February, 3rd in History

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Events

Sunday 03, 2008:
Super Bowl XLII will take place from the new Arizona Cardinals stadium currently under construction in Glendale, Arizona.

Sunday 03, 2002:
Super Bowl xxx: The New England Patriots defeat the St. Louis Rams, 20-17, to win their first Super Bowl championship.

Tuesday 03, 1998:
Cavalese cable-car disaster: a United States Military pilot causes the death of 20 skiers in Italy riding on a lift suspended by a cable snapped by the low-flying plane.

Friday 03, 1989:
After a stroke, P.W. Botha resigns party leadership and the presidency of South Africa.

Wednesday 03, 1988:
Iran-Contra Affair: The United States House of Representatives rejects President Ronald Reagan's request for $36.25 million to aid Nicaraguan Contras.

Friday 03, 1984:
Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on the tenth space shuttle mission.

Thursday 03, 1972:
The first Winter Olympics to be held in Asia open in Sapporo, Japan.

Monday 03, 1969:
In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestinian Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress.

Friday 03, 1967:
Ronald Ryan is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne. The last person to be executed in Australia.

Thursday 03, 1966:
The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon.

Tuesday 03, 1959:
The Day The Music Died: A plane crash kills rock-and-roll performers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper.

Sunday 03, 1957:
Senegalese political party Democratic Rally merges into the Senegalese Party of Socialist Action (PSAS).

Sunday 03, 1952:
The earliest known tropical storm makes landfall in South Florida.

Saturday 03, 1951:
Dick Button wins the American figure skating championship for the fourth consecutive time.

Monday 03, 1947:
Percival Prattis becomes the first African American news correspondent allowed in the United States House and Senate press gallery.

Saturday 03, 1945:
World War II: Soviet Union agrees to enter the Pacific Theatre conflict against Japan.

Thursday 03, 1944:
United States troops capture the Marshall Islands.

Monday 03, 1941:
World War II: The Nazis forcibly restore Pierre Laval to office in occupied Vichy, France.

Tuesday 03, 1931:
258 die in New Zealand's worst natural disaster, the Napier earthquake.

Sunday 03, 1918:
The Twin Peaks Tunnel begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world (11,920 feet long).

Saturday 03, 1917:
World War I: The United States breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany a day after Germany announces a new policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.

Thursday 03, 1916:
Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada burn down.

Monday 03, 1913:
The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect income tax.

Saturday 03, 1900:
Gubernatorial candidate William Goebel is assassinated in Frankfort, Kentucky. Former-Secretary of State Caleb Powers was later found guilty in a conspiracy to kill Goebel.

Thursday 03, 1870:
The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed.

Sunday 03, 1867:
Prince Mutsuhito becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan.

Friday 03, 1815:
The first commercial cheese factory is founded (Switzerland).

Friday 03, 1809:
Illinois Territory is created.

Saturday 03, 1787:
Shays' Rebellion is crushed, ending an uprising that would prompt negotiations that would result in the drafting of the Constitution of the United States.

Monday 03, 1783:
American Revolutionary War: Spain recognizes United States independence.

Friday 03, 1690:
The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in America.

Friday 03, 1488:
Bartholomeu Diaz of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of Africa, becoming the first known European to travel this far south.

Monday 03, 1451:
Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/03-february/on-this-day.html


People born on February 03

1976:
Isla Fisher, Australian actress (b: February 3, 1976) (Biography of Isla Fisher)

1974:
Miriam Yeung, Hong Kong actress and singer (b: February 3, 1974) (Biography of Miriam Yeung)

1972:
Mart Poom, Estonian soccer player (b: February 3, 1972) (Biography of Mart Poom)

1971:
Sarah Kane, English playwright (b: February 3, 1971 ; d: February 20, 1999) (Biography of Sarah Kane)

1970:
Warwick Davis, British actor (b: February 3, 1970) (Biography of Warwick Davis)

1965:
Maura Tierney, American actress (b: February 3, 1965) (Biography of Maura Tierney)

