Historical Events In February - 03

1972  John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79 on February - 03.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1979  On February - 03 "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart   

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

1979  On February - 03 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner   

1979  On February - 03 jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies   

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

1981  Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway on this day in history.   

1982  On February - 03 columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission   

1982  Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, USSR on February - 03.   

1982  Porn star John Holmes ordered to stand trial for murder on this day in history.   

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  On February - 03 the first baby conceived by embryo transplant born in Long Beach CA   

1984  On February - 03 anne Townsend, lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies   

1985  "Harrigan 'n Hart" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances on this day in history.   

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

1987  On this day in history san Diego Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup   

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

1989  On this day in history uruguayan president Alfredo Stroessner is overthrown in a military coup.   

1989  John Cassavetes, actor/director (Husbands, Dirty Dozen), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history nancy Kulp, actress (Jane Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69   

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

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

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

1993  On February - 03 cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments   

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

1368  Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1690  Richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755) was born on this day in history.   

1721  Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.   

0474  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386) on February - 03.