Historical Events In February - 03

1994  On this day in history "Les Miserables," opens at Kallang Theatre, Singapore  

1994  On this day in history actor Jean-Claude van Damme (32) weds Darcy Lapier (28) in Bangkok  

1994  On February - 03 president Bill Clinton lifts US trade embargo against Vietnam  

1994  STS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit on February - 03.  

1995  Air Force Lt. Colonel Eileen Collins becomes the first woman commander of a U.S. space mission as the shuttle Discovery blasts off from Cape Kennedy on this day in history.  

1995  STS 63 (Discovery 19), launches into orbit on February - 03.  

1995  On February - 03 john Pinsent, classical scholar, dies at 72  

1996  On this day in history audrey Meadows, actress (Alice-Honeymooners), dies at 69  

1997  Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Detroit MI on WKRK 97.1 FM on this day in history.  

1997  On this day in history anthony Cuthbert Baines, writer/curator, dies at 84  

1998  On this day in history mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, violates probation with 14 year-old father of her baby  

1998  On this day in history stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain  

1998  US military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20 on February - 03.  

1998  Karla Faye Tucker, murderer, executed at 38 on February - 03.  

2000  On February - 03 natalie Rasmussen and Ryan Crump start dating  

2007  On this day in history a truck bombing in a crowded Baghdad market kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339 others.  

2007  State of Emergency is declared in Indonesia after 'El Nino'-like flooding on February - 03.  

2007  On this day in history the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu is found at a Bernard Matthews turkey farm in Suffolk.  

2010  On February - 03 the sculpture L'Homme qui mare I by Alberto Giacometti sells in London for £65 million (US$103.7 million), setting a new world record for a work of art sold at auction.  

2011  All available blocks of IPv4 internet addresses are officially distributed to regional authorities on this day in history.  

2013  On this day in history 33 people are killed by a suicide bombing by an explosive-packed truck in Kirkuk, Iraq  

2014  2 students are shot & killed in a school shooting in Moscow on this day in history.  

2018  On this day in history moscow has its heaviest snowfall in a day on record, killing one and bringing down 2,000 trees  

2019  Pope Francis arrives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on the first ever papal visit to the Arabian peninsula on this day in history.  

2019  Pope Francis arrives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, becoming the first pope to visit the Arabian Peninsula on February - 03.  

2020  On February - 03 first Democratic caucus in Iowa won narrowly by Pete Buttigieg (most delegates) and Bernie Sanders (most votes) after lengthy delays and irregularities in reporting the results  

2021  US President Joe Biden signs executive orders to reunite immigrant families, setting up a new taskforce to address around 1000 remaining separated families [1] on February - 03.  

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1338  Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378) was born on this day in history.  

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  Louis Bouteiller, composer was born on February - 03.  

1655  On this day in history birth of francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized  

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  On this day in history birth of friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)  

0474  On this day in history leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies  

0619  On this day in history death of laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury  

0699  Death of Saint Werburgh on February - 03.  

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 this day in history.  

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