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What happened in history on this day: February 3?
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- 474 - Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies.
- 865 - Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German first (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies.
- 1377 - Cardinal Robert of Geneva (anti-pope Clemens VII) starts term.
- 1377 - Mass execution of population of Cesena Italy.
- 1399 - John of Gaunt duke of Lancaster/king of Castile and León, dies at age 58.
- 1451 - Murad II sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies.
- 1468 - Death of Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz; invented printing in the Western World. The first printed bibles came from the press in the workshop of Johannes Gutenberg.
- 1488 - Bartholomeus Diaz discovers Mosselbaai (Angra dos Vaqueros).
- 1536 - García de Resende Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies.
- 1547 - Russian czar Ivan IV (age 17) marries Anastasia Romanova.
- 1558 - Alfonsus de Castro Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies.
- 1576 - Henry of Navarre (future Henry IV) escapes from Paris.
- 1591 - German monarchy forms Protestant Union of Torgau.
- 1602 - Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at age 62.
- 1648 - Birth of Louis Bouteiller composer.
- 1653 - Cardinal Mazarin returns to Paris from exile.
- 1655 - Birth of François Fagel Dutch field marshal, baptized.
- 1660 - General Moncks army reaches London.
- 1679 - Jan Havicksz Steen Dutch painter (Saint Nicolas Feast), dies at age 53.
- 1690 - First paper money in America issued (colony of Massachusetts).
- 1697 - Sjoucke Gabbes Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island.
- 1735 - Dutch treasure ship Vliegenthart runs aground and sinks off Zealand, Holland.
- 1740 - Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily.
- 1743 - Philadelphia establishes a "pesthouse" to quarantine immigrants.
- 1752 - Dutch States-General forbid export of windmills.
- 1781 - Dutch West Indies island of Saint Eustatia taken by the British.
- 1783 - Spain recognizes US independence.
- 1805 - Birth of Otto T Freiherr von Manteuffel; premier of Prussia.
- 1807 - Birth of Joseph Eggleston Johnston; General (Confederate Army of Tennessee) (dies 1891).
- 1809 - Birth of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy in Hamburg, Germany; composer (Great Scherzos).
- 1809 - US Territory of Illinois is organized (including present-day Wisconsin).
- 1811 - Birth of Horace Greeley; editor ("Go west, young man").
- 1815 - World's first commercial cheese factory established, in Switzerland.
- 1817 - Birth of Samuel Ryan Curtis; US Major General (Union volunteers) (dies 1866).
- 1820 - Birth of Elisha Kent Kane; US arctic explorer (Kane Basin off northwest Greenland).
- 1823 - Birth of Spencer F Baird; US biologist (Wood's Hole Station).
- 1824 - Birth of George Thomas "Tige" Anderson; Brigadier General (Confederate Army).
- 1824 - Birth of Nathan George "Shanks" Evans; Brigadier General (Confederacy) (dies 1868).
- 1825 - Dutch North Sea coast floods.
- 1830 - Birth of Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative), British Prime Minister (1885-1902).
- 1831 - Birth of Cyrus Ballou Comstock; US Brevet Major General (Union volunteers) (dies 1910).
- 1832 - George Crabbe, English vicar/poet (Borough), dies at age 77.
- 1836 - Whig Party holds its first national convention (Albany, New York).
- 1845 - Birth of Ernest von Wildenbruch; German playwright (Sedan).
- 1846 - Joseph Weigl, Austrian composer/conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at age 79.
- 1851 - Birth of Johannes B van Heutsz; Lieutenant-General/Governor-General Dutch East Indies.
- 1851 - Birth of Lord Harris; cricket player (four Tests for England MCC big-wig).
- 1853 - August Kopisch, German writer (Mäuseturm), dies at age 53.
- 1855 - Wisconsin Supreme Court declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional.
- 1860 - Thomas Clemson takes office as first US superintendent of agriculture.
- 1861 - Birth of Léopold Courouble; Belgian writer (Family Kaekebroeck).
- 1865 - Birth of Martinus Ballings; Flemish Jesuit/author (Will Power).
- 1865 - Hampton Roads Peace Conference, US President Abraham Lincoln and Stephens reach an impasse.
- 1867 - Prince Mutsuhito, age 14, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan (1867-1912).
- 1870 - 15th Amendment (black suffrage) to US Constitution passes.
- 1870 - Birth of Ada Negri; Italian poet/author (Il Libro di Mara).
- 1874 - Birth of Franklyn Dyall in Liverpool, England; actor (Easy Virtue).
- 1874 - Birth of Gertrude Stein in Pennsylvania, USA; author (Autobiography of Alice B Toklas).
- 1875 - Everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at age 66.
- 1876 - Albert Spalding with US$800 starts sporting goods company in the USA, manufacturing first official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football.
- 1876 - Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at age 83.
- 1878 - Birth of Joseph Gordon Coates; Prime Minister of New Zealand (1925-28).
- 1880 - Birth of Arnoldus Aerts; bishop of Netherlands-Guinea (1920-42).
- 1883 - Birth of Clarence Mulford in Illinois, USA; western writer (Hopalong Cassidy).
- 1887 - Birth of Georg Trakl; Austrian poet (Autumn of the Lonely).
- 1887 - Birth of Silvio d'Amico; Italian theater critic (Tramonto del grande attore).
- 1888 - Birth of Joris Baers; Flemish bibliography/founder (Boekengids).
- 1889 - Birth of Carl Theodor Dreyer; Danish movie director (Leaves from Satan's Body, Passion of Jeanne d'arc).
- 1889 - Birth of Risto Ryti; Finnish premier/president.
- 1890 - Birth of Charles [Andy] Correll in Peoria, Illinois, USA; actor (Calvin and the Colonel, Andy - Amos and Andy radio program).
- 1890 - Birth of Heinrich Barth; Swiss philosopher (Problem des Bösen).
- 1891 - Birth of Jan Donner; Dutch minister of Justice (1926-33).
- 1891 - Birth of Peter H "Paul" Huf; actor/director (Great Netherlands Stage).
- 1892 - Russia closes down Yeshiva of Volozhin.
- 1894 - First US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, is launched, at Bath, Maine.
- 1894 - Birth of Juan Negrín; Prime Minister of the Spanish Republic (1936-39).
- 1894 - Birth of Norman Rockwell; US artist/illustrator (Saturday Evening Post covers).
- 1895 - Birth of Izak Buys; cricket player (one Test for South Africa 1922, 0 and 4, 0-52).
- 1895 - Birth of Nick Kenny in Astoria, New York City, New York, USA; columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show).
- 1895 - Birth of Victor Raul Haya de la Torre; politician (founded APRA party in Peru).
- 1895 - Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 metre (46.8 seconds).
- 1898 - Birth of Alvar Aalto in Finland; architect (Finlandia House).
- 1899 - Birth of Doris Speed in Manchester, England; actress (Annie Walker - Coronation Street TV show).
- 1899 - Birth of Forrest "Red" DeBernardi; basketball hall of famer (elected 1961).
- 1900 - Birth of Mabel Mercer; English cabaret singer ("Fly Me to the Moon").
- 1901 - Dutch troops under General Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilië on Sumatra.
- 1902 - Birth of Ramón [J] Sender [Garcés]; Spanish writer (El Lugar del Hombre).
- 1902 - Isaac Fransen van der Putten, Dutch Prime Minister (1866), dies.
- 1903 - Frederick Lugard occupies Kano, West Africa.
- 1904 - Birth of Charlie "Pretty Boy" Floyd; FBI Most Wanted criminal.
- 1907 - Birth of James A Michener in New York City, New York, USA; writer (Tales of the South Pacific, Centennial, Chesapeake, Hawaii, Space).
- 1908 - Birth of Oddbjörn Hagen in Norway; cross country jumper (Olympics-gold-1936).
- 1908 - US Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act.
- 1909 - Birth of M Vasalis [Margaretha Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans]; poet (Phoenix).
