February 3rd All Events |
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| February 3rd, 2008 (February 03 2008) | Death | Douglas Fraser, Scottish pilot (born in 1916) | |
| February 3rd, 2007 (February 03 2007) | Event | A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339. | |
| February 3rd, 2007 (February 03 2007) | Death | Pedro Knight, Cuban-American musician, husband of legendary singer Celia Cruz (born in 