Historical Events In February - 03

1972  John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1973  Dr Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 &peaks at #6 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history president Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law   

1973  On this day in history edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67   

1975  On this day in history john Secondari, newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at 55   

1976  On this day in history neville Lindsay, cricketer (S Afr batsman in Test v Aust 1921), dies   

1977  On February - 03 pauline Starke, actress (Dante's Inferno, Viking, Sun Up), dies at 76   

1979  On February - 03 "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart   

1979  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne   

1979  On February - 03 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner   

1979  On February - 03 jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies   

1980  Muhammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy on this day in history.   

1981  Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway on this day in history.   

1982  Columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission on this day in history.   

1982  Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, USSR on February - 03.   

1982  On this day in history porn star John Holmes ordered to stand trial for murder   

1983  US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners on February - 03.   

1984  On this day in history 10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B)-Challenger 4 launched   

1984  On February - 03 the first baby conceived by embryo transplant born in Long Beach CA   

1984  On February - 03 anne Townsend, lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies   

1985  "Harrigan 'n Hart" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances on this day in history.   

1986  President Reagan announces formation of Committee on Challenger Accident on February - 03.   

1987  On this day in history san Diego Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup   

1989  Twenty villages evacuated in Russia, after high radiation fall-out from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on February - 03.   

1989  Uruguayan president Alfredo Stroessner is overthrown in a military coup on February - 03.   

1989  John Cassavetes, actor/director (Husbands, Dirty Dozen), dies at 59 on February - 03.   

1991  Nancy Kulp, actress (Jane Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1992  Defense opens calling Noriega "our ally in the war on drugs" on February - 03.   

1992  Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends on this day in history.   

1992  Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week on this day in history.   

1993  On February - 03 cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments   

1993  On this day in history federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles CA   

1993  General Hospital's Tristan Rogers convicted of drunk driving on February - 03.   

1993  Karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish composer (8 Horse Bet), dies at 69 on February - 03.   

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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  On February - 03 birth of giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer   

1648  On February - 03 birth of louis Bouteiller, composer   

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

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

1690  On February - 03 birth of richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)   

1721  On this day in history 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  Death of Saint Werburgh on February - 03.   

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  On this day in history death of king Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070)   

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

1428  On February - 03 death of ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)