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 February - 03 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  On February - 03 edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67   

1975  John Secondari, newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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

1977  Pauline Starke, actress (Dante's Inferno, Viking, Sun Up), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history "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 February - 03.   

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

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

1981  On February - 03 gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway   

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

1982  On this day in history greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, USSR   

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

1983  On February - 03 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 February - 03.   

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 February - 03.   

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  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 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 this day in history.   

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

1992  On February - 03 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  General Hospital's Tristan Rogers convicted of drunk driving on February - 03.   

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

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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  On this day in history birth of giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer   

1648  On February - 03 birth of louis Bouteiller, composer   

1655  On February - 03 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  On February - 03 leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies   

0619  On February - 03 death of laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury   

0699  Death of Saint Werburgh on February - 03.   

0865  Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies on February - 03.   

1014  On February - 03 death of king Sweyn I of Denmark   

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

1399  John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & Leon, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1428  On February - 03 death of ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)