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Historical Events Happened In February - 03

Friday, 24 May 2013

1957 Patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open on this day in history.

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

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

1959 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.

1959 On this day in history 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 this day in history.

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

1962 On this day in history president Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food &drugs

1962 On this day in history john Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm

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

1963 On this day in history 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 this day in history 105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams

1965 On this day in history orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km)

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

1966 Soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9) on this day in history.

1966 On this day in history the first operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched (US)

1966 June Walker, actress (War Nurses), dies at 65 on this day in history.

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

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

1969 On this day in history 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 this day in history.

1969 On this day in history eduardo C Mondlane, president of Mozambique, murdered

1971 On this day in history jay C Flippen, actor (Ensign O'Toole), dies at 72

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

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

1972 John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79 on this day in history.

1973 Dr Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 &peaks at #6 on this day in history.

1973 President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law on this day in history.

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Famous Birthdays In February - 03

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1338 Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378) was born on this day in history.

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.

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)

Famous Deaths In February - 03

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1014 On this day in history death of king Sweyn I of Denmark

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

1399 John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & Leon, dies at 58 on this day in history.

1428 Death of Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386) on this day in history.

1451 Murad II, sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies on this day in history.

1468 On this day in history johann Gensfleisch Gutenberg, printer, dies

1536 On this day in history garcia de Resende, Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies

1558 On this day in history alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies