Page 8: Historical Events In February - 03

1972  John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79 on February - 03.   

1973  Dr Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 &peaks at #6 on this day in history.   

1973  President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law on February - 03.   

1973  On February - 03 edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67   

1975  On February - 03 john Secondari, newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at 55   

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

1977  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1979  On this day in history jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies   

1980  Muhammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy on this day in history.   

1981  Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway on this day in history.   

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  The first baby conceived by embryo transplant born in Long Beach CA on this day in history.   

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

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

1986  On February - 03 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 February - 03 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 February - 03.   

1989  John Cassavetes, actor/director (Husbands, Dirty Dozen), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1991  On February - 03 nancy Kulp, actress (Jane Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69   

1992  Defense opens calling Noriega "our ally in the war on drugs" on February - 03.   

1992  On February - 03 labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends   

1992  On February - 03 maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week   

1993  Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments on this day in history.   

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 February - 03 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  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 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 this day in history.   

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 February - 03 leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies   

0619  Death of Laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury on February - 03.   

0699  Death of Saint Werburgh on this day in history.   

0865  Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies on February - 03.   

1014  Death of King Sweyn I of Denmark on February - 03.   

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 February - 03.