Historical Events In February - 03

1994  On February - 03 "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  President Bill Clinton lifts US trade embargo against Vietnam on this day in history.   

1994  STS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit on this day in history.   

1995  On February - 03 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.   

1995  On this day in history sTS 63 (Discovery 19), launches into orbit   

1995  On this day in history john Pinsent, classical scholar, dies at 72   

1996  On February - 03 audrey Meadows, actress (Alice-Honeymooners), dies at 69   

1997  Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Detroit MI on WKRK 97.1 FM on February - 03.   

1997  On February - 03 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  Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain on this day in history.   

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

1998  On February - 03 karla Faye Tucker, murderer, executed at 38   

2000  On this day in history 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  On this day in history state of Emergency is declared in Indonesia after 'El Nino'-like flooding.   

2007  On February - 03 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 February - 03 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 this day in history 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.   

2023  A Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials derails in East Palestine, Ohio. Multiple train cars burn for more than two days, followed by emergency crews conducting a controlled burn of several additional cars, releasing hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the atmosphere.February 5 - The Cypriot presidential election is held, with Nikos Christodoulides elected president on February - 03.   

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1338  On this day in history birth of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378)   

1368  Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422) was born on February - 03.   

1525  On February - 03 birth of giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer   

1648  On this day in history birth of louis Bouteiller, composer   

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  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  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 this day in history.   

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

1014  On this day in history death of king Sweyn I of Denmark   

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 this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)