February 3rd
February 3, 2002 Super Bowl XXXVI, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, New England Patriots beat St. Louis Rams 20-17
February 3, 1998 Florida Panther Dino Ciccarelli's is 9th NHLer to score 600 career goals
February 3, 1998 New York Yankees replace general manager Bob Watson with Brian Cashman
February 3, 1998 Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain
February 3, 1998 U.S. military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20
February 3, 1997 Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca New York
February 3, 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Detroit Michigan on WKRK 97.1 FM
February 3, 1995 STS 63 (Discovery 19), launches into orbit
February 3, 1994 "Les Miserables," opens at Kallang Theatre, Singapore
February 3, 1994 Actor Jean-Claude van Damme (32) weds Darcy Lapier (28) in Bangkok
February 3, 1994 President Bill Clinton lifts U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam
February 3, 1994 STS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit
February 3, 1993 Cincinnati Red owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments
February 3, 1993 Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles California
February 3, 1992 Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends
February 3, 1992 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week
February 3, 1991 Meg Mallon wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
February 3, 1991 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-21
February 3, 1990 Darryl Strawberry enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation
February 3, 1990 Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race
February 3, 1990 New York Met Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Alcohol rehab center
February 3, 1989 Bill White named NL president; 1st black major-league sports head
February 3, 1989 Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay
February 3, 1989 Start 1st Test Cricket, NZ vs. Pak, washed out
February 3, 1987 Expos trade Jeff Reardon to Twins for Neal Heaton
February 3, 1987 San Diego Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup
February 3, 1986 President Reagan announces formation of Commission on Challenger Accident
February 3, 1985 "Harrigan 'n Hart" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 5 performances
February 3, 1985 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
February 3, 1984 10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B)-Challenger 4 launched
February 3, 1983 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners
February 3, 1982 Columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission
February 3, 1982 Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, U.S.S.R.
February 3, 1982 John Sharples of England finishes disco dancing 371 hours
February 3, 1981 Australia beats NZ 3-1 to win World Series Cup
February 3, 1981 Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway
February 3, 1980 30th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 144-136 (OT) at Washington
February 3, 1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
February 3, 1980 Mohammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy
February 3, 1979 "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart
February 3, 1979 Minnesota Twins trade Rod Carew to California for 4 players
February 3, 1979 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
February 3, 1979 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
February 3, 1978 Australia beat India 3-2 on 6th day of final test
February 3, 1978 India needing 493 to beat Australia at Adelaide, all out 445
February 3, 1977 Martin Dihigo John Lloyd elected to Hall of Fame
February 3, 1976 26th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-109 at Philadelphia
February 3, 1975 Billy Herman, Earl Averill, and Bucky Harris elected to Hall of Fame
February 3, 1974 "Pajama Game" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 65 performances
February 3, 1974 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
February 3, 1973 Dr. Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 and peaks at #6
February 3, 1973 President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law
February 3, 1972 11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia)
February 3, 1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
February 3, 1971 KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (PBS) 1st broadcast
February 3, 1969 "Canterbury Tales" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 122 performances
February 3, 1969 The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO
February 3, 1967 "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix
February 3, 1966 1st operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched U.S.
February 3, 1966 1st soft landing on Moon (Soviet Luna 9)
February 3, 1965 105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams
February 3, 1965 Geraldine McCullough wins Widener Gold Medal for Sculpture
February 3, 1965 Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km)
February 3, 1965 Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turned down
February 3, 1964 "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold
February 3, 1964 Black and Puerto Rican students boycott New York City public schools
February 3, 1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
February 3, 1962 John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm
February 3, 1962 President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food and drugs
February 3, 1961 6th largest snowfall in New York City history (17.4" (44.2cm))
February 3, 1959 American Airlines Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65
February 3, 1958 Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart and peaks at #3
February 3, 1957 Patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open
February 3, 1956 Autherine J Lucy admitted to University of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot
February 3, 1956 Toni Sailor becomes 1st Olympic skier to sweep 3 alpine events
February 3, 1954 Jeen van den Berg wins Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32)
February 3, 1953 J. Fred Muggs, a chimp, becomes a regular on NBC's Today Show
February 3, 1951 "Victor Borge Show," debuts on NBC TV
February 3, 1951 Dick Button wins U.S. skating title for 6th time
February 3, 1951 Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle
February 3, 1951 Tennessee Williams' "Rose Tattoo," premieres in New York City
February 3, 1950 Nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs arrested on spy charges
February 3, 1948 Dick Button becomes 1st world figure skating champion from US
February 3, 1947 -81 degrees F (-63 degrees C), Snag Yukon (North American record)
February 3, 1947 1st black reporter in Congressional press gallery (Percival Prattis)
February 3, 1947 Bradman bowled by Alec Bedser for a duck in 4th Test Cricket
February 3, 1945 Almost 1000 Flying Fortresses drop 3000 ton bombs on Berlin
February 3, 1945 Walt Disney's "3 Caballeros" released
February 3, 1943 4 chaplains drown after giving up their life jackets to others
February 3, 1942 1st Japanese air raid on Java
February 3, 1942 Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942
February 3, 1941 Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour law, sets min wages and max hrs
February 3, 1938 Paul Osborn's "On Borrowed Time," premieres in New York City
February 3, 1937 Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th Test Cricket vs. England
February 3, 1933 1st interstate legislative conference in U.S. opens, Washington, D.C.
February 3, 1933 German minister Goering bans social-democratic newspaper Vorwarts
February 3, 1933 Marinus van der Lubbe departs to Berlin
February 3, 1931 Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia"
February 3, 1930 Vietnamese Communistic Party forms
February 3, 1930 William Howard Taft, resigns as chief justice for health reasons
February 3, 1929 Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam
February 3, 1927 Uprising against regime of general Carmona in Portugal
February 3, 1924 Alexei Ryko elected as President of People's commission (succeeds Lenin)
February 3, 1919 Herbert/Blossom's musical "Velvet Lady," premieres in New York City
February 3, 1919 League of Nations 1st meeting (Paris)
February 3, 1919 Socialist conference convenes (Berne Switzerland)
February 3, 1918 Twin Peaks Tunnel longest (11,920') streetcar tunnel begins service
February 3, 1917 US liner Housatonic sunk by German sub and diplomatic relations severed
February 3, 1916 Canada's original Parliament buildings, in Ottawa, burns down
February 3, 1916 Tristan Tzar publishes Dada-manifest in Zurich Switzerland
February 3, 1915 Turkish and German army reach Suez Canal
February 3, 1913 16th Amendment, federal income tax, ratified
February 3, 1913 Golden/Cawthorne's musical "Sunshine Girl," premieres in New York City
February 3, 1908 Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act
February 3, 1903 Frederick Lugard occupies Kano West Africa
February 3, 1901 Dutch troops under Gen Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilie on Sumatra
February 3, 1900 Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Balt
February 3, 1895 Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs)
February 3, 1894 1st U.S. steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me
February 3, 1892 Russia closes down Yeshiva of Volozhin
February 3, 1887 To avoid disputed national elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act
February 3, 1882 Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo
February 3, 1876 Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football
February 3, 1870 15th Amendment (Black suffrage) passed
February 3, 1869 Booth theater at 23rd and 6th opens in New York City (Romeo and Juliet)
February 3, 1867 Prince Mutsuhito, 14, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan (1867-1912)
February 3, 1865 Hampton Roads Peace Conference, Lincoln and Stephens reach an impasse
February 3, 1864 Sherman's march through Mississippi
February 3, 1860 Thomas Clemson takes office as 1st U.S. superintendent of agriculture