Page 8: Historical Events In February - 03

1972  John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history 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  On this day in history edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67   

1975  John Secondari, newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at 55 on February - 03.   

1976  On this day in history neville Lindsay, cricketer (S Afr batsman in Test v Aust 1921), dies   

1977  Pauline Starke, actress (Dante's Inferno, Viking, Sun Up), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1979  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne   

1979  US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner on this day in history.   

1979  On February - 03 jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies   

1980  On this day in history muhammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy   

1981  On this day in history gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway   

1982  On February - 03 columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission   

1982  On February - 03 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  US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners on this day in history.   

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

1984  On this day in history the first baby conceived by embryo transplant born in Long Beach CA   

1984  On February - 03 anne Townsend, lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies   

1985  "Harrigan 'n Hart" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances on February - 03.   

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 February - 03.   

1989  On February - 03 twenty villages evacuated in Russia, after high radiation fall-out from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster   

1989  On this day in history uruguayan president Alfredo Stroessner is overthrown in a military coup.   

1989  John Cassavetes, actor/director (Husbands, Dirty Dozen), dies at 59 on February - 03.   

1991  Nancy Kulp, actress (Jane Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history defense opens calling Noriega "our ally in the war on drugs"   

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

1992  Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week on this day in history.   

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

1993  Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles CA on this day in history.   

1993  On February - 03 general Hospital's Tristan Rogers convicted of drunk driving   

1993  Karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish composer (8 Horse Bet), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history birth of charles VI, King of France (1380-1422)   

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

1648  On February - 03 birth of louis Bouteiller, composer   

1655  On February - 03 birth of francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized   

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

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

1721  Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.   

0474  Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies on this day in history.   

0619  On February - 03 death of laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury   

0699  Death of Saint Werburgh on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.