Historical Events In February - 03

1994  "Les Miserables," opens at Kallang Theatre, Singapore on February - 03.   

1994  Actor Jean-Claude van Damme (32) weds Darcy Lapier (28) in Bangkok on February - 03.   

1994  President Bill Clinton lifts US trade embargo against Vietnam on February - 03.   

1994  On February - 03 sTS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit   

1995  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 on this day in history.   

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  Anthony Cuthbert Baines, writer/curator, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1998  On this day in history mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, violates probation with 14 year-old father of her baby   

1998  On February - 03 stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain   

1998  US military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20 on this day in history.   

1998  Karla Faye Tucker, murderer, executed at 38 on February - 03.   

2000  Natalie Rasmussen and Ryan Crump start dating on February - 03.   

2007  A truck bombing in a crowded Baghdad market kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339 others on February - 03.   

2007  State of Emergency is declared in Indonesia after 'El Nino'-like flooding on this day in history.   

2007  The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu is found at a Bernard Matthews turkey farm in Suffolk on February - 03.   

2010  On this day in history 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  33 people are killed by a suicide bombing by an explosive-packed truck in Kirkuk, Iraq on February - 03.   

2014  On February - 03 2 students are shot & killed in a school shooting in Moscow   

2018  Moscow has its heaviest snowfall in a day on record, killing one and bringing down 2,000 trees on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history uS President Joe Biden signs executive orders to reunite immigrant families, setting up a new taskforce to address around 1000 remaining separated families [1]   

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  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 February - 03.   

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

1648  On February - 03 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 this day in history.   

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 February - 03.   

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 February - 03.   

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.