February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 331 days remain until the end of the year.
We have some interesting facts & historic events all about February 3rd, including areas in religion, crime, health and more.
Keep reading for more interesting facts about February 3rd in history!
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Global Celebrations
Historic Events
What Happened On This Day – February 3
1998: 20 people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster
The wings of a low-flying U.S. military aircraft cut the aerial tramway’s cables, causing the cabin to plunge 80 meters.
1989: Paraguay’s dictator, Alfredo Stroessner, is overthrown
Stroessner had come to power in 1954 with a military coup.
1972: The deadliest snowstorm in history kills 4000
The Iran Blizzard lasted a week and left whole villages without survivors.
1969: Yasser Arafat becomes leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Even after his death in 2011, Arafat remained a highly controversial figure, many Arabs praising him as a freedom fighter while many Israelis denouncing him as a terrorist.
1966: Luna 9 touches down on the Moon
The unmanned Soviet spacecraft was the first to achieve a soft landing there.
1987: Princess Diana sitting on the fender of Charles’s vintage Aston Martin, 1987.
1983: Microsoft introducing the Mouse – 1983.
1942: German soldier giving bread to an orphaned Russian boy, 1942
It is forbidden to write about it on the Internet, and all books with references to it have been burned!
Cruel History is the dark side of history and facts that cannot be published: sects, wars, executions, maniacs, shocking moments, a life you’d never wish for!
Cruel History is the dark side of history and facts that cannot be published: sects, wars, executions, maniacs, shocking moments, a life you’d never wish for!
Leader of the American Nazi Party clashes with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Famous Birthdays
Births On This Day, February 3
1935: Johnny “Guitar” Watson, American singer, guitarist
1927: Kenneth Anger, American actor, director, author
1874: Gertrude Stein, American poet, art collector
1830: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1809: Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, conductor
Heartbreaking Deaths
Deaths On This Day, February 3
1985: Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist
1961: Anna May Wong, American actress
1924: Woodrow Wilson, American politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
1820: Gia Long, Vietnamese Emperor
1468: Johannes Gutenberg, German publisher, invented the Printing press