1961:
Keith Gordon, American actor and director (b: February 3, 1961) (Biography of Keith Gordon)

1960:
Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b: February 3, 1960 ; d: February 18, 1993) (Biography of Kerry Von Erich)

1959:
Thomas Calabro, American actor (b: February 3, 1959) (Biography of Thomas Calabro)

1956:
Nathan Lane, American actor (b: February 3, 1956) (Biography of Nathan Lane)
Lee Ranaldo, American musician (Sonic Youth) (b: February 3, 1956) (Biography of Lee Ranaldo)

1955:
Stephen Euin Cobb, American novelist (b: February 3, 1955) (Biography of Stephen Euin Cobb)
Kirsty Wark, British broadcast journalist (b: February 3, 1955) (Biography of Kirsty Wark)

1952:
Fred Lynn, baseball player (b: February 3, 1952) (Biography of Fred Lynn)

1950:
Morgan Fairchild, American actress (b: February 3, 1950) (Biography of Morgan Fairchild)

1948:
Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, East Timorian politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b: February 3, 1948) (Biography of Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo)

1947:
Paul Auster, American novelist (b: February 3, 1947) (Biography of Paul Auster)
Dave Davies, British musician (The Kinks) (b: February 3, 1947) (Biography of Dave Davies)

1945:
Bob Griese, American football player (b: February 3, 1945) (Biography of Bob Griese)

1943:
Blythe Danner, American actress (b: February 3, 1943) (Biography of Blythe Danner)

1941:
Neil Bogart, music company executive (b: February 3, 1941) (Biography of Neil Bogart)

1940:
Fran Tarkenton, American football player (b: February 3, 1940) (Biography of Fran Tarkenton)

1938:
Victor Buono, American actor (b: February 3, 1938) (Biography of Victor Buono)

1933:
Paul Sarbanes, U.S. Senator (b: February 3, 1933) (Biography of Paul Sarbanes)

1932:
Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (b: February 3, 1932) (Biography of Peggy Ann Garner)

1930:
Gillian Ayres, English painter (b: February 3, 1930) (Biography of Gillian Ayres)

1927:
Val Doonican, Irish singer and entertainer (b: February 3, 1927) (Biography of Val Doonican)

1926:
Shelley Berman, American comedian (b: February 3, 1926) (Biography of Shelley Berman)

1925:
John Fiedler, American voice actor (b: February 3, 1925) (Biography of John Fiedler)

1920:
Henry Heimlich, American physician (b: February 3, 1920) (Biography of Henry Heimlich)

1918:
Helen Stephens, American runner (b: February 3, 1918 ; d: January 17, 1994) (Biography of Helen Stephens)
Joey Bishop, American comedian and actor (b: February 3, 1918) (Biography of Joey Bishop)

1911:
Robert Earl Jones, American actor (b: February 3, 1911) (Biography of Robert Earl Jones)

1909:
Simone Weil, French philosopher (b: February 3, 1909) (Biography of Simone Weil)

1907:
James Michener, American author (b: February 3, 1907 ; d: October 16, 1997) (Biography of James Michener)

1904:
Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (b: February 3, 1904 ; d: February 19, 1975) (Biography of Luigi Dallapiccola)
Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (b: February 3, 1904 ; d: October 22, 1934) (Biography of Pretty Boy Floyd)

1899:
Lao She, Chinese writer (b: February 3, 1899) (Biography of Lao She)

1898:
Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (b: February 3, 1898 ; d: May 11, 1976) (Biography of Alvar Aalto)

1894:
Norman Rockwell, American artist, illustrator (b: February 3, 1894 ; d: November 8, 1978) (Biography of Norman Rockwell)

1893:
Gaston Julia, French mathematician (b: February 3, 1893 ; d: March 19, 1978) (Biography of Gaston Julia)

1887:
Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (b: February 3, 1887) (Biography of Georg Trakl)

1874:
Gertrude Stein, American writer and patron of the arts (b: February 3, 1874 ; d: July 27, 1946) (Biography of Gertrude Stein)

