Page 7: Historical Events In February - 03

1958  Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart and peaks at #3.   

1958  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.   

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

1959  American Airlines Electra crashes in NY's East River, killing 65.   

1959  Big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28.   

1960  Johannes G Geelkerken, Dutch reformed vicar, dies at 80   

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

1961  Anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54.   

1962  President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food and drugs.   

1962  John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm.   

1962  Werner Bock, writer, dies.   

1963  In this year, Mickey Wright claims LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational   

1964  "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold   

1964  Black and Puerto Rican students boycott NYC public schools   

1965  105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams   

1965  Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km).   

1966  inaugural soft landing on the Moon by spacecraft Luna 9   

1966  Soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9)   

1966  The inaugural operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched (US)   

1966  June Walker, actress (War Nurses), dies at 65   

1967  "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix   

1967  Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide   

1969  The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO.   

1969  the Palestine National Congress appoints Yasser Arafat head of the Palestine Liberation Organization   

1969  Eduardo C Mondlane, president of Mozambique, murdered.   

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

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

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1972  John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79   

1973  Dr Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 and peaks at #6.   

1973  President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law.   

1973  Edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67.   

1975  John Secondari, newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at 55.   

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

1368  Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1655  Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized was born on February - 03.   

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

1690  Richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755) was born on February - 03.   

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  On February - 03 death of laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury   

0699  On this day in history death of saint Werburgh   

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

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 this day in history.