Page 7: 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 February - 03.   

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

1957  On February - 03 patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open   

1958  On this day in history 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  Henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42 on February - 03.   

1959  On this day in history 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 February - 03.   

1959  Big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28 on February - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

1961  Anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54 on February - 03.   

1962  On February - 03 president Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food &drugs   

1962  John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm on this day in history.   

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

1963  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational on February - 03.   

1964  On February - 03 "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold   

1964  On February - 03 black &Puerto Rican students boycott NYC public schools   

1965  On this day in history 105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams   

1965  On this day in history orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km)   

1966  First soft landing on the Moon by spacecraft Luna 9 on this day in history.   

1966  Soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9) on February - 03.   

1966  On February - 03 the first operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched (US)   

1966  June Walker, actress (War Nurses), dies at 65 on February - 03.   

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

1967  On February - 03 joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide   

1969  The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO on this day in history.   

1969  the Palestine National Congress appoints Yasser Arafat head of the Palestine Liberation Organization on February - 03.   

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

1971  On this day in history 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  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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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 this day in history.   

1655  On this day in history birth of francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized   

1677  Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

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  Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies on this day in history.   

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

0699  On this day in history 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  Death of King Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070) on February - 03.   

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 February - 03.