Page 8: Historical Events In February - 03

1972  John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history dr Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 &peaks at #6   

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 February - 03.   

1976  Neville Lindsay, cricketer (S Afr batsman in Test v Aust 1921), dies on February - 03.   

1977  On this day in history pauline Starke, actress (Dante's Inferno, Viking, Sun Up), dies at 76   

1979  "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart on this day in history.   

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

1979  US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner on February - 03.   

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

1980  On this day in history muhammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy   

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

1982  Columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission on this day in history.   

1982  On February - 03 greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, USSR   

1982  On February - 03 porn star John Holmes ordered to stand trial for murder   

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  The first baby conceived by embryo transplant born in Long Beach CA on this day in history.   

1984  Anne Townsend, lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies on this day in history.   

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 February - 03.   

1987  On this day in history 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 this day in history uruguayan president Alfredo Stroessner is overthrown in a military coup.   

1989  On February - 03 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  Defense opens calling Noriega "our ally in the war on drugs" on February - 03.   

1992  Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends on this day in history.   

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 February - 03.   

1993  On this day in history 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  On this day in history karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish composer (8 Horse Bet), dies at 69   

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1338  Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1655  Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized was born on February - 03.   

1677  On February - 03 birth of jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)   

1690  On February - 03 birth of richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)   

1721  On February - 03 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  Death of King Sweyn I of Denmark on this day in history.   

1116  Death of King Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070) on this day in history.   

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

1428  On February - 03 death of ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)