Notable Historical Events on February 3rd
February 3rd Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1377 |
Cardinal Robert of Geneva (anti-pope Clemens VII) starts term |
1377 |
Mass execution of population of Cesena, Italy |
1451 |
Sultan Mehmed II (the Conqueror) inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. |
1488 |
Bartholomeus Diaz discovers Mosselbaai (Angra dos Vaqueros) |
1509 |
The Battle of Diu, between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire takes place in Diu, India. |
1576 |
Henry of Navarre (future Henry IV) escapes from Paris during the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre |
1591 |
German monarchy forms Protestant Union of Torgau |
1653 |
Cardinal Mazarin returns to Paris from exile |
1660 |
General Moncks army reaches London |
1690 |
1st paper money in America issued (colony of Mass) |
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 St Eustatia taken by British |
1783 |
Spain recognizes US independence |
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 |
Territory of Illinois organizes (including present-day Wisconsin) |
1815 |
World's 1st commercial cheese factory established, in Switzerland |
1825 |
Dutch North Sea coast floods |
1830 |
The sovereignty of Greece was confirmed in a London Protocol. |
1834 |
Wake Forest University is established. |
1836 |
Whig Party holds its 1st national convention (Albany NY) |
1844 |
Hector Berlioz' "Carnaval Romain," premieres in Paris |
1855 |
Wisconsin Supreme Ct declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional |
1860 |
Thomas Clemson takes office as 1st US superintendent of agriculture |
1864 |
Sherman's march through Mississippi |
1865 |
Hampton Roads Peace Conference, Lincoln & Stephens reach an impasse |
1867 |
Prince Mutsuhito, 14, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan (1867-1912) |
1869 |
Booth theater at 23rd & 6th opens in NYC (Romeo & Juliet) |
1870 |
US state of Iowa ratifies the 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution allowing suffrage for all races & colour |
1876 |
Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, & football |
1882 |
Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo |
1887 |
To avoid disputed natl elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act |
1892 |
Russia closes down Yeshiva of Volozhin |
1894 |
1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me |
1895 |
Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs) |
1900 |
Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Balt |
1900 |
Gubernatorial candidate William Goebel is assassinated in Frankfort, Kentucky. |
1901 |
Dutch troops under Gen Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilië on Sumatra |
1903 |
Frederick Lugard occupies Kano West Africa |
1908 |
Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act |
1908 |
Foundation of Panathinaikos in Athens, Greece. |
1913 |
16th Amendment, federal income tax, ratified |
1913 |
Golden/Cawthorne's musical "Sunshine Girl," premieres in NYC |
1915 |
Turkish & German army reach Suez Canal |
1916 |
Canada's original Parliament buildings, in Ottawa, burns down |
1916 |
Tristan Tzara publishes the Dada manifesto in Zurich Switzerland |
1917 |
US liner Housatonic is sunk by German submarine, on the same day that US President Wilson breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany |
1918 |
Twin Peaks Tunnel longest (11,920 feet) streetcar tunnel begins service |
1919 |
Herbert/Blossom's musical "Velvet Lady," premieres in NYC |
1919 |
League of Nations 1st meeting (Paris) |
1919 |
Socialist conference convenes (Berne Switzerland) |
1923 |
The Alpha Zeta chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia founded at Pennsylvania State University. |
1924 |
Alexei Ryko elected as Pres of People's commission (succeeds Lenin) |
1927 |
Uprising against regime of general Carmona in Portugal |
1928 |
Paleoanthropologist Davidson Black reports his findings on the ancient human fossils found at Zhoukoudian, China in the journal Nature and declares them to be a new species he names 'Sinanthropus pekinensis' (now known as 'Homo erectus') |
1929 |
Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam |
1930 |
William Howard Taft, resigns as chief justice for health reasons |
1930 |
The Communist Party of Vietnam is established. |
1931 |
Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia" |
1931 |
The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258 |
1933 |
1st interstate legislative conference in US opens, Washington, DC |
1933 |
German Minister Hermann Goering bans social-democratic newspaper Vorwarts |
1933 |
Marinus van der Lubbe departs to Berlin |
1937 |
Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th Test Cricket v England |
1938 |
Paul Osborn's "On Borrowed Time," premieres in NYC |
1941 |
Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage & Hour law, sets min wages & max hrs |
1942 |
1st Japanese air raid on Java |
1942 |
Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942 |
1943 |
4 chaplains drown after giving up their life jackets to others |
1944 |
World War II: United States troops capture the Marshall Islands. |
1945 |
Almost 1,000 Flying Fortresses drop 3,000 tons of bombs on Berlin |
1945 |
Walt Disney's "3 Caballeros" released |
1947 |
-81°F (-63°C), Snag Yukon (North American record) |
1947 |
1st black reporter in Congressional press gallery (Percival Prattis) |
1947 |
Bradman bowled by Alec Bedser for a duck in 4th Test Cricket |
1948 |
Dick Button becomes 1st world figure skating champion from US |
1950 |
Nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs arrested on spying charges |
1951 |
"Victor Borge Show," debuts on NBC TV |
1951 |
Dick Button wins US skating title for 6th time |
1951 |
Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle |
1951 |
Tennessee Williams' "Rose Tattoo," premieres in NYC |
1953 |
J Fred Muggs, a chimp, becomes a regular on NBC's Today Show |
1954 |
Jeen van den Berg wins Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32) |
1956 |
Autherine Lucy admitted to University of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot |
1956 |
Toni Sailor becomes 1st Olympic skier to sweep 3 alpine events |
1957 |
Patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open |
1958 |
Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3 |
1959 |
American Airlines Electra crashes in NY's East River, killing 65 |
1959 |
"The Day the Music Died" plane crash kills musicians Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, J. P. Richardson and pilot near Clear Lake Iowa. |
1961 |
6th largest snowfall in NYC history (17.4" (44.2cm)) |
1962 |
John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm |
1962 |
President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food & drugs |
1963 |
Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational |
1964 |
"Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold |
1964 |
Black & Puerto Rican students boycott NYC public schools |
1965 |