1862:
James Clark McReynolds, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b: February 3, 1862 ; d: August 24, 1946) (Biography of James Clark McReynolds)

1859:
Hugo Junkers, German industrialist and aircraft designer (b: February 3, 1859) (Biography of Hugo Junkers)

1842:
Sidney Lanier, American writer (b: February 3, 1842 ; d: September 7, 1881) (Biography of Sidney Lanier)

1830:
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of (b: February 3, 1830) (Biography of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury)

1821:
Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician (b: February 3, 1821 ; d: May 31, 1910) (Biography of Elizabeth Blackwell)

1811:
Horace Greeley, American journalist, editor, and publisher (b: February 3, 1811) (Biography of Horace Greeley)

1809:
Felix Mendelssohn, German composer (b: February 3, 1809 ; d: November 4, 1847) (Biography of Felix Mendelssohn)

1721:
Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b: February 3, 1721) (Biography of Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz)

1690:
Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (b: February 3, 1690 ; d: April 6, 1755) (Biography of Richard Rawlinson)

1677:
Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (b: February 3, 1677 ; d: December 7, 1723) (Biography of Jan Santini Aichel)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/03-february/births.html

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People who died on February 03

2005:
Zurab Zhvania (d: February 3, 2005) (Biography of Zurab Zhvania)
Corrado Cardinal Bafile (d: February 3, 2005) (Biography of Corrado Cardinal Bafile)
Ernst Mayr (d: February 3, 2005) (Biography of Ernst Mayr)

2000:
Richard Kleindienst (d: February 3, 2000) (Biography of Richard Kleindienst)

1998:
Karla Faye Tucker (d: February 3, 1998) (Biography of Karla Faye Tucker)

1996:
Audrey Meadows, American actress (b: February 8, 1926 ; d: February 3, 1996) (Biography of Audrey Meadows)

1991:
Nancy Kulp (d: February 3, 1991) (Biography of Nancy Kulp)

1989:
John Cassavetes, American actor and film director (b: December 9, 1929 ; d: February 3, 1989) (Biography of John Cassavetes)

1985:
Frank Oppenheimer (d: February 3, 1985) (Biography of Frank Oppenheimer)

1964:
Sir Albert Richardson, English architect (b: May 19, 1880 ; d: February 3, 1964) (Biography of Albert Richardson)

1960:
Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (b: November 23, 1921 ; d: February 3, 1960) (Biography of Fred Buscaglione)

1959:
The Big Bopper, American singer (b: October 24, 1930 ; d: February 3, 1959) (Biography of The Big Bopper)
Buddy Holly, American singer (b: September 7, 1936 ; d: February 3, 1959) (Biography of Buddy Holly)
Ritchie Valens, American singer (b: May 13, 1941 ; d: February 3, 1959) (Biography of Ritchie Valens)

1956:
Felix Édouard Justin Émile Borel, French mathematician, politician, and resistance fighter (b: January 7, 1871 ; d: February 3, 1956) (Biography of Émile Borel)

1924:
Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States (b: December 28, 1856 ; d: February 3, 1924) (Biography of Woodrow Wilson)

1889:
Belle Starr, American outlaw (b: February 5, 1848 ; d: February 3, 1889) (Biography of Belle Starr)

1619:
Henry Brooke, 8th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (b: November 22, 1564 ; d: February 3, 1619) (Biography of Henry Brooke, 8th Baron Cobham)

1566:
George Cassander (d: February 3, 1566) (Biography of George Cassander)

1468:
Johannes Gutenberg (d: February 3, 1468) (Biography of Johannes Gutenberg)

1451:
Murad II (d: February 3, 1451) (Biography of Murad II)

1428:
Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b: March 12, 1386 ; d: February 3, 1428) (Biography of Ashikaga Yoshimochi)

1014:
Sweyn I of Denmark (d: February 3, 1014) (Biography of Sweyn I of Denmark)

699:
Werburgh (d: February 3, 699) (Biography of Werburgh)

619:
Laurence of Canterbury (d: February 3, 619) (Biography of Laurence of Canterbury)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/03-february/deaths.html