- 1909 - Birth of Simone Weil in Paris, France; mystic/social philosopher/Resistance fighter (WWII).
- 1910 - Birth of Blas Galindo Dimas in San Gabriel, México; composer (A la Patria).
- 1910 - Birth of Nelson Case in Long Beach, California, USA; TV host (Trash or Treasure).
- 1910 - Birth of Russell Arms; singer (Your Hit Parade).
- 1912 - Birth of Jacques Soustelle; French minister of information.
- 1915 - Birth of Jann Willem Holsbergen; author (Zakenmensen Fair as Gold).
- 1915 - Turkish and German armies reach Suez Canal.
- 1916 - The Centre Block of Canada's original Parliament building, in Ottawa, burns down, caused by a fire of unknown origin in the House Reading Room.
- 1916 - Tristan Tzar publishes Dada-manifest in Zurich, Switzerland.
- 1917 - US liner Housatonic is sunk by German submarine; diplomatic relations are severed.
- 1918 - Birth of Helen Stephens; US 100 metre dash (Olympics-gold-1936).
- 1918 - Birth of Joseph Abraham Gottlieb AKA Joey Bishop in The Bronx, New York, USA; comedian/talk show host (Joey Bishop Show).
- 1918 - Twin Peaks Tunnel, longest (11,920 feet) streetcar tunnel, begins service.
- 1919 - Socialist conference convenes in Berne, Switzerland.
- 1920 - Birth of Bibi Osterwald in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA; actress (Bridget Loves Bernie, The Imogene Coca Show).
- 1920 - Birth of Dr Henry Heimlich; doctor/inventor (Heimlich maneuver).
- 1920 - Birth of Stan Ockers; Belgian bicyclist (Tour de France 1955, 1956).
- 1922 - Birth of Bill Chappell Junior; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Florida, 1969-).
- 1922 - Birth of Jean-Pierre Rampal; flutist (Italian Flute Concertos).
- 1924 - Alexei Ryko elected as President of People's commission (succeeds Vladimir Lenin).
- 1924 - Woodrow Wilson, 28th US President (1913-21), dies at his home in Washington at age 67.
- 1925 - Birth of John Fiedler in Platville, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Mr Peterson - Newhart).
- 1925 - Birth of Joop C Swart; Dutch publisher/founder (World Press Photo).
- 1925 - Jaap Eden, Dutch world champion bicyclist/speed skating, dies at age 51.
- 1926 - Birth of Arthur Arfons; auto racer/designer (Green Monster 1964-536.71 MPH).
- 1926 - Birth of Hans-Jochen Vogel; leader of Federal Republic of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD).
- 1926 - Birth of J Roy Rowland; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Georgia, 1983-).
- 1926 - Birth of Shelley Berman in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor/comedian (Son of the Blob, Love American Style, Boston Legal, Curb Your Enthusiasm, LA Law).
- 1927 - Uprising against regime of General Carmona in Portugal.
- 1927 - U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs into law the Federal Radio Commission.
- 1928 - Birth of C V Gadkari; cricket player (Indian batsman in six Tests 1953-55).
- 1928 - Birth of Frankie Vaughan AKA Frank Abelson in Liverpool, England; pop singer ("Kewpie Doll", "Kisses Sweeter than Wine", "Seventeen", "The Green Door", "Come Softly to Me").
- 1929 - Birth of Russell Arms in Berkeley, California, USA; singer (Your Hit Parade).
- 1929 - Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- 1930 - Birth of Joan Rice; actress (Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up).
- 1930 - Vietnamese Communistic Party forms.
- 1930 - William Howard Taft resigns as chief justice for health reasons.
- 1931 - Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls the state the "apex of moronia".
- 1931 - Birth of Göran J S Palm; Swedish poet/writer (Hudens Besök).
- 1931 - Hawke's Bay earthquake: Much of the New Zealand city of Napier is destroyed in an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale.
- 1932 - Birth of J P "Pom-Pom" Felloes-Smith; cricket player (South Africa batsman versus England 1960).
- 1932 - Birth of Maria Itkina in USSR; sprinter (nine world records).
- 1932 - Birth of Peggy Ann Garner in Canton, Ohio, USA; actress (Little Women, Daisy Kenyon).
- 1933 - First interstate legislative conference in US opens, Washington DC.
- 1933 - Birth of Paul S Sarbanes; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Maryland, 1977-).
- 1933 - German Chancellor Adolf Hitler tells his top generals of his determination to conquer land, to the east.
- 1933 - German minister Göring bans social-democratic newspaper Vorwärts.
- 1934 - Birth of Jeremy Kemp in Chesterfield, England; actor (Winds of War).
- 1936 - Birth of Robert Simpson; Australian cricket player/manager (great Australian batsman/captain/coach/slip).
- 1936 - Birth of Mariclare Costello; actress (The Waltons, Sara, The Fitzgeralds).
- 1937 - Donald Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th Test Cricket versus England.
- 1938 - Armando Palacio Valdés, Spanish writer (El Cuarto Poder), dies at age 84.
- 1938 - Birth of Victor Buono in San Diego, California, USA; actor (Batman TV show, Wild Wild West TV show, Man from Atlantis, Untouchables).
- 1939 - Birth of Deszö Nowak in Hungary; soccer player (Olympics-gold-1964, 1968).
- 1940 - Birth of Fran Tarkenton in Richmond, Virginia, USA; NFL quarterback (New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings).
- 1940 - Birth of Angelo D'Aleo in New York City, New York, USA; singer (Dion and The Belmonts - "I Wonder Why", "A Teenager in Love", "Where or When".
- 1940 - Birth of Jim Hartz; newscaster (NBC-TV, Innovations, Today).
- 1941 - Birth of Bridget Hanley in Seattle, Washington, USA; actress (Here Come the Brides, Trial By Jury, Harper Valley PTA).
- 1941 - Birth of Carol Mann in Buffalo, New York, USA; golfer (LPGA Hall of Fame 1977, 1965 US Open).
- 1941 - Birth of Chuck Tharp; rock vocalist (Fireballs).
- 1941 - Birth of Gary Bartlett; cricket pace bowler (New Zealand in ten Tests in the 1960s).
- 1941 - US Supreme Court upholds Federal Wage and Hour law, sets minimum wages and maximum hours.
- 1942 - First Japanese air raid on Java.
- 1942 - Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942.
- 1943 - Birth of Blythe Danner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Butterflies are Free, Huff, Will and Grace).
- 1943 - Birth of Dennis Edwards; rocker (Temptations - "Ain't Too Proud To Beg, My Girl").
- 1943 - Birth of Eric Haydock; bassist (Hollies - "He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother").
- 1944 - Birth of Trisha Noble in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; actress (Deadline, Strike Force, Executive Suite).
- 1945 - About 1000 American B-17 bombers of the US 8th Air Force attack Berlin, Germany. A reported 25,000 civilians are killed.
- 1945 - Birth of Bob Griese; NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins, 1971 Player of Year).
- 1945 - Birth of Johnny Cymbal; rocker (Mr Bass Man).
- 1945 - Birth of Willeke Alberti [Verbruggen]; Dutch vocalist/actress (Small Truth).
- 1945 - Roland Freisler, German Nazi judge (July 20th plotter case), dies.
- 1945 - RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated and live-action feature film The Three Caballeros to theaters in the US. It includes the animated short films The Cold-Blooded Penguin, The Flying Gauchito, Baia, and Le Pinata, all with Donald Duck. After a brief initial run, Walt Disney pulls the film from general release, due to bad press reviews.
- 1947 - -81 degrees F (-63 degrees C) in Snag, Yukon (North American record).
- 1947 - Birth of Chose Alberts [Krommenhoek]; vocalist ("Yet Many Years").
- 1947 - Birth of Dave Davies in London, England; rock vocalist/guitarist (The Kinks - "Lola").
- 1947 - Birth of Joe Coleman; baseball pitcher (Washington Nationals, Detroit Tigers).
