Historical Events In February - 03

1954  Jeen van den Berg wins Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32) on February - 03.   

1956  Toni Sailor becomes first Olympics skier to sweep the 3 alpine events on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history autherine J Lucy admitted to U of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot   

1957  Patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open on this day in history.   

1958  On February - 03 royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart &peaks at #3   

1958  Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3 on February - 03.   

1958  On this day in history henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42   

1959  On this day in history american Airlines Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65   

1959  Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson die in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa on February - 03.   

1959  On February - 03 american Airlines Electra crashes in NY's East River, killing 65   

1959  Big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28 on February - 03.   

1960  On this day in history johannes G Geelkerken, Dutch reformed vicar, dies at 80   

1961  6th largest snowfall in NYC history (17.4" (44.2cm)) on this day in history.   

1961  On February - 03 anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54   

1962  President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food &drugs on February - 03.   

1962  John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm on this day in history.   

1962  Werner Bock, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1963  On February - 03 mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational   

1964  On February - 03 "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold   

1964  Black &Puerto Rican students boycott NYC public schools on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history 105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams   

1965  On this day in history orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km)   

1966  On February - 03 first soft landing on the Moon by spacecraft Luna 9   

1966  Soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9) on this day in history.   

1966  The first operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched (US) on this day in history.   

1966  June Walker, actress (War Nurses), dies at 65 on February - 03.   

1967  "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix on this day in history.   

1967  Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide on February - 03.   

1969  On this day in history the Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO   

1969  the Palestine National Congress appoints Yasser Arafat head of the Palestine Liberation Organization on this day in history.   

1969  Eduardo C Mondlane, president of Mozambique, murdered on February - 03.   

1971  Jay C Flippen, actor (Ensign O'Toole), dies at 72 on February - 03.   

1972  11th Winter Olympics games opens in Sapporo Japan (1st in Asia) on February - 03.   

1972  On February - 03 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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1338  On February - 03 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  On February - 03 birth of francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized   

1677  On February - 03 birth of jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)   

1690  On this day in history birth of richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)   

1721  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0699  On February - 03 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 this day in history.   

1399  On this day in history john of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & Leon, dies at 58   

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