Page 8: Historical Events In February - 03

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

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 this day in history.   

1973  On February - 03 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 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  On February - 03 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1982  On February - 03 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  Porn star John Holmes ordered to stand trial for murder on this day in history.   

1983  US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners on February - 03.   

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 February - 03.   

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  On February - 03 john Cassavetes, actor/director (Husbands, Dirty Dozen), dies at 59   

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 this day in history.   

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

1992  Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week on this day in history.   

1993  Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments on February - 03.   

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  On February - 03 karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish composer (8 Horse Bet), dies at 69   

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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  On this day in history birth of louis Bouteiller, composer   

1655  On February - 03 birth of francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized   

1677  Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1690  Richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755) was born on February - 03.   

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 February - 03.   

0699  On this day in history death of saint Werburgh   

0865  Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386) on February - 03.