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 this day in history.   

1973  On February - 03 president Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law   

1973  Edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67 on February - 03.   

1975  On this day in history john Secondari, newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at 55   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies   

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 this day in history columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission   

1982  Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, USSR on this day in history.   

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

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

1984  10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B)-Challenger 4 launched on this day in history.   

1984  On February - 03 the first baby conceived by embryo transplant born in Long Beach CA   

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  On February - 03 president Reagan announces formation of Committee on Challenger Accident   

1987  San Diego Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup on this day in history.   

1989  Twenty villages evacuated in Russia, after high radiation fall-out from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on February - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends   

1992  Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week on this day in history.   

1993  Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments on February - 03.   

1993  Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles CA on February - 03.   

1993  On this day in history general Hospital's Tristan Rogers convicted of drunk driving   

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  On February - 03 birth of charles VI, King of France (1380-1422)   

1525  On this day in history birth of giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer   

1648  Louis Bouteiller, composer was born on February - 03.   

1655  On February - 03 birth of francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized   

1677  On this day in history 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  Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies on February - 03.   

0619  Death of Laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury on February - 03.   

0699  On February - 03 death of saint Werburgh   

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  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 February - 03.   

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