- 1947 - Birth of Koos Alberts [Krommenhoek]; Dutch vocalist ("Many More Years to Come").
- 1947 - Birth of Melanie [Safka] in Astoria, New York, USA; singer/songwriter (Candles in the Rain).
- 1947 - Birth of Paul Auster; US author/poet/director (Mr Vertigo, Smoke).
- 1947 - Birth of Stephen McHattie in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada; actor (Call Me, Death Valley, Emily of New Moon, Cold Squad, Justice League).
- 1947 - Donald Bradman bowled by Alec Bedser for a duck in fourth Test Cricket.
- 1947 - Marc A "Pete" Mitscher, American Lieutenant-Admiral (WWII-Task Force 58), dies at age 60.
- 1947 - Birth of Brenda Dickson-Weinberg; actress (The Young and The Restless).
- 1948 - Dick Button becomes first world figure skating champion from US.
- 1949 - Birth of Oscar Benton; Dutch blues vocalist/guitarist ("Ze is Zoals Jij").
- 1950 - Birth of Lizzie Borden; director/writer (Love Crimes, Working Girls).
- 1950 - Birth of Morgan Fairchild AKA Patsy McClenny in Dallas, Texas, USA; actress (Falcon Crest, Flamingo Road, Dallas).
- 1950 - Karl Seitz, President of Austria, dies at age 80.
- 1950 - American Nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs arrested on spy charges.
- 1951 - NBC TV debuts the Victor Borge Show.
- 1951 - Birth of Felipe Munoz in México; 200 metre backstroke swimmer (Olympics-gold-1968).
- 1951 - Largest purse to date in horse racing, US$144,323, won by Great Circle.
- 1952 - Birth of Fred Lynn in Chicago, Illinois, USA; baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox, California Angels, Baltimore Orioles).
- 1952 - Birth of Jack Fields; American politician (Representative-Republican-Texas, 1981-).
- 1953 - J Fred Muggs, a chimp, becomes a regular on NBC's Today Show.
- 1954 - Jeen van den Berg win Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32).
- 1956 - Autherine J Lucy is admitted to University of Alabama; suspended February 7 after a riot.
- 1956 - Birth of Nathan Lane in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; actor (Birdcage, Charlie Lawrence, Teacher's Pet, Encore! Encore! Timon - The Lion King, Mouse Hunt, One of the Boys, Frankie and Johnnie).
- 1956 - Toni Sailor becomes first Olympics skier to sweep the three alpine events.
- 1956 - Birth of Lee Ranaldo; guitarist (Sonic Youth).
- 1957 - Birth of Tony Butler; rocker (Big Country - "Wonderland").
- 1957 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open.
- 1958 - Birth of Joe Frank Edwards Junior in Richmond, Virginia, USA; Commander US Navy/astronaut (STS 89).
- 1958 - Birth of Lee Crystal; rocker (Joan Jett and Blackhearts - "Ashes in the Wind", "I Love Rock and Roll").
- 1958 - Henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at age 42.
- 1959 - Birth of Loi Tolhurst; rocker (Cure - "Hell's Kitchen").
- 1959 - Birth of Molly Killingbeck in Jamaica; 4X400 metre relayer (Olympics-silver-1984).
- 1959 - Birth of Thomas Calabro in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Michael Mancini - Melrose Place).
- 1959 - American Airlines' Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65.
- 1959 - Death of Buddy Holly AKA Charles Hardin Holley at age 22 in a plane crash in Iowa, USA; rock singer ("That'll be the Day").
- 1959 - Richie Valens, rock vocalist ("Donna", "La Bamba"), killed in plane crash in Iowa at age 17.
- 1959 - Jiles Perry Richardson AKA The Big Bopper, rocker ("Chantilly Lace"), dies in a plane crash in Iowa at age 28.
- 1960 - Birth of B J Jefferson in Dallas, Texas, USA; actress (Ronnie Laurance - Another World).
- 1961 - Anna May Wong, actress (Thief of Baghdad, Gallery of Madame Lui-Tsang), dies at age 54.
