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  President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law on this day in history.  

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

1975  John Secondari, newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at 55 on February - 03.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1979  Jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies on February - 03.  

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

1981  On February - 03 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 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 this day in history.  

1986  On this day in history president Reagan announces formation of Committee on Challenger Accident  

1987  On February - 03 san Diego Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup  

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 February - 03.  

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  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  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 February - 03 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 February - 03.  

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 February - 03.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1116  Death of King Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070) on February - 03.  

1399  John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & Leon, dies at 58 on February - 03.  

1428  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386) on this day in history.