Page 8: Historical Events In February - 03

1972  On February - 03 john Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79   

1973  Dr Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 &peaks at #6 on February - 03.   

1973  On February - 03 president Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law   

1973  On February - 03 edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67   

1975  John Secondari, newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1976  Neville Lindsay, cricketer (S Afr batsman in Test v Aust 1921), dies on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history pauline Starke, actress (Dante's Inferno, Viking, Sun Up), dies at 76   

1979  "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart on this day in history.   

1979  US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne on this day in history.   

1979  US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner on this day in history.   

1979  Jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies on February - 03.   

1980  On February - 03 muhammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy   

1981  On this day in history gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway   

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

1982  On February - 03 greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, USSR   

1982  Porn star John Holmes ordered to stand trial for murder on February - 03.   

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

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

1984  The first baby conceived by embryo transplant born in Long Beach CA on February - 03.   

1984  Anne Townsend, lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies on this day in history.   

1985  "Harrigan 'n Hart" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances on February - 03.   

1986  President Reagan announces formation of Committee on Challenger Accident on this day in history.   

1987  San Diego Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history twenty villages evacuated in Russia, after high radiation fall-out from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster   

1989  Uruguayan president Alfredo Stroessner is overthrown in a military coup on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history john Cassavetes, actor/director (Husbands, Dirty Dozen), dies at 59   

1991  On February - 03 nancy Kulp, actress (Jane Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69   

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

1992  On February - 03 labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends   

1992  Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week on February - 03.   

1993  Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments on February - 03.   

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  On February - 03 general Hospital's Tristan Rogers convicted of drunk driving   

1993  Karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish composer (8 Horse Bet), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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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  Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer was born on February - 03.   

1648  On this day in history birth of louis Bouteiller, composer   

1655  On February - 03 birth of francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized   

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  Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773) was born on February - 03.   

0474  On this day in history leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies   

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  On February - 03 ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies   

1014  On February - 03 death of king Sweyn I of Denmark   

1116  Death of King Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070) on this day in history.   

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

1428  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)