Page 8: Historical Events In February - 03

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

1973  On this day in history dr Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 &peaks at #6   

1973  President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law on February - 03.   

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

1975  On February - 03 john Secondari, newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at 55   

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

1977  On February - 03 pauline Starke, actress (Dante's Inferno, Viking, Sun Up), dies at 76   

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 February - 03.   

1979  On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner   

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

1980  On this day in history muhammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy   

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

1982  On this day in history columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission   

1982  Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, USSR on this day in history.   

1982  On February - 03 porn star John Holmes ordered to stand trial for murder   

1983  US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners on this day in history.   

1984  10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B)-Challenger 4 launched on February - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

1986  President Reagan announces formation of Committee on Challenger Accident on February - 03.   

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 February - 03.   

1989  Uruguayan president Alfredo Stroessner is overthrown in a military coup on February - 03.   

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

1991  Nancy Kulp, actress (Jane Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history defense opens calling Noriega "our ally in the war on drugs"   

1992  On this day in history labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends   

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

1993  On this day in history cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments   

1993  Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles CA on February - 03.   

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 February - 03.   

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1338  On this day in history birth of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378)   

1368  On this day in history 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  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 February - 03 leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies   

0619  On this day in history death of laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury   

0699  On February - 03 death of saint Werburgh   

0865  On February - 03 ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies   

1014  On this day in history death of king Sweyn I of Denmark   

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 this day in history.