Page 8: Historical Events In February - 03

1972  On this day in history 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 this day in history president Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law   

1973  Edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1976  On February - 03 neville Lindsay, cricketer (S Afr batsman in Test v Aust 1921), dies   

1977  Pauline Starke, actress (Dante's Inferno, Viking, Sun Up), dies at 76 on February - 03.   

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

1979  On February - 03 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne   

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

1979  On this day in history jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies   

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

1981  On February - 03 gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway   

1982  Columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission on February - 03.   

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  On February - 03 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history president Reagan announces formation of Committee on Challenger Accident   

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 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 February - 03.   

1992  Defense opens calling Noriega "our ally in the war on drugs" on this day in history.   

1992  Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends on February - 03.   

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

1993  Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments on this day in history.   

1993  On February - 03 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  On February - 03 karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish composer (8 Horse Bet), dies at 69   

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1338  On February - 03 birth of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378)   

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

1525  On this day in history birth of giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer   

1648  Louis Bouteiller, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0474  On February - 03 leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies   

0619  Death of Laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury on February - 03.   

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 February - 03.   

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)