Page 7: Historical Events In February - 03
Friday, 18 July 2025
1954 Jeen van den Berg wins Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32) on February - 03.
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 On this day in history patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open
1958 On February - 03 royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart &peaks at #3
1958 On this day in history royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3
1958 On this day in history henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42
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 this day in history.
1959 On February - 03 big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28
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 February - 03.
1961 On this day in history anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54
1962 President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food &drugs on this day in history.
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 On February - 03 "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold
1964 On this day in history black &Puerto Rican students boycott NYC public schools
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 this day in history.
1966 First soft landing on the Moon by spacecraft Luna 9 on February - 03.
1966 Soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9) on February - 03.
1966 The first operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched (US) on February - 03.
1966 June Walker, actress (War Nurses), dies at 65 on February - 03.
1967 "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix on February - 03.
1967 Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide on February - 03.
1969 On February - 03 the Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO
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 Jay C Flippen, actor (Ensign O'Toole), dies at 72 on this day in history.
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 February - 03.
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