Historical Events In February - 03
Friday, 29 March 2024
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 Autherine J Lucy admitted to U of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot on February - 03.
1957 On February - 03 patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open
1958 On February - 03 royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart &peaks at #3
1958 Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3 on this day in history.
1958 On February - 03 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 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.
1959 On this day in history american Airlines Electra crashes in NY's East River, killing 65
1959 Big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28 on February - 03.
1960 Johannes G Geelkerken, Dutch reformed vicar, dies at 80 on this day in history.
1961 6th largest snowfall in NYC history (17.4" (44.2cm)) on this day in history.
1961 On February - 03 anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54
1962 On February - 03 president Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food &drugs
1962 On February - 03 john Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm
1962 On this day in history werner Bock, writer, dies
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational on this day in history.
1964 On February - 03 "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold
1964 Black &Puerto Rican students boycott NYC public schools on February - 03.
1965 On this day in history 105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams
1965 Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km) on February - 03.
1966 On this day in history first soft landing on the Moon by spacecraft Luna 9
1966 Soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9) on February - 03.
1966 On this day in history the first operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched (US)
1966 On this day in history june Walker, actress (War Nurses), dies at 65
1967 On this day in history "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix
1967 On this day in history joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide
1969 On February - 03 the Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO
1969 the Palestine National Congress appoints Yasser Arafat head of the Palestine Liberation Organization on this day in history.
1969 Eduardo C Mondlane, president of Mozambique, murdered on February - 03.
1971 Jay C Flippen, actor (Ensign O'Toole), dies at 72 on February - 03.
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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