105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams |
1965 |
Geraldine McCullough wins Widener Gold Medal for Sculpture |
1965 |
Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km) |
1965 |
Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turned down |
1966 |
1st operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched US |
1966 |
1st soft landing on Moon (Soviet Luna 9) |
1967 |
"Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix |
1967 |
Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in Australia, is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne. |
1969 |
"Canterbury Tales" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 122 perfs |
1969 |
Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O'Neill announces the dissolution of the Stormont parliament and the holding of an election on 24 February 1969 |
1971 |
KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (PBS) 1st broadcast |
1971 |
There is a series of house searches by the British Army in Catholic areas of Belfast, resulting in serious rioting and gun battles |
1971 |
OPEC mandates "total embargo" against any company that rejects 55 percent tax rate |
1972 |
11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia) |
1972 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1973 |
Dr Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 & peaks at #6 |
1974 |
"Pajama Game" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 65 perfs |
1974 |
Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational |
1975 |
Billy Herman, Earl Averill, & Bucky Harris elected to Hall of Fame |
1976 |
26th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-109 at Philadelphia |
1977 |
Martin Dihigo John Lloyd elected to Hall of Fame |
1978 |
Australia beat India 3-2 on 6th day of final test |
1978 |
India needing 493 to beat Australia at Adelaide, all out 445 |
1979 |
"YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart |
1979 |
Minnesota Twins trade Rod Carew to California for 4 players |
1979 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne |
1979 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner |
1980 |
30th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 144-136 (OT) at Washington |
1980 |
Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in 6 for heavyweight boxing title |
1980 |
Mohammed Ali tours Africa as Pres Carter's envoy |
1981 |
Australia beats NZ 3-1 to win World Series Cup |
1981 |
Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway |
1982 |
Columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission |
1982 |
Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, USSR |
1982 |
John Sharples of England finishes 371 hours of disco dancing |
1982 |
Porn star John Holmes ordered to stand trial for murder |
1983 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners |
1984 |
10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B)-Challenger 4 launched |
1985 |
"Harrigan 'n Hart" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances |
1985 |
Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic |
1986 |
US President Reagan announces formation of Comm on Challenger Accident |
1986 |
OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) fails to agree upon a production accord after a two-day meeting in Vienna |
1987 |
Expos trade Jeff Reardon to Twins for Neal Heaton |
1987 |
SD Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup |
1989 |
Bill White named NL president; 1st black major-league sports head |
1989 |
Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay |
1989 |
Start 1st Test Cricket, NZ v Pak, washed out |
1990 |
Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation |
1990 |
Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race |
1991 |
Meg Mallon wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic |
1991 |
NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-21 |
1992 |
Defense opens calling Noriega "our ally in war on drugs" |
1992 |
Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends |
1992 |
Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week |
1993 |
Cin Red owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments |
1993 |
General Hospital's Tristan Rogers convicted of drunk driving |
1993 |
Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in LA Calif |
1994 |
"Les Miserables," opens at Kallang Theatre, Singapore |
1994 |
President Bill Clinton lifts US trade embargo against Vietnam |
1994 |
STS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit |
1995 |
STS 63 (Discovery 19), launches into orbit |
1997 |
Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca NY |
1997 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Detroit MI on WKRK 97.1 FM |
1998 |
Florida Panther Dino Ciccarelli's is 9th NHLer to score 600 career goals |
1998 |
NY Yankees replace general manager Bob Watson with Brian Cashman |
1998 |
Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale in Britain |
1998 |
US military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20 |
1998 |
Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, violates probation with 14 year-old father of her baby |
1998 |
Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Texas becoming the first woman executed in the United States since 1984. |
1999 |
In Jammu and Kashmir the political party Democratic Janata Dal (Jammu and Kashmir) is revived. |
2002 |
Super Bowl XXXVI: New England Patriots beat St. Louis Rams, 20-17 at the Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans MVP: Tom Brady, New England, QB |
2007 |
A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339. |
2008 |
Super Bowl XLII: New York Giants beat New England Patriots, 17-14 at the University of Phoenix Stadium MVP: Eli Manning, New York, QB |
2011 |
All available blocks of IPv4 internet addresses are officially distributed to regional authorities. |
2013 |
33 people are killed by a suicide bombing by an explosive-packed truck in Kirkuk, Iraq |
2013 |
Super Bowl XLVII: Baltimore Ravens beat San Francisco 49ers, 34-31 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome MVP: Joe Flacco, Baltimore, QB |
2014 |
2 students are shot & killed in a school shooting in Moscow |
2016 |
China Urges Restraint Over North Korea Rocket Launch |
2016 |
South Korea Warns North Korea Not to Launch Satellite |
2016 |
Syria Peace Talks Are Halted 2 Days After Starting |
2016 |
Donald Trump: Ted Cruz 'stole' Iowa caucuses |
2016 |
Ex-NFL player Ken Stabler had concussion disease CTE, doctor says |
2016 |
Israeli policewoman, 3 Palestinian attackers killed in Jerusalem shootout |
2017 |
White House says Israeli settlement building may not help peace |
2017 |
Nordstrom plans to drop Ivanka Trump's fashion line |
2017 |
Snapchat parent files for $3 billion IPO |
2017 |
Uber CEO leaves Trump's economic advisory council |
2017 |
Mexican woman returns her US visa in protest at Trump |
2018 |
Trump escalates fight over Russia probe, approves release of secret memo |
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