Page 7: Historical Events In February - 03

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

1956  On February - 03 toni Sailor becomes first Olympics skier to sweep the 3 alpine events   

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

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

1959  On this day in history buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson die in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.   

1959  On February - 03 american Airlines Electra crashes in NY's East River, killing 65   

1959  Big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28 on this day in history.   

1960  On February - 03 johannes G Geelkerken, Dutch reformed vicar, dies at 80   

1961  6th largest snowfall in NYC history (17.4" (44.2cm)) on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54   

1962  On this day in history president Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food &drugs   

1962  John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm on this day in history.   

1962  On February - 03 werner Bock, writer, dies   

1963  On this day in history mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational   

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

1964  On February - 03 black &Puerto Rican students boycott NYC public schools   

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

1965  Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km) on this day in history.   

1966  First soft landing on the Moon by spacecraft Luna 9 on February - 03.   

1966  On February - 03 soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9)   

1966  The first operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched (US) on February - 03.   

1966  June Walker, actress (War Nurses), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1967  "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix on this day in history.   

1967  Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide on February - 03.   

1969  The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO on this day in history.   

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

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  On February - 03 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

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 this day in history.   

0699  On February - 03 death of saint Werburgh   

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  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  On February - 03 death of ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)