Birthdates Which Occur on February 3:
1368 Charles VI King of France (1380-1422)
1525 Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina composer
1648 Louis Bouteiller composer
1655 Fran‡ois Fagel fieldmarshal, baptized
1736 Johann G Albrechtsberger Austria organist/composer
1740 Guillaume Lasceux composer
1755 Florido Tomeoni composer
1763 Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author
1805 Otto T Freiherr von Manteuffel premier Prussia
1807 Joseph Eggleston Johnston Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1809 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hamburg Germ, composer (Great Scherzos)
1811 Horace Greeley editor ("Go west, young man")
1817 Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent composer
and Samuel Ryan Curtis Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866
1820 Elisha Kent Kane US Arctic explorer (Kane Basin off NW Greenland)
1821 Elizabeth Blackwell Bristol England, 1st woman physician
1823 Spencer F Baird US biologist (Wood's Hole Station)
1824 George Thomas "Tige" Anderson Brig General (Confederate Army)
and Nathan George "Shanks" Evans Brig Gen (Confederacy), died in 1868
1826 Walter Bagehot England, economist/sociologist
1830 Robert Cecil Marquess of Salisbury (C), British PM (1885-1902)
1831 Cyrus Ballou Comstock Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1910
1833 Thomas T H Jorissen Dutch historian
1842 Sidney Clopton Lanier US, composer/poet (Hall of Fame)
1851 Johannes B van Heutsz lt-gen/gov-gen Dutch East Indies
1861 L‚opold Courouble Belgian writer (Family Kaekebroeck)
1865 Martinus Ballings Flemish jesuit/author (Wilskracht)
1868 Damaso Ledesma composer
1870 Ada Negri Italian poet/author (Il libro di Mara)
1873 Ernest B Allo French theologist
1874 Franklyn Dyall Liverpool England, actor (Easy Virtue)
and Gertrude Stein Penn, author (Autobiography of Alice B Toklas)
1878 Joseph Gordon Coates PM of New Zealand (1925-28)
1879 Charles Follis 1st black US football player (Shelby, Ohio)
1880 Arnoldus JH Aerts bishop of Neth-Guinea (1920-42)
1882 Tr˜ntje Jansma-Boskma oldest person in Netherland)
1883 Camille Bombois French circus wrestler/painter
and Clarence Mulford Ill, western writer (Hopalong Cassidy)
1886 Erwin Kroll composer
1887 Carlo Jachino composer
and Georg Trakl Austrian poet (Autumn of the Lonely)
and Silvio d'Amico Italian theater critic (Tramonto del grande attore)
1888 Joris Baers Flemish bibliography/founder (Boekengids)
1889 Carl Theodor Dreyer Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'arc)
and Risto Ryti Finnish premier/president
1890 Charles [Andy] Correll Peoria Ill, actor (Calvin & Colonel)
and Heinrich Barth Swiss philosopher (Problem des B”sen)
1891 Jan Donner Dutch minister of Justice (1926-33)
and Peter H "Paul" Huf actor/director (Great Neth Stage)
1894 Juan Negr¡n PM of Spanish Republic (1936-39)
and Norman Rockwell US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers)
1895 Nick Kenny Astoria NYC, columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show)
and Victor Raul Haya de la Torre politician (APRA-Peru) [or Feb 22]
1898 Alvar Aalto Finland, architect (Finlandia House)
and Paul Urysohn Russian mathematician
1899 Forrest "Red" DeBernardi basketball hall of famer (elected 1961)
19-- Brenda Dickson Long Beach Ca, actress (Young & Restless, Deathmaster)
and Joel Bartlett KPIX (Channel 5) weatherman
and Mariclare Costello Peoria IL, actress (Rosemary-Waltons)
and Maura Tierney Boston, actress (Lisa-Newsradio)
and Mike Horner XXX actor (Queen of Mean, Adultery, Beefeaters, Unveiled)
and Stephen McHattie Nova Scotia, actor (Call Me, Death Valley)
and Thomas Calabro Bkln NY, actor (Michael Mancini-Melrose Place)
and Trisha Noble Sydney Australia, actress (Executive Suite)
1900 Mabel Mercer English cabaret vocalist (Fly Me to the Moon)
1902 Ram¢n [J] Sender [Garc‚s], Spanish writer (El Lugar del Hombre)
1903 Priaulx Rainier composer
and Walter Linck Swiss sculptor
1904 Charlie "Pretty Boy" Floyd FBI Most Wanted criminal
and Luigi Dallapiccola Pisino Istria, Italian composer
1906 Ludvig Nielsen composer
1907 James A Michner NYC, writer (South Pacific, Hawaii, Space)
1908 Oddbj”rn Hagen Norway, cross country jumper (Olympic-gold-1936)
1909 M Vasalis [Margaretha Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans), poet
and Simone Weil Paris, mystic/social philosopher/Resistance fighter
1910 Blas Galindo Dimas San Gabriel M‚xico, composer (A la Patria)
and Nelson Case Long Beach Calif, TV host (Trash or Treasure)
1911 Jehan [Ariste] Alain French organist/composer
1912 Jacques Soustelle French minister of information
1914 Cornelis "Kees" Andr‚a Dutch painter/graphic artist/carpet designer
1915 Richard Bales composer
1918 Joey Bishop [Gottlieb], Bronx, talk show host (Joey Bishop Show)
1920 Bibi Osterwald New Brunswick NJ, actress (Bridget Loves Bernie)
and Henry Heimlich doctor/inventor (Heimlich maneuver)
and Stan Ockers Belgian bicyclist (Tour de France 1955, 56)
1922 Bill Chappell Jr (Rep-D-FL, 1969- )
and Jean-Pierre Rampal flutist (Italian Flute Concertos)
1925 John Fiedler Platville Wisc, actor (Mr Peterson-Newhart)
and Joop C Swart Dutch publisher/founder (World Press Photo)
1926 Arthur Arfons auto racer/designer (Green Monster 1964-536.71 MPH)
and Hans-Jochen Vogel leader of West Germany's Social Democrats (SPD)
and J Roy Rowland (Rep-D-GA, 1983- )
and Shelley Berman Chicago, comedian (Son of Blob, Love American Style)
1928 Mr [Fred] Rogers Latrobe, Pa, kid host (Mr Roger's Neighorhood)
1929 Russell Arms Berkeley Calif, vocalist (Your Hit Parade)
1931 G”ran JS Palm Swedish poet/writer (Hudens Bes”k)
1932 Maria Itkina USSR, sprinter (9 world records)
and Peggy Ann Garner Canton Ohio, actress (Little Women, Daisy Kenyon)
1933 Paul S Sarbanes (Sen-D-MD, 1977- )
1934 Jeremy Kemp Chesterfield England, actor (Winds of War)
1935 Johnny "Guitar" Watson rocker guitarist
1938 V G Fartushny cosmonaut
and Victor Buono SD Calif, actor (Man from Atlantis, Untouchables)
1939 Desz” Nowak Hungary, soccer play (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
and V Y Preobrazhensky cosmonaut
1940 Fran Tarkenton Richmond Va, NFL QB (NY Giants, Minn Vikings)
and Jim Hartz newscaster (NBC-TV, Innovations)
1941 Angelo D'Aleo Bronx, tenor (Dion & Belmonts-Teenager in Love)
and Bridget Hanley Minneapolis Mn, actress (Here Come the Brides)
and Carol Mann Buffalo NY, golfer (LPGA Hall of Fame 1977, 1965 US Open)
1943 Blythe Danner Philadelphia, actress (Butterflies are Free)
and Dennis Edwards rocker (Temptations-Aint Too Proud To Beg, My Girl)
and Eric Haydock bassist (Hollies-He Aint Heavy He's My Brother)
1945 Bob Griese NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins, 1971 Player of Year)
and Johnny Cymbal rocker (Mr Bass Man)
and Willeke Alberti [Verbruggen], Dutch vocalist/actress (Small Truth)
1947 Chose Alberts [Krommenhoek], vocalist (Yet Many Years)
and Dave Davies London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Kinks-Lola)
and Joe Coleman baseball pitcher (Washington, Detroit)
and Koos Alberts [Krommenhoek], Dutch vocalist (Yet Many Years)
and Melanie [Safka], Astoria, vocalist/songwriter (Candles in Rain)
1949 Oscar Benton [Ferdinand van Eis], Dutch blues vocalist/guitarist
1950 Lizzie Borden director/writer (Love Crimes, Working Girls)
and Morgan Fairchild [Patsy McClenny], Dallas Tx, actress (Falcon Crest)
1951 Felipe Munoz M‚xico, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1968)
1952 Fred Lynn Chicago, baseball outfielder (Boston, Calif, Baltimore)
and Jack Fields (Rep-R-TX, 1981- )
1956 Nathan Lane Jersey NJ, actor (One of the Boys, Frankie & Johnnie)
and Pamela Cossey England, model/sister of transsexual Tula
1958 Lee Crystal rocker (Joan Jett & Blackhearts-Ashes in the Wind)
1959 Loi Tolhurst rocker (Cure-Hell's Kitchen)
and Molly Killingbeck Jamaica, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984)
1960 B J Jefferson Dallas Tx, actress (Ronnie Laurance-Another World)
and Richard Kotzen rocker
1961 Keith Gordon NYC, actor (Dressed to Kill, Legend of Billie Jean)
1962 Michele Greene Las Vegas Nevada, actress (Abby Perkins-LA Law)
1965 Dorcas Wonsavage Madison Wis, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
and Kathleen Kimont LA Calif, actress (Fraternity Vacation, Renegade)
1977 Maitland Ward US actress (Bold & the Beautiful)
1990 Cody Newton Gifford son of Kathie Lee & Frank Gifford
Deaths Which Occured February 3:
474 Leo I Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies
865 Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint
1399 Jan of Ghent duke of Lancaster/king of Castili‰ & Le¢n, dies
1451 Murad II sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies
1468 Johann Gensfleisch Gutenberg printer, dies
1536 Garc¡a de Resende Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies
1558 Alfonsus de Castro Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies
1602 Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at 62
1679 John Havicksz Stone painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at about 52
1697 Sjoucke Gabbes Fries sailor (Dirk-Hartogeiland), dies
1715 Gottfried Vopelius composer, dies at 70
1748 Henri Madin composer, dies at 49
1803 Pedro R de Campomanes Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79
1814 Johann Antonin Kozeluch composer, dies at 75
1832 George Crabbe English vicar/poet (Borough), dies at 77
1846 Joseph Weigl Austria composer/conductor (Tie Waisenhaus), dies at 79
1853 August Kopisch German writer (M„useturm), dies at 53
1862 Jean-Baptiste Biot French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87
1875 Everhardus J Potgieter writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies
1876 Gino Capponi Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83
1882 Guglielmo Quarenghi composer, dies at 55
1889 Belle Starr US female gangster, murdered at 40
1890 Christophorus HD Buys Ballot meteorologist, dies at 72
1900 Ottokar Eugen Novacek composer, dies at 33
1902 Isaac Frenchn van der Putten premier 1866/minister of Cologne, dies
1903 Frederick E Kitziger composer, dies at 59
1909 Johann Georg Herzog composer, dies at 86
1921 Max Wilhelm Zach composer, dies at 56
1922 Christian R de Law South African Boer general, dies at 67
1924 Woodrow Wilson 28th pres (1913-21), dies at his home in Wash at 68
1925 Jap Eden world champion bicyclist/skater, dies
1931 Hans Schardt Swiss geologist, dies at 72
1938 Armando Palacio Vald‚s Spanish writer (El Cuarto Poder), dies at 84
1943 Alexander Goode rabbi who surrended his life jacket, drowns
1945 Jose Rolon composer, dies at 62
Roland Freisler German judge (July 20th plotter), dies
1947 Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg Austrian soprano/director, dies at 74
Marc A "Pete" Mitscher US lt-adm (WW II-Task Force 58), dies at 60
1950 Karl Seitz president of Austria, dies
1958 Henry Kuttner sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42
John F Buziau cabaret performer, dies at 81
1959 Big Bopper rocker, dies in plane crash at 28
Buddy [Charles H] Holly US singer (That'll Be the Day), dies at 22
Richie Valens rock vocalist (Donna), killed in plane crash at 17
1960 John G Golden church reformed vicar dies at 80
1961 Anna May Wong actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54
Viscount Dunrossil Gov-Gen of Australia, dies at 67
1966 June Walker actress (War Nurses), dies at 65
1967 Joe Meek rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide
Winifred Kingston silent screen actress (David Garrick), dies at 72
1969 Eduardo C Mondlane president of Mozambique, murdered
1971 Jay C Flippen actor (Ensign O'Toole), dies at 72
1972 John Litel actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79
1973 Edward Lockspeiser composer, dies at 67
1975 John Secondari newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at 55
Robert Evett composer, dies at 52
1977 Pauline Starke actress (Dante's Inferno, Viking, Sun Up), dies at 76
1979 Jody Gilbert actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies
1984 Anne Townsend lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies
Ravindara Mhatrem Indian diplomat, killed in England
1989 John Cassavetes actor/director (Husbands, Dirty Dozen), dies at 59
1991 Nancy Kulp actress (Jane Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69
1993 Karel Goeyvaerts Flemish composer (8 Horse Bet), dies
Holidays Which Occur February 3:
Japan Bean throwing Festival/Setsubun (last day of lunar cal winter)
Paraguay Patron's Day/San Blas, patr¢n
Puerto Rico Fiesta de San Blas, protector of harvest (316)
US 4 Chaplains Memorial Day
Religious Observances on February 3:
RC Bathilde, wife of king Clovis II/founder abbey Corbie
RC Blasius, bishop of Sebaste/martyr?
RC Hadalinus, patron of Vis‚/founder convent Celles, Dinant
316 RC Memorial of St Blase, bishop of Sebaste, Armenia, martyr (opt)
619 Christian Feast of St Laurentius, 2nd abp of Canterbury (604-619)
865 RC, Ang, Luth Memorial of Anskar, Hamburg archbsp, msny Denmk/Swed
Things to Remember for February 3:
Biorhythm Health Month-National Meat Month
Flowers-violet & primrose Gem-amethyst
National Cherry-American Heart-TV Sweeps & Black History Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Februarius; Kalend Feb
[Plains Indians] Hunger Moon month
16 Days Astrological sign: Aquarius
[Ancient Rome] a d iij Non Feb
Highlights in History Which Occur February 3:
1377 Mass execution of population of Cesena Italy
1488 Bartholomeus Diaz discovers Mosselbaai (Angra dos Vaqueros)
1547 Russian czar Ivan IV (17) marries Anastasia Romanova
1576 Henry of Navarre (future Henry IV) escapes from Paris
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 States-General forbid export of windmills
1781 Dutch West Indies island of St Eustatia taken by British
1783 Spain recognizes US independence
1809 Territory of Illinois organized
1815 World's 1st commercial cheese factory established, in Switzerland
1823 Opera "Semiramide" premieres in Venice
1825 Dutch North Sea floods
1836 Whig Party holds its 1st national convention, Albany NY
1844 Hector Berlioz' "Le Carnaval Romain," premieres
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
1869 Booth theater at 23rd & 6th opens in NYC (Romeo & Juliet)
1870 15th Amendment (Black suffrage) passed
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)
1901 Dutch troops under Gen Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilia
1903 Frederick Lugard occupies Canoe West Africa
1908 Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act
1911 J Helffrich discovers asteroids #708 Raphaela & #709 Fringilla
1913 16th Amendment, federal income tax, ratified
and Golden/Cawthornes musical "Sunshine Girl," premieres in NYC
1915 Turks attack on Suez Canal, fails
1916 Canada's original Parliament buildings, in Ottawa, burns down
and Tristan Tzar publishes Dada-manifest in Zurich Switzerland
1917 US broke diplomatic relations with Germany
1918 Twin Peaks Tunnel longest (11,920') streetcar tunnel begins service
1919 Herbert/Blossoms musical "Velvet Lady," premieres in NYC
and Socialist conference in Berne Switzerland
1921 J Comas Sola discovers asteroid #945 Barcelona
1924 Alexei Ryko elected as Pres of People's commission (succeeds Lenin)
1927 Uprising against regime of general Carmona in Portugal
1929 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1145 Robelmonte
and Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam
1930 Vietnamese Communistic Party forms
and 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 state "apex of moronia"
1933 1st interstate legislative conference in US opens, Washington, DC
and German minister G”ring bans social-democratic newspaper Vorw„rts
and Marinus van der Lubbe departs to Berlin
1935 S Arend discovers asteroids #1352 Wawel, #1969 Alain & #2689 Bruxelles
1938 Paul Osborn's "On Borrowed Time," premieres in NYC
1942 1st Japanese air raid on Java
1943 4 chaplains drown after giving up their life jackets to others
1945 Almost 1000 Flying Fortresses drop 3000 ton bombs on Berlin
and Walt Disney's "3 Caballeros" released
1947 -81øF (-63øC), Snag Yukon (North American record)
and 1st black reporter in Congressional press gallery (Percival Prattis)
1948 Dick Button becomes 1st world figure skating champion from US
1950 Nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs arrested on spy charges
1951 Dick Button wins US skating title for 6th time
and Tennessee Williams' "Rose Tattoo," premieres in NYC
1953 J Fred Muggs, a chimp, becomes a regular on Today Show
1954 Jeen Van de Bergen wins Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race
1956 Autherine J Lucy admitted to U of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot
and Toni Sailor becomes 1st Olympic skier to sweep 3 alpine events
1959 American Airlines Electra crashes in NY's East River, killing 65
1961 6th largest snowfall in NYC history (17.4" (44.2cm))
1962 John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm
and Pres Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food & drugs
1964 "Meet the Beatles," goes gold
and Black & Puerto Rican students boycott NYC public schools
1965 Geraldine McCullough wins Widener Gold Medal for Sculpture
and Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km)
1966 1st operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched US
and 1st soft landing on Moon (Soviet Luna 9)
1971 KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (PBS) 1st broadcast
1972 11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia)
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 Minnesota Twins trade Rod Carew to California for 4 players
1980 Mohammed Ali tours Africa as Pres Carter's envoy
1981 Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway
1982 Columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission
and Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, USSR
and John Sharples of England finishes disco dancing 371 hours
and Porn star John Holmes ordered to stand trial for murder
1984 10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B)-Challenger 4 launched
and 1st baby conceived by embryo transplant born in Long Beach, Calif
1986 Pres Reagan announces formation of Comm on Challenger Accident
1989 Bill White named NL president; 1st black major-league sports head
and Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay
1990 Darryl Strawberry enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation
and Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race
and NY Met Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Alcohol rehab center
1992 Defense opens calling Noriega "our ally in war on drugs"
and Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends
and Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week
1993 Cin Red owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments
1994 Actor Jean-Claude van Damme (32) weds Darcy Lapier (28) in Bangkok
and STS-63 (Discovery) launches into orbit
1959 American Airlines Electra crashes in New York's East River,
killing 65.
Your Special Reminders for February 3:
1955 0øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1991 64øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 34th day of the year with 331 days left (Numerology = 5)
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