Page 7: Historical Events In February - 03

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

1956  Toni Sailor becomes first Olympics skier to sweep the 3 alpine events on February - 03.   

1956  On February - 03 autherine J Lucy admitted to U of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot   

1957  On this day in history patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open   

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

1958  On this day in history royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3   

1958  On this day in history henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42   

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

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

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

1959  On February - 03 big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28   

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 February - 03.   

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  On this day in history john Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm   

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

1963  On this day in history mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational   

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

1964  On this day in history black &Puerto Rican students boycott NYC public schools   

1965  105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams on this day in history.   

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 February - 03.   

1966  Soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9) on February - 03.   

1966  The first operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched (US) on February - 03.   

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

1967  "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix on February - 03.   

1967  Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide on February - 03.   

1969  On February - 03 the Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO   

1969  On February - 03 the Palestine National Congress appoints Yasser Arafat head of the Palestine Liberation Organization   

1969  Eduardo C Mondlane, president of Mozambique, murdered on February - 03.   

1971  Jay C Flippen, actor (Ensign O'Toole), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 03.   

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1338  On this day in history birth of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378)   

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

1525  Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer was born on this day in history.   

1648  On February - 03 birth of louis Bouteiller, composer   

1655  Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1677  Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723) was born on February - 03.   

1690  On this day in history birth of richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)   

1721  On this day in history birth of friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)   

0474  On this day in history leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies   

0619  Death of Laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury on February - 03.   

0699  On this day in history death of saint Werburgh   

0865  On this day in history ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies   

1014  Death of King Sweyn I of Denmark on February - 03.   

1116  On this day in history death of king Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070)   

1399  On February - 03 john of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & Leon, dies at 58   

1428  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386) on February - 03.