- 1961 - Birth of Keith Gordon in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Dressed to Kill, Legend of Billie Jean).
- 1961 - Viscount Dunrossil, Governor-General of Australia (1959-61), dies at age 67.
- 1962 - Birth of Joe Handle; US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins).
- 1962 - Birth of Michele Greene in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; actress (Abby Perkins - L.A. Law, The Unit).
- 1962 - John Uelses pole vaults record 489cm.
- 1962 - US President John Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food and drugs.
- 1963 - Mickey Wright win LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational.
- 1964 - "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold.
- 1964 - Black and Puerto Rican students boycott New York City public schools.
- 1965 - Birth of Dorcas Wonsavage in Madison, Wisconsin, USA; cross country skier (Olympics-1994).
- 1965 - Birth of Kathleen Kimont in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Fraternity Vacation, Renegade).
- 1965 - Birth of Maura Tierney in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Lisa - Newsradio, E.R.).
- 1965 - Milwaukee Braves offer Milwaukee US$500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier; the proposal is turned down.
- 1965 - Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 is launched into Earth orbit (552/636 km).
- 1966 - First operational weather satellite, ESSA-1, launched (US).
- 1966 - First soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9).
- 1966 - Birth of Danny Morrison; cricket pace bowler (New Zealand since 1987).
- 1966 - Birth of Sean Patrick Wade in Houston, Texas, USA; New Zealand marathon runner (Olympics-1996).
- 1966 - June Walker, actress (War Nurses), dies at age 65.
- 1967 - Birth of Aurelio Vidmar; soccer player (Standard Luik, Feyenoord).
- 1967 - Birth of Jason Morris in Scotia, New York, USA; half-middleweight judoka (Olympics-silver-1992, 1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Natalie Hunter; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; canoeist (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - ABC airs the last Father Knows Best TV show.
- 1967 - Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide.
- 1967 - Winifred Kingston, silent screen actress (David Garrick), dies at age 72.
- 1968 - Birth of Frantisek Kucera in Prague, Czechoslovakia; NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks, Olympics-gold-1998).
- 1968 - Birth of Leroy Thompson; NFL running back (Kansas City Chiefs).
- 1968 - Birth of Vlade Divac in Yugoslavia; NBA center (Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers).
- 1969 - Birth of Casey Weldon; NFL quarterback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
- 1969 - Birth of Jeff Christy; NFL center (Minnesota Vikings).
- 1969 - Birth of Robert Pack; NBA guard (Washington Bullets, Dallas Mavericks).
- 1969 - Birth of Terry Bradshaw; US baseball outfielder (Saint Louis Cardinals).
- 1969 - Eduardo C Mondlane, President of Mozambique, is murdered.
- 1969 - The Palestine National Congress appoints Yasser Arafat head of Palestinian Liberation Organization.
- 1970 - Birth of Alonza Barnett; WLAF safety (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1970 - Birth of Eric Curry; NFL defensive end (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
- 1970 - Birth of Jason Muzzatti in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; NHL goalie (Hartford Whalers).
- 1970 - Birth of Keith Carney in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks, Team US).
- 1971 - Birth of Eric Owens in Danville, Virginia, USA; outfielder (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1971 - Birth of Marcus Buckley; NFL linebacker (New York Giants).
- 1971 - Birth of Roman Cechmanek; NHL goaltender (Team Czechoslovakia Olympics-gold-1998).
- 1971 - Birth of Sean Dawkins; NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts).
- 1971 - Death of Jay C Flippen at age 72 of an aneurism during surgery; radio announcer for the New York Yankees, game show hosts, actor C.P.O. Nelson - Ensign O'Toole TV show (1962)).
- 1972 - (to February 13) The XI Olympic Winter Games are held in Sapporo, Japan.
- 1972 - Birth of Jermaine Smith; NFL defensive tackle (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31).
- 1972 - Birth of Keith Elias; NFL running back (New York Giants).
- 1972 - Birth of Tyrone Poole; NFL cornerback (Carolina Panthers).
- 1972 - John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at age 79.
- 1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1973 - Birth of Jim Campbell in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; NHL center (Anaheim Mighty Ducks).
- 1973 - Birth of Kyle Richardson; WLAF punter (Rhein Fire).
- 1973 - US President Richard Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law.
- 1973 - Death of Eli M. Black, head of United Brands Company, at age 53, falling from 44th floor of Pan Am Building in New York City.
- 1974 - Sandra Palmer win LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational.
- 1975 - Billy Herman, Earl Averill, and Bucky Harris elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1975 - John Secondari, newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at age 55.
- 1976 - 26th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-109 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1976 - Birth of Dwayne Rudd; linebacker (Minnesota Vikings).
- 1976 - Birth of Karen Bradley; Miss Rhode Island-USA (1996).
- 1976 - Neville Lindsay, cricket player (South Africa batsman in Test versus Australia 1921), dies.
- 1977 - Birth of Maitland Ward in Torrance, California; actress (Jessica - The Bold and the Beautiful).
- 1977 - Martin Dihigo John Lloyd elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1977 - Pauline Starke, actress (Dante's Inferno, Viking, Sun Up), dies at age 76.
- 1978 - Australia beats India 3-2 on 6th day of final test.
- 1979 - Jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies.
- 1979 - Minnesota Twins trade Rod Carew to California Angels for four players.
- 1979 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne.
- 1979 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner.
- 1979 - Ayatollah Khomeini creates the Council of the Islamic Revolution.
- 1980 - 30th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 144-136 (overtime) at Washington.
- 1980 - Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in six rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1980 - Muhammed Ali tours Africa as US President Jimmy Carter's envoy.
- 1981 - Australia beats New Zealand 3-1 to win World Series Cup.
- 1982 - Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888kg, Podmoscovnoe, USSR.
- 1982 - John Sharples of England finishes disco dancing 371 hours.
- 1982 - Birth of Jessica Harp; American singer (The Wreckers).
- 1982 - Syrian president Hafez al-Assad orders the army to purge the city of Harran of the Muslim Brotherhood.
- 1983 - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament for elections on March 5. Bob Hawke replaces Bill Hayden as leader of the Australian Labor Party.
- 1983 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners.
- 1984 - Birth of first baby conceived by embryo transplant, in Long Beach, California.
- 1984 - Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, killed in England.
- 1984 - Mattel announces it is selling its Intellivision video game business for US$20 million in cash to a group lead by Terrence Valeski, an executive of Mattel Electronics.
- 1984 - STS-41-B: Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on the 10th space shuttle mission.
- 1985 - Joanne Carner win LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic.
- 1986 - US President Ronald Reagan announces formation of Committee on Challenger Accident.
- 1987 - Montreal Expos trade Jeff Reardon to Minnesota Twins for Neal Heaton.
- 1987 - Death of Donald Aronow, creator of the Cigarette Boat (assassinated) (born 1927).
- 1988 - The Democrat-controlled United States House of Representatives rejects President Ronald Reagan's request for $36.25 million to support the Nicaraguan Contras.
- 1989 - After a stroke, Pieter Willem Botha resigns his party's leadership and the presidency of South Africa. Frederik Willem de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's Nationalist Party leader.
- 1989 - Death of John Cassavetes at age 59 of cirrhosis of the liver; actor/director (Husbands, Dirty Dozen, Johnny Staccato).
- 1989 - A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.
- 1989 - Start first Test Cricket, New Zealand versus Pakistan, washed out.
- 1990 - Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58) retires after 40,350 horse races.
- 1990 - New York Mets' Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Smither Center for alcohol rehabilitation.
- 1991 - Meg Mallon wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic.
- 1991 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-21.
- 1991 - Death of Nancy Kulp of cancer at age 69; actress (Miss Jane Hathaway - The Beverly Hillbillies TV show, The Brian Keith Show, Sanford and Son).
- 1993 - Cincinnati Reds' owner Marge Schott suspended for one year due to racist comments.
- 1993 - Federal trial of four police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles, California.
- 1993 - Karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish composer (8 Horse Bet), dies at age 69.
- 1994 - President Bill Clinton lifts US trade embargo against Vietnam.
- 1994 - STS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit.
- 1994 - William J. Perry is sworn in as the United States Secretary of Defense.
- 1995 - US space shuttle mission STS 63 (Discovery 19) launches into orbit.
- 1996 - Death of Audrey Meadows at age 69 of lung cancer; actress (Alice Kramden - The Honeymooners).
- 1996 - In Yunnan, China, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurs. At least 322 people killed, 3,925 seriously injured and 13,000 slightly injured. About 358,000 housing units collapsed and 654,000 others were damaged. More than 320,000 people were left homeless.
- 1997 - Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca, New York.
- 1998 - Florida Panthers' player Dino Ciccarelli is 9th NHL player to score 600 career goals.
- 1998 - Karla Faye Tucker, age 38, is executed in Texas, becoming the first to be executed in Texas since the American Civil War.
- 1998 - New York Yankees replace general manager Bob Watson with Brian Cashman.
- 1998 - A United States Military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying plane severs the cable of a cable-car.
- 2002 - Death of Al Lewis at age 89 from congestive heart failure; writer/director (Our Miss Brooks radio show (1948)).
- 2002 - The New England Patriots beat the Saint Louis Rams 20-17, in NFL Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans.
- 2004 - The US Central Intelligence Agency admits that there was no imminent threat from weapons of mass destruction before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
- 2004 - Jóannes Eidesgaard becomes Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands.
- 2005 - Alberto Gonzales wins Senate confirmation (60-36) as the USA's first Hispanic attorney general.
- 2005 - Death of Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of Georgia (born 1963).
- 2006 - Death of Al Lewis at age 95in New York, USA; actor (Grampa - The Munsters TV show, Leo Schnauser - Car 54 Where are You?).
- 2007 - State of Emergency is declared in Indonesia after 'El Nino'-like flooding.
- 2007 - A truck bombing in a crowded Baghdad, Iraq, market kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339 others.
- 2007 - The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu is found at a Bernard Matthews turkey farm in Suffolk, United Kingdom.
- 2007 - Death of Billy Henderson, American singer (The Spinners) (born 1939).
- 2008 - In Glendale, Arizona, the NFL's Super Bowl XLII is played. The New York Giants beat the previously undefeated New England Patriots with a 17-14 victory. Most Valuable Player is Giants' Quarterback Eli Manning. The telecast is viewed by 97.4 million Americans, a record for the Super Bowl and making it the second-largest TV audience, behind the MASH finale in 1983.
- 2008 - Boris Tadic is re-elected president of Serbia.
- 2009 - Iran launches Omid, a domestically-made research and telecom satellite into orbit for the first time.
- 2009 - Spectrum Brands, maker of Ray-O-Vac batteries, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US.
- 2009 - Colombian Farc rebels release former provincial governor Alan Jara, held hostage since July 2001.
- 2010 - The sculpture L'Homme qui marche I by Alberto Giacometti sells in London for 65 million pounds (US$103.7 million), setting a new world record for a work of art sold at auction.
- 2019 - Pope Francis arrives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, becoming the first pope to visit the Arabian Peninsula.
- 2020 - Albin Kurti is sworn in as prime minister of Kosovo.
- 2020 - Malawi's constitutional court nullifies the general election results of the previous May, ordering a re-run within 150 days.
- 2022 - US special forces raid Atme village in north-west Syria, killing Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi.
- 2022 - Carnival Cruise Line announces the Carnival Sensation cruise ship (built in 1991) and Carnival Ecstasy cruise ship (built in 1993) will leave the fleet.
- 2022 - Meta (parent company of Facebook) stock value drops 26.4% or US$230 billion, biggest one-day loss in history for a US company. The personal wealth of company president Mark Zuckerberg drops by about US$30 billion.
- 2023 - Death of Paco Rabanne at age 88 in Portsall, France; Spanish fashion designer (Jane Fonda, Audrey Hepburn, Brigitte Bardot).
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