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 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 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 February - 03.  

1958  On this day in history 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 February - 03.  

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  Big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28 on February - 03.  

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

1961  On February - 03 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  President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food &drugs on this day in history.  

1962  On February - 03 john Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm  

1962  Werner Bock, writer, dies on February - 03.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1966  On February - 03 first soft landing on the Moon by spacecraft Luna 9  

1966  On this day in history soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9)  

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

1966  June Walker, actress (War Nurses), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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  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  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 February - 03.  

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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 February - 03 birth of giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer  

1648  Louis Bouteiller, composer was born on February - 03.  

1655  On February - 03 birth of francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized  

1677  On February - 03 birth of jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)  

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

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

0699  On this day in history 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 February - 03.  

1116  On February - 03 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 this day in history.