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February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 331 days remaining, (332 in leap years ).
Northern hemisphere , there are 88 days in winter (in a non-leap year). We are considered halfway through winter on February 3.
Events
1451 - Murad II , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II .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.1690 - The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in America.1783 - American Revolutionary War : Spain recognizes United States independence.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 .1809 - Illinois Territory is created.1815 - The first commercial cheese factory is founded (Switzerland ).1867 - Prince Mutsuhito becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan .1870 - The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed.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.1913 - The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect 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 Germany announces a new policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.1918 - The Twin Peaks Tunnel begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world (11,920 feet long).1931 - 258 die in New Zealand 's worst natural disaster, the Napier earthquake .1941 - World War II : The Nazis forcibly restore Pierre Laval to office in occupied Vichy , France .1944 - United States troops capture the Marshall Islands .1945 - World War II : Soviet Union agrees to enter the Pacific Theatre conflict against Japan .1947 - Percival Prattis becomes the first African American news correspondent allowed in the United States House and Senate press gallery.1951 - Dick Button wins the American figure skating championship for the fourth consecutive time.1952 - The earliest known tropical storm makes landfall in South Florida .1959 - Plane crash that kills Buddy Holly , Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper . This date becomes known as "The Day The Music Died ".1966 - The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon .1969 - In Cairo , Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestinian Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress .1972 - The first Winter Olympics to be held in Asia open in Sapporo , Japan .1984 - Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on the tenth space shuttle mission.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 .1998 - Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Texas becoming the first woman executed in the United States since 1984 .1998 - A United States Marine Corps pilot causes the death of 20 skiers in Italy riding on a lift suspended by a cable snapped by the low-flying plane.2002 - Super Bowl XXXVI : The New England Patriots defeat the St. Louis Rams , 20-17, to win their first Super Bowl championship.2008 - Super Bowl XLII will take place from the new Arizona Cardinals stadium currently under construction in Glendale, Arizona .
Births 1721 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz , Prussian general (d. 1773 )1754 - George Crabbe , English poet , naturalist (d. 1832 )1809 - Felix Mendelssohn , German composer (d. 1847 )1811 - Horace Greeley , American journalist, editor, publisher (d. 1872 )1821 - Elizabeth Blackwell , first female physician in the United States (d. 1910 )1859 - Hugo Junkers , German industrialist and aircraft designer (d. 1935 )1862 - James Clark McReynolds , U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1946 )1874 - Gertrude Stein , American writer and patron of the arts (d. 1946 )1887 - Georg Trakl , Austrian poet (d. 1914 )1893 - Gaston Julia , French mathematician (d. 1978 )1894 - Norman Rockwell , American artist, illustrator (d. 1978 )1898 - Alvar Aalto , Finnish architect (d. 1976 )1904 - Pretty Boy Floyd , U.S. gangster (d. 1934 )1907 - James Michener , U.S. author (d. 1997 )1909 - Simone Weil , French philosopher (d. 1943 )1911 - Robert Earl Jones, American actor1918 - Joey Bishop , comedian, actor1918 - Helen Stephens, U.S. sprinter1924 - Andrzej Szczypiorski, writer (d. 2000 )1925 - John Fiedler , American voice over actor1926 - Shelley Berman , American comedian1927 - Val Doonican, Irish singer and entertainer1930 - Gillian Ayres , painter1932 - Peggy Ann Garner , actress (d. 1984 )1933 - Paul Sarbanes , United States Senator1938 - Victor Buono , American actor (d. 1982 )1939 - Michael Cimino , American film director1940 - Fran Tarkenton , Football Hall of Famer 1941 - Neil Bogart, music company executive (d. 1982 )1943 - Blythe Danner , actress1945 - Bob Griese , Football Hall of Famer 1947 - Paul Auster , novelist1947 - Melanie Safka , singer/songwriter 1947 - Dave Davies , British musician (The Kinks ) 1948 - Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo , East Timorian politician, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize1950 - Morgan Fairchild , actress1950 - Pamela Franklin, American actress 1956 - Nathan Lane , actor1956 - Lee Ranaldo , American musician (Sonic Youth ) 1960 - Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1993 )1965 - Maura Tierney , actress1970 - Warwick Davis , British actor1971 - Sarah Kane , playwright (d. 1999 )1974 - Miriam Yeung , actress and singer
Deaths 1014 - Sweyn I , king of Denmark (b. ca. 965 )1428 - Ashikaga Yoshimochi , Ashikaga shogun (b. 1386 )1468 - Johannes Gutenberg , German publisher (b. ca. 1390s )1889 - Belle Starr , American outlaw (b. 1848 )1924 - Woodrow Wilson , President of the United States (b. 1856 )1956 - Émile Borel , mathematician, politician, statesman, member of the French Resistance during World War II (b. 1871 )1959 - Rock and roll performers Buddy Holly (b. 1936 ), Ritchie Valens (b. 1941 ) and The Big Bopper (b. 1930 ) (plane crash)1960 - Fred Buscaglione , Italian singer and actor1964 - Sir Albert Richardson , English architect (b. 1880 )1985 - Frank Oppenheimer , American physicist1989 - John Cassavetes , American actor, director, writer (b. 1929 )1991 - Nancy Kulp , American actress1996 - Audrey Meadows , actress (b. 1926 )1998 - Karla Faye Tucker , murderess2000 - Richard Kleindienst , American politician2003 - Kid Gavilan , Cuban boxer2005 - Zurab Zhvania , Georgian Prime Minister2005 - Corrado Cardinal Bafile , oldest Cardinal ever. (b. 1903 )2005 - Ernst Mayr , evolutionary biologist (b. 1904 )
Holidays and observances February 2 - February 4 - January 3 - March 3 -- listing of all days
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February 3rd (5042 words)
of February , 699, having declared her will that her body should be buried at Hanbury; when the people of Trentham attempted to detain it by force, those of Hanbury were aided by a miracle in obtaining possession of it, and carried it for interment to their church. A great crowd of citizens, who were present, spewed an inclination to take part with the bishop, and, further irritated by some proceedings in parliament which threatened their municipal rights, they rose tumultuously next morning, and rushing first to the house of the Marshal, broke into it, and committed various acts of violence. Under the date February 3, 1651, we have, in Whitlocke's Memoriais, intelligence of the siege of Hume Castle in Berwickshire, by Colonel Fenwick, an officer of Cromwell's army.
February 2005 News (4514 words)
On February 10, 2005 , MDCH issued an order immediately suspending EizykÂ’s license pursuant to the Public Health Code, which provides for the mandatory summary suspension of a health professionalÂ’s license upon the conviction of a felony. Olszewski attended her first meeting of the Forum on February 7 in Washington, D.C. MDCH, created in 1996 , consolidated portions of the former Department of Public Health with the Department of Mental Health and the Medical Services Administration. On February 2, 2005 , MDCH issued an order summarily suspending PlattÂ’s license pursuant to the Public Health Code, which provides for the mandatory summary suspension of a health professionalÂ’s license upon the conviction of a felony.
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