Historical Events In February - 03

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On February - 03 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  On February - 03 "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart   

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

1979  On February - 03 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner   

1979  Jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies on February - 03.   

1980  On February - 03 muhammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy   

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

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 February - 03.   

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

1984  On this day in history anne Townsend, lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies   

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

1986  President Reagan announces formation of Committee on Challenger Accident on this day in history.   

1987  On February - 03 san Diego Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup   

1989  On this day in history twenty villages evacuated in Russia, after high radiation fall-out from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster   

1989  On February - 03 uruguayan president Alfredo Stroessner is overthrown in a military coup.   

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  On February - 03 labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends   

1992  Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week on February - 03.   

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  General Hospital's Tristan Rogers convicted of drunk driving on February - 03.   

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

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1338  Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378) was born on February - 03.   

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

1525  Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer was born on February - 03.   

1648  Louis Bouteiller, composer was born on this day in history.   

1655  On this day in history birth of francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized   

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 February - 03.   

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

0474  On February - 03 leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies   

0619  On this day in history death of laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury   

0699  On February - 03 death of saint Werburgh   

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

1014  On February - 03 death of king Sweyn I of Denmark   

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 this day in history.