Historical Events In February - 03

1925  On this day in history jaap Eden, Dutch World champion bicyclist/speed skating, dies at 51  

1927  On this day in history uprising against regime of General Carmona in Portugal  

1929  On February - 03 revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam  

1930  On February - 03 vietnamese Communistic Party forms  

1930  On February - 03 william Howard Taft, resigns as chief justice for health reasons  

1931  On this day in history arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia"  

1931  On this day in history hans Schardt, Swiss geologist, dies at 72  

1933  On this day in history german minister Göring bans social-democratic newspaper Vorwärts  

1933  On this day in history marinus van der Lubbe departs to Berlin  

1933  On February - 03 1st interstate legislative conference in US opens, Washington, DC  

1936  On this day in history sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, consort of William of Wied, Prince of Albania (b.1885)  

1937  Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th Test Cricket v England on February - 03.  

1938  Paul Osborn's "On Borrowed Time," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

1941  On February - 03 supreme Court upheld Federal Wage &Hour law, sets minimum wages &maximum hours  

1941  On February - 03 supreme Court upheld Federal Wage & Hour law, sets min wages & max hrs  

1942  Japanese air raid on Java on this day in history.  

1942  On February - 03 1st Japanese air raid on Java  

1943  On this day in history 4 chaplains drown after giving up their life jackets to others  

1943  Alexander Goode, rabbi who surrended his life jacket, drowns on this day in history.  

1944  World War II: United States troops capture the Marshall Islands on this day in history.  

1945  Almost 1000 Flying Fortresses drop 3000 ton bombs on Berlin on this day in history.  

1945  Walt Disney's "The 3 Caballeros" released on February - 03.  

1945  Jose Rolon, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1947  On this day in history -81ºF (-63ºC), Snag Yukon (North American record)  

1947  On this day in history bradman bowled by Alec Bedser for a duck in 4th Test Cricket  

1947  On this day in history -81°F (-63°C), Snag Yukon (North American record)  

1947  On this day in history anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director, dies at 74  

1948  Dick Button becomes first world figure skating champion from US on this day in history.  

1948  Dick Button becomes 1st world figure skating champion from US on this day in history.  

1950  On this day in history nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs arrested on spy charges  

1950  Karl Seitz, president of Austria, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1951  On February - 03 "Victor Borge Show," debuts on NBC TV  

1951  On this day in history dick Button win US skating title for 6th time  

1953  J Fred Muggs, a chimp, becomes a regular on NBC's Today Show on February - 03.  

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1338  Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378) was born on February - 03.  

1368  On February - 03 birth of charles VI, King of France (1380-1422)  

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

1648  On February - 03 birth of louis Bouteiller, composer  

1655  Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized was born on February - 03.  

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

1690  On this day in history 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  On February - 03 death of saint Werburgh  

0865  Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies on February - 03.  

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

1116  On February - 03 death of king Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070)  

1399  John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & Leon, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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