Page 7: Historical Events In February - 03

1954  On February - 03 jeen van den Berg wins Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32)   

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 February - 03.   

1957  On February - 03 patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open   

1958  Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart &peaks at #3 on February - 03.   

1958  On this day in history royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3   

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 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history 6th largest snowfall in NYC history (17.4" (44.2cm))   

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

1962  On February - 03 president Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food &drugs   

1962  On this day in history john Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm   

1962  Werner Bock, writer, dies on February - 03.   

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 February - 03.   

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

1965  On February - 03 orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km)   

1966  First soft landing on the Moon by spacecraft Luna 9 on this day in history.   

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 February - 03.   

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

1967  Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history the Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO   

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 this day in history.   

1971  On February - 03 jay C Flippen, actor (Ensign O'Toole), dies at 72   

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  On this day in history birth of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378)   

1368  Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422) was born on February - 03.   

1525  On February - 03 birth of giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer   

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  On February - 03 birth of jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)   

1690  On this day in history birth of richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)   

1721  Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773) was born on February - 03.   

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  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 February - 03.