Page 8: Historical Events In February - 03

1972  John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

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

1973  On this day in history edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67   

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 February - 03.   

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 February - 03.   

1979  US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne on February - 03.   

1979  US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner on February - 03.   

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

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

1981  Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway on February - 03.   

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

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 this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners   

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

1984  The first baby conceived by embryo transplant born in Long Beach CA on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history anne Townsend, lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies   

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

1986  On February - 03 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 this day in history.   

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  On February - 03 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  On February - 03 maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week   

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

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  General Hospital's Tristan Rogers convicted of drunk driving on this day in history.   

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

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1338  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized   

1677  On this day in history birth of jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)   

1690  On February - 03 birth of richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)   

1721  On February - 03 birth of friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)   

0474  Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies on February - 03.   

0619  Death of Laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

0699  On February - 03 death of saint Werburgh   

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

1014  Death of King Sweyn I of Denmark on February - 03.   

1116  On February - 03 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 this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)