Historical Events Happened In February - 03

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

1956  On this day in history toni Sailor becomes first Olympics skier to sweep the 3 alpine events  Share it »

1956  On this day in history autherine J Lucy admitted to U of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot  Share it »

1957  On this day in history patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open  Share it »

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

1958  On this day in history royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3  Share it »

1958  On this day in history henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42  Share it »

1959  On this day in history american Airlines Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65  Share it »

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.  Share it »

1959  On this day in history american Airlines Electra crashes in NY's East River, killing 65  Share it »

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

1960  On this day in history johannes G Geelkerken, Dutch reformed vicar, dies at 80  Share it »

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

1961  On this day in history anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54  Share it »

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

1962  On this day in history john Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm  Share it »

1962  On this day in history werner Bock, writer, dies  Share it »

1963  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational on this day in history.  Share it »

1964  On this day in history "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold  Share it »

1964  Black &Puerto Rican students boycott NYC public schools on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1965  Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km) on this day in history.  Share it »

1966  On this day in history first soft landing on the Moon by spacecraft Luna 9  Share it »

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

1966  On this day in history the first operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched (US)  Share it »

1966  On this day in history june Walker, actress (War Nurses), dies at 65  Share it »

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

1967  Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide on this day in history.  Share it »

1969  On this day in history the Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO  Share it »

1969  the Palestine National Congress appoints Yasser Arafat head of the Palestine Liberation Organization on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1971  Jay C Flippen, actor (Ensign O'Toole), dies at 72 on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

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1338  On this day in history birth of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378)  Share it »

1368  Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1525  Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer was born on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1655  Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1677  On this day in history birth of jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)  Share it »

1690  Richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

0619  Death of Laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.  Share it »

0699  Death of Saint Werburgh on this day in history.  Share it »

0865  On this day in history ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies  Share it »

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

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

1399  On this day in history john of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & Leon, dies at 58  Share it »

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