Page 7: Historical Events In February - 03

1954  On this day in history jeen van den Berg wins Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32)   

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  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  Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3 on this day in history.   

1958  Henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42 on February - 03.   

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

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

1960  Johannes G Geelkerken, Dutch reformed vicar, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

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

1962  President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food &drugs on February - 03.   

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

1962  On February - 03 werner Bock, writer, dies   

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

1964  "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold on February - 03.   

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

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

1965  On February - 03 orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km)   

1966  On this day in history first soft landing on the Moon by spacecraft Luna 9   

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

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

1966  On February - 03 june Walker, actress (War Nurses), dies at 65   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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 February - 03.   

1972  On February - 03 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 February - 03 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 February - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

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 February - 03.