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 this day in history.   

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

1976  On this day in history 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  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  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 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 this day in history 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  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 February - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

1992  On February - 03 defense opens calling Noriega "our ally in the war on drugs"   

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

1992  On this day in history maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week   

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 this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history general Hospital's Tristan Rogers convicted of drunk driving   

1993  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of charles VI, King of France (1380-1422)   

1525  Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer was born on February - 03.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies   

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

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

1399  On this day in history 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.