Page 7: Historical Events In February - 03

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

1956  On February - 03 toni Sailor becomes first Olympics skier to sweep the 3 alpine events   

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 February - 03.   

1958  On this day in history royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart &peaks at #3   

1958  On this day in history royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3   

1958  On February - 03 henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42   

1959  American Airlines Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65 on this day in history.   

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

1959  American Airlines Electra crashes in NY's East River, killing 65 on February - 03.   

1959  On February - 03 big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28   

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 February - 03.   

1961  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1962  On February - 03 john Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm   

1962  On this day in history werner Bock, writer, dies   

1963  On this day in history mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational   

1964  On this day in history "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold   

1964  On this day in history black &Puerto Rican students boycott NYC public schools   

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

1965  On February - 03 orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km)   

1966  First soft landing on the Moon by spacecraft Luna 9 on February - 03.   

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 February - 03.   

1966  On this day in history june Walker, actress (War Nurses), dies at 65   

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

1967  On February - 03 joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide   

1969  The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO on this day in history.   

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

1969  On this day in history eduardo C Mondlane, president of Mozambique, murdered   

1971  Jay C Flippen, actor (Ensign O'Toole), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

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

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1338  On this day in history 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  On February - 03 birth of louis Bouteiller, composer   

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

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

1690  Richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755) was born on February - 03.   

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 February - 03 death of laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury   

0699  Death of Saint Werburgh on February - 03.   

0865  On February - 03 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 February - 03.