Historical Events Happened In February - 03

1954  Jeen van den Berg wins Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32) on this day in history.  

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

1956  Autherine J Lucy admitted to U of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot on February - 03.  

1957  On February - 03 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 February - 03 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 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history johannes G Geelkerken, Dutch reformed vicar, dies at 80  

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

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

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

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

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  On this day in history "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold  

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

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

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  On February - 03 soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9)  

1966  On February - 03 the first operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched (US)  

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

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  The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO on this day in history.  

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 February - 03.  

1971  On February - 03 jay C Flippen, actor (Ensign O'Toole), dies at 72  

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

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

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1338  On February - 03 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 this day in history 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 this day in history birth of jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)  

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

1721  Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.  

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

0619  On this day in history death of laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury  

0699  On February - 03 death of saint Werburgh  

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

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

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

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.