Historical Events In February - 03

1972  On February - 03 john Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79   

1973  On February - 03 dr Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 &peaks at #6   

1973  On February - 03 president Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law   

1973  Edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67 on February - 03.   

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 February - 03.   

1977  On February - 03 pauline Starke, actress (Dante's Inferno, Viking, Sun Up), dies at 76   

1979  "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart on this day in history.   

1979  US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne on February - 03.   

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 February - 03.   

1980  Muhammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy on February - 03.   

1981  Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway on February - 03.   

1982  Columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission on February - 03.   

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

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

1983  On February - 03 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners   

1984  10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B)-Challenger 4 launched on this day in history.   

1984  On February - 03 the first baby conceived by embryo transplant born in Long Beach CA   

1984  Anne Townsend, lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history "Harrigan 'n Hart" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances   

1986  On this day in history 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  On this day in history twenty villages evacuated in Russia, after high radiation fall-out from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster   

1989  Uruguayan president Alfredo Stroessner is overthrown in a military coup on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history john Cassavetes, actor/director (Husbands, Dirty Dozen), dies at 59   

1991  On this day in history nancy Kulp, actress (Jane Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69   

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

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

1992  On this day in history maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week   

1993  On this day in history cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments   

1993  On February - 03 federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles CA   

1993  On this day in history general Hospital's Tristan Rogers convicted of drunk driving   

1993  On February - 03 karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish composer (8 Horse Bet), dies at 69   

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1338  On February - 03 birth of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378)   

1368  Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422) was born on this day in history.   

1525  Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer was born on this day in history.   

1648  Louis Bouteiller, composer was born on February - 03.   

1655  Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized was born on February - 03.   

1677  On this day in history birth of jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)   

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  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 this day in history death of saint Werburgh   

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