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  On February - 03 toni Sailor becomes first Olympics skier to sweep the 3 alpine events  

1956  On this day in history 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 February - 03 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 on February - 03.  

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

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

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

1961  On February - 03 6th largest snowfall in NYC history (17.4" (44.2cm))  

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  John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm on this day in history.  

1962  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1965  105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams on this day in history.  

1965  Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km) on February - 03.  

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

1966  On February - 03 soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9)  

1966  The first operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched (US) on February - 03.  

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

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

1967  On February - 03 joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 03.  

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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 February - 03.  

1655  On this day in history birth of francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized  

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 February - 03 birth of friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)  

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

0619  Death of Laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury on February - 03.  

0699  On this day in history death of saint Werburgh  

0865  Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies on February - 03.  

1014  Death of King Sweyn I of Denmark on February - 03.  

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 February - 03.  

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