Page 8: Historical Events In February - 03

1972  John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79 on February - 03.   

1973  Dr Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 &peaks at #6 on February - 03.   

1973  On this day in history president Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law   

1973  On February - 03 edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67   

1975  John Secondari, newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at 55 on February - 03.   

1976  On this day in history neville Lindsay, cricketer (S Afr batsman in Test v Aust 1921), dies   

1977  Pauline Starke, actress (Dante's Inferno, Viking, Sun Up), dies at 76 on February - 03.   

1979  On February - 03 "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart   

1979  US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne on this day in history.   

1979  On February - 03 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner   

1979  Jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies on this day in history.   

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

1981  Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway on this day in history.   

1982  On February - 03 columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission   

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

1982  Porn star John Holmes ordered to stand trial for murder on this day in history.   

1983  US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners on this day in history.   

1984  On February - 03 10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B)-Challenger 4 launched   

1984  The first baby conceived by embryo transplant born in Long Beach CA on this day in history.   

1984  On February - 03 anne Townsend, lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies   

1985  On this day in history "Harrigan 'n Hart" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances   

1986  On this day in history president Reagan announces formation of Committee on Challenger Accident   

1987  San Diego Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup on February - 03.   

1989  On February - 03 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  John Cassavetes, actor/director (Husbands, Dirty Dozen), dies at 59 on February - 03.   

1991  On February - 03 nancy Kulp, actress (Jane Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69   

1992  On this day in history defense opens calling Noriega "our ally in the war on drugs"   

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 this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments   

1993  Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles CA on this day in history.   

1993  On February - 03 general Hospital's Tristan Rogers convicted of drunk driving   

1993  Karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish composer (8 Horse Bet), dies at 69 on February - 03.   

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1338  On this day in history birth of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378)   

1368  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized   

1677  Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723) was born on February - 03.   

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  Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies on this day in history.   

0619  Death of Laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

0699  Death of Saint Werburgh on this day in history.   

0865  On February - 03 ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies   

1014  Death of King Sweyn I of Denmark on February - 03.   

1116  Death of King Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070) on February - 03.   

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)