February 3
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February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 331 days remaining until the end of the year (332 in leap years).
[edit] Events
1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. 1377 - more than 2,000 people of the Italian city of Cesena are slaughtered by Papal Troops (Cesena Bloodbath). 1451 - Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. 1488 - Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south. 1509 - The Battle of Diu, between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire takes place in Diu, India. 1690 - The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in America. 1706 - During the Battle of Fraustadt Swedish forces defeat a superior Saxon-Polish-Russian force by deploying a double envelopment. 1783 - American Revolutionary War: Spain recognizes United States independence. 1787 - Shays' Rebellion is crushed. 1807 - A British military force, under Brig-Gen. Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures the city of Montevideo, then part of the Spanish Empire now capital of Uruguay. 1809 - The Illinois Territory is created. 1830 - The sovereignty of Greece was confirmed in a London Protocol. 1834 - Wake Forest University is established. 1867 - Emperor Meiji becomes the 122nd emperor of Japan. 1870 - The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, granting voting rights to citizens regardless of race. 1900 - Gubernatorial candidate William Goebel is assassinated in Frankfort, Kentucky. 1908 - Foundation of Panathinaikos in Athens, Greece. 1913 - The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax. 1916 - Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada burn down. 1917 - World War I: The United States breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany a day after the former announced a new policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. 1918 - The Twin Peaks Tunnel begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long. 1923 - The Alpha Zeta chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia founded at Pennsylvania State University. 1930 - The Communist Party of Vietnam is established. 1931 - The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258. 1941 - World War II: Nazi Germany forcibly restores Pierre Laval to office in occupied Vichy, France. 1944 - World War II: United States troops capture the Marshall Islands. 1945 - World War II: The Soviet Union agrees to enter the Pacific Theatre conflict against Japan. 1945 - World War II: As part of Operation Thunderclap, 1,000 B-17's of the Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin. 1947 - The lowest temperature in North America is recorded in Snag, Yukon. 1957 - Senegalese political party Democratic Rally merges into the Senegalese Party of Socialist Action (PSAS). 1958 - Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community. 1959 - A plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa kills Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and Roger Peterson also known as The Day the Music Died. 1966 - The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon. 1967 - Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in Australia, is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne. 1969 - In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress. 1971 - New York Police Office Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption.. Many believed the incident proved NYPD officers tried to kill him. 1984 - Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission - Astronauts, Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make first untethered spacewalks using the Manned Maneuvering Unit. 1988 - Iran-Contra Affair: The United States House of Representatives rejects President Ronald Reagan's request for $36.25 million to aid Nicaraguan Contras. 1989 - After a stroke, P.W. Botha resigns party leadership and the presidency of South Africa. 1989 - A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954. 1991 - The Italian Communist Party dissolves and splits into the Democratic Party of the Left and the Communist Refoundation Party. 1998 - Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Texas becoming the first woman executed in the United States since 1984. 1998 - Cavalese cable-car disaster: a United States Military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car near Trento, Italy. 1999 - In Jammu and Kashmir the political party Democratic Janata Dal (Jammu and Kashmir) is revived. 2007 - A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339.
[edit] Births
1338 - Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378) 1677 - Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723) 1690 - Richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755) 1721 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773) 1747 - Samuel Osgood, American patriot (d. 1813) 1795 - Antonio José de Sucre, South American independence leader (d. 1830) 1807 - Joseph E. Johnston, Confederate general (d. 1891) 1808 - Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar, Princess of Prussia (d. 1877) 1809 - Felix Mendelssohn, German composer (d. 1847) 1811 - Horace Greeley, American journalist, editor, and publisher (d. 1872) 1817 - Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist (d. 1881) 1821 - Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician (d. 1910) 1824 - Ranald MacDonald, Canadian-born Scottish educator and interpreter (d. 1894) 1826 - Walter Bagehot, British essayist, journalist and businessman, (d.1877) 1830 - Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1903) 1842 - Sidney Lanier, American writer (d. 1881) 1843 - William Cornelius Van Horne, American-born railway pioneer and executive (d. 1915) 1859 - Hugo Junkers, German aircraft designer (d. 1935) 1862 - James Clark McReynolds, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1946) 1872 - Lou Criger, American baseball player (d. 1934) 1874 - Gertrude Stein, American writer (d. 1946) 1876 - William Tedmarsh, silent movie actor (d. 1937) 1887 - Juan NegrÃn, Spanish Prime Minister (d. 1956) 1887 - Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (d. 1914) 1889 - Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish film director, (d. 1968) 1893 - Gaston Julia, French mathematician (d. 1978) 1894 - Norman Rockwell, American illustrator (d. 1978) 1898 - Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (d. 1976) 1899 - João Café Filho, Brazilian president (m.1970) 1899 - Lao She, Chinese writer (d. 1966) 1899 - Doris Speed, English actress (d.1994) 1904 - Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (d. 1975) 1904 - Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (d. 1934) 1905 - Arne Beurling, American mathematician(d. 1986) 1907 - James Michener, American author (d. 1997) 1909 - André Cayatte, French filmmaker (d. 1989) 1909 - Simone Weil, French philosopher (d. 1943) 1911 - Jehan Alain, French organist and composer (d. 1940) 1911 - Robert Earl Jones, American actor (d. 2006) 1912 - Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist (d. 1990) 1913 - Richard Seaman, British racing driver (d. 1939) 1918 - Joey Bishop, American entertainer, member of the Rat Pack (d. 2007) 1918 - Helen Stephens, American runner (d. 1994) 1920 - Henry Heimlich, American physician 1920 - Tony Gaze, Australian racing driver 1923 - Alys Robi, Quebec singer 1924 - E. P. Thompson, English socialist historian, (The Making of the English Working Class), (d.1993) 1924 - Martial Asselin, French Canadian politician and lieutenant governor of Quebec 1925 - Keith Dunstan, Australian author and journalist 1925 - John Fiedler, American voice actor (d. 2005) 1925 - Leon Schlumpf, member of the Swiss Federal Council 1926 - Shelley Berman, American comedian 1926 - Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician 1927 - Kenneth Anger, American Underground Filmmaker 1927 - Val Doonican, Irish singer and entertainer 1927 - Joan Lowery Nixon, American writer (d. 2003) 1927 - Blas Ople, Filipino politician (d. 2003) 1929 - Ken Shipp, American football coach 1930 - Gillian Ayres, English painter 1932 - Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (d. 1984) 1933 - Paul Sarbanes, American politician 1938 - Victor Buono, American actor (d. 1982) 1938 - Emile Griffith, US Virgin Islands professional boxer 1939 - Michael Cimino, American film director 1940 - Fran Tarkenton, American football player 1941 - Neil Bogart, American record executive (d. 1982) 1941 - Dory Funk, Jr., American professional wrestler 1943 - Blythe Danner, American actress 1943 - Dennis Edwards, American singer (The Temptations) 1943 - Shawn Phillips, American singer, guitarist and songwriter 1944 - Trisha Noble, Australian singer and actress 1945 - Johnny Cymbal, American singer and songwriter (d. 1993) 1945 - Bob Griese, American football player 1947 - Paul Auster, American novelist 1947 - Dave Davies, British musician (The Kinks) 1947 - Stephen McHattie, Canadian actor 1947 - Melanie Safka, American singer-songwriter 1948 - Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, East Timor politician, Nobel Peace laureate 1948 - Henning Mankell, Swedish author 1949 - Arthur Kane, American musician 1949 - Hennie Kuiper, Dutch cyclist 1950 - Morgan Fairchild, American actress 1951 - Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian football manager 1952 - Fred Lynn, American baseball player 1953 - Savvas Tsitouridis, Greek politician 1954 - Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey player 1955 - Stephen Euin Cobb, American novelist 1955 - Kirsty Wark, British broadcast journalist 1956 - John Jefferson, American football player 1956 - Nathan Lane, American actor 1956 - Lee Ranaldo, American musician (Sonic Youth) 1957 - Chico Serra, Brazilian racing driver 1957 - Steven Stapleton, British musician (Nurse With Wound) 1958 - N. Gregory Mankiw, American economist 1959 - Thomas Calabro, American actor 1959 - Yasuharu Konishi, Japanese musician (Pizzicato Five) 1959 - Lol Tolhurst, British musician (The Cure) 1960 - Kerry Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1993) 1960 - Marty Jannetty, American Wrestler 1961 - Jay Adams, American skateboarder 1961 - Linda Eder, American singer 1961 - Keith Gordon, American actor 1962 - Michele Greene, American actress 1965 - Karlous Marx Shinohamba, Namibian politician 1965 - Maura Tierney, American actress 1966 - Frank Coraci, American film director 1967 - Dave Benson-Phillips, Children's TV Presenter 1967 - Bob Taylor, English footballer 1968 - Vlade Divac, National Basketball Association player 1969 - Retief Goosen, professional golfer 1970 - Oscar Cordoba, Colombian footballer 1970 - Warwick Davis, British actor 1971 - Sean Dawkins, American former football player 1971 - Elisa Donovan, American actress 1971 - Sarah Kane, English playwright (d. 1999) 1971 - Hong Seok-cheon, South Korean actor 1972 - Mart Poom, Estonian football player 1973 - Ilana Sod, Mexican journalist 1974 - Konrad GaÅ‚ka, Polish swimmer 1974 - Miriam Yeung, Hong Kong actress 1976 - Mathieu Dandenault, Canadian hockey player 1976 - Isla Fisher, Australian actress 1976 - Dwayne Rudd, American football player 1976 - Tim Heidecker, American comedian 1977 - Daddy Yankee , reggaeton singer/rapper. 1978 - Adrian R'Mante, American actor 1978 - Eliza Schneider, American actress and singer 1980 - Sarah Lewitinn, American writer 1981 - Alisa Reyes, American actress and singer 1981 - Maurice Ross, Scottish footballer 1982 - Alan Gurr, Australian V8 Supercar driver 1982 - Jessica Harp, American singer (The Wreckers) 1983 - Richard Bartel, National Football League quarterback 1983 - Silambarasan Rajendar,famous south Indian actor 1989 - Slobodan Rajković, Serbian footballer 1989 - Ryne Sanborn, American actor 1990 - Sean Kingston, American reggae rapper
[edit] Deaths
619 - Laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury 699 - Saint Werburgh 1014 - King Sweyn I of Denmark 1116 - King Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070) 1399 - John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. 1340) 1428 - Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386) 1451 - Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1404) 1468 - Johannes Gutenberg, German publisher 1566 - George Cassander, Flemish theologian (b. 1513) 1619 - Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (b. 1564) 1737 - Tommaso Ceva, Italian Mathematician (b. 1648) 1802 - Pedro RodrÃguez, Conde de Campomanes, Spanish statesman (b. 1723) 1832 - George Crabbe, English naturalist (b. 1754) 1862 - Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist (b. 1774) 1866 - François-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (b. 1809) 1874 - Lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835) 1889 - Belle Starr, American outlaw (b. 1848) 1922 - John Butler Yeats, Northern Irish artist (b. 1839) 1924 - Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, Nobel laureate (b. 1856) 1929 - Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist (b. 1878) 1935 - Hugo Junkers, German engineer (b. 1859) 1936 - Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, consort of William of Wied, Prince of Albania (b.1885) 1937 - Marija Leiko, Latvian film actress (b. 1887) 1945 - Roland Freisler, Nazi leader (b. 1893) 1947 - Marc Mitscher, American Navy Admiral (b. 1887) 1956 - Émile Borel, French mathematician (b. 1871) 1956 - Johnny Claes, Belgian racing driver (b. 1916) 1959 - Buddy Holly, American singer (b. 1936) 1959 - Ritchie Valens, American singer (b. 1941) 1959 - J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, American singer (b. 1930) 1960 - Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (b. 1921) 1961 - Viscount Dunrossil, Australian governor-general (b. 1893) 1964 - Sir Albert Richardson, English architect (b. 1880) 1967 - Joe Meek, English record producer (b. 1929) 1969 - Eduardo Mondlane Mozambican independence founder (b. 1920) 1975 - William D. Coolidge, American physicist and inventor (b. 1873) 1975 - Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer (b. 1904) 1985 - Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist (b. 1912) 1989 - John Cassavetes, American actor (b. 1929) 1989 - Lionel Newman, American movie music orchestra leader, composer and arranger (b. 1916) 1991 - Harry Ackerman, American TV executive producer (b. 1912) 1991 - Nancy Kulp, American actress (b. 1921) 1993 - Paul Emery, British racing driver (b. 1916) 1996 - Audrey Meadows, American actress (b. 1926) 1998 - Karla Faye Tucker, American murderer (b. 1959) 2000 - Richard Kleindienst, American politician (b. 1923) 2003 - Lana Clarkson, American actress (b. 1962) 2004 - Jason Raize, American musical theatre actor (b. 1975) 2005 - Corrado Cardinal Bafile, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1903) 2005 - Ernst Mayr, German-born biologist (b. 1904) 2005 - Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1963) 2006 - Al Lewis, American actor (b. 1923) 2007 - Pedro Knight, Cuban-American musician, husband of legendary singer Celia Cruz (b. 1921) 2007 - Ralph de Toledano, Moroccan-born American political columnist and author (b. 1916) 2007 - George Becker, American president of United Steelworkers (1993–2001) (b. 1928) 2008 - Douglas Fraser, Scottish pilot (b. 1916)
[edit] Holidays and observances
Japan - the festival of Setsubun before spring. Mozambique - Heroes' Day. United States - Four Chaplains Day. United States - the earliest calendar day that Mardi Gras can occur. Saint Blaise, Catholics visit churches to have their throats blessed. Aaron the Illustrious, saint of the Syriac Orthodox Church Saint Ansgar, patron saint of Denmark Saint Hadelin Saint Werburgh Saint Berlindis Saint Margaret of England Saint Nona and Saint Celsa February 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)