Historical Events In February - 03

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

1956  Toni Sailor becomes first Olympics skier to sweep the 3 alpine events on February - 03.   

1956  Autherine J Lucy admitted to U of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot on this day in history.   

1957  Patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open on this day in history.   

1958  On February - 03 royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart &peaks at #3   

1958  Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3 on this day in history.   

1958  Henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42 on February - 03.   

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

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  On this day in history american Airlines Electra crashes in NY's East River, killing 65   

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  On February - 03 6th largest snowfall in NYC history (17.4" (44.2cm))   

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 this day in history john Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm   

1962  On February - 03 werner Bock, writer, dies   

1963  Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational on February - 03.   

1964  "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold on February - 03.   

1964  Black &Puerto Rican students boycott NYC public schools on this day in history.   

1965  On February - 03 105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams   

1965  On this day in history orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km)   

1966  On February - 03 first soft landing on the Moon by spacecraft Luna 9   

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 this day in history.   

1966  June Walker, actress (War Nurses), dies at 65 on February - 03.   

1967  On February - 03 "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix   

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

1969  The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO on February - 03.   

1969  the Palestine National Congress appoints Yasser Arafat head of the Palestine Liberation Organization on February - 03.   

1969  Eduardo C Mondlane, president of Mozambique, murdered on February - 03.   

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

1972  11th Winter Olympics games opens in Sapporo Japan (1st in Asia) on this day in history.   

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 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  On February - 03 birth of charles VI, King of France (1380-1422)   

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

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

1655  Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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  On February - 03 birth of friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)   

0474  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1116  On this day in history death of king Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070)   

1399  John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & Leon, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1428  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)