Page 7: Historical Events In February - 03

1954  On February - 03 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 February - 03.   

1958  Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart &peaks at #3 on this day in history.   

1958  Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3 on February - 03.   

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

1959  American Airlines Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65 on this day in history.   

1959  On February - 03 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 February - 03.   

1959  Big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28 on this day in history.   

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 February - 03 anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54   

1962  On February - 03 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  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational on this day in history.   

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

1967  Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide on February - 03.   

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  Jay C Flippen, actor (Ensign O'Toole), dies at 72 on February - 03.   

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

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

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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 February - 03.   

1648  On this day in history birth of louis Bouteiller, composer   

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

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 February - 03 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  On this day in history ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies   

1014  Death of King Sweyn I of Denmark on this day in history.   

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

1399  On February - 03 john of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & Leon, dies at 58   

1428  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)