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Historical Events For February - 03
Saturday, 23 September 2017
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 this day in history.
1956 Autherine J Lucy admitted to U of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot on February - 03.
1957 Patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open on this day in history.
1958 On February - 03 royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart &peaks at #3
1958 On February - 03 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 On February - 03 american Airlines Electra crashes in NY's East River, killing 65
1959 On this day in history big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28
1960 On February - 03 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 Anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54 on this day in history.
1962 On February - 03 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 On this day in history werner Bock, writer, dies
1963 On this day in history 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 this day in history 105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams
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 this day in history.
1966 Soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9) on February - 03.
1966 On this day in history the first operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched (US)
1966 On this day in history june Walker, actress (War Nurses), dies at 65
1967 On February - 03 "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix
1967 On February - 03 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 Eduardo C Mondlane, president of Mozambique, murdered on February - 03.
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 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.
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