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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1959  American Airlines Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65 on February - 03.   

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

1959  On this day in history american Airlines Electra crashes in NY's East River, killing 65   

1959  On this day in history big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28   

1960  Johannes G Geelkerken, Dutch reformed vicar, dies at 80 on February - 03.   

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

1961  On February - 03 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 February - 03.   

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

1962  Werner Bock, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1963  On February - 03 mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational   

1964  "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold on this day in history.   

1964  Black &Puerto Rican students boycott NYC public schools on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1967  Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide on this day in history.   

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

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

1969  Eduardo C Mondlane, president of Mozambique, murdered on this day in history.   

1971  Jay C Flippen, actor (Ensign O'Toole), dies at 72 on February - 03.   

1972  11th Winter Olympics games opens in Sapporo Japan (1st in Asia) on February - 03.   

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

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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 February - 03.   

1648  Louis Bouteiller, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773) was born on February - 03.   

0474  On February - 03 leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies   

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

0699  On this day in history death of saint Werburgh   

0865  On February - 03 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 this day in history 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.