On February - 03 birth of francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized  

1677  On February - 03 birth of jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)  

1690  On February - 03 birth of richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)  

1721  On February - 03 birth of friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)  

0474  Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies on February - 03.  

0619  Death of Laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.  

0699  On February - 03 death of saint Werburgh  

0865  On February - 03 ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies  

1014  On February - 03 death of king Sweyn I of Denmark  

1116  Death of King Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070) on this day in history.  

1399  On this day in history john of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & Leon, dies at 58  

1428  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)