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Tuesday, 03 February 2026
1982 Vic Morrow, actor (Cimmaron), killed during "Twilight Zone" at 53. 

1983 Georges Auric, French composer (It Always Rains on Sunday), dies at 84. 

1984 Vanessa Williams, inaugural black Miss America, steps down due to posing nude 

1984 Lloyd Gough, actor (Black Bart, Tolsa), dies of aortic aneurism at 77. 

1985 Kay Kyser, bandleader (Kay Kyser's Kollege), dies at 79 

1986 Britain's Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson 

1986 Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen, composer, dies at 73. 

1988 Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks record 8 field goals vs Edmonton (CFL). 

1988 Jahangir Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for India 1932-36), dies 

1989 FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC and CBS for inaugural time (America's Most Wanted) 

1989 Winds gust to 85 MPH at Fort Smith Arkansas. 

1990 Georges Flamant, actor (La Chienne), dies in Paris at 86. 

1991 James Farentino of Dynasty arrested in Canada for cocaine possession. 

1991 USSR applies for full membership of the IMF and World Bank. 

1992 Arletty, French actress (Hotel, Longest Day), dies at 94 

1993 Sarah Deal is recorded as becoming inaugural women Marine selected for naval aviation training. 

1993 Widespread flooding on the Mississippi river, USA. 

1993 James Jordan, father of NBA star Michael Jordan, are discovered dead near McColl SC 

1994 Aad Ivens, Dutch checkers player, dies at 80 

1995 Bob Rundick, poet/DJ, dies at 52 

1996 Aliki Vougiouklaki, actress (Madalena), dies at 63 

1997 Andrew Cunanan, serial killer (Gianni Versage), commits suicide 

2005 A series of blasts in a resort town in Egypt. See July 23, 205 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks 

2009 Mark Buehrle of e Chicago White Sox is recorded as becoming e 18 pitcher to row a perfect game in Major League Baseball hiory, defeating e Tampa Bay Rays 5-0. 

2012 A series of attacks across Iraq kill 103 people. 

2013 19 people are killed and 22 are injure after a tour bus collides with a truck in Saraburi, Thailand. 

2014 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow holds its opening ceremony 

2017 104th Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain, his 4th win 

2017 Women's Cricket World Cup: England beat India by 9 runs in the final at Lords in London. 

2017 146th British Golf Open Championship: American Jordan Spieth shoots a 268 to win at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport 

2018 Japan records its highest ever temperature at 41.1 degrees (105.98F) in Kumagaya 

2018 Environmental reports finds China on track to reach new emission targets, but carbon dioxide emissions risen - 9.2 billion metric tons in 2017, more than US and Europe combined 

2018 250000 doses of vaccines for children produced by a firm in China faulty according to reports in China 

2018 Slum homes for 30000 people demolished to make way for a dual carriage way in Nairobi, Kenya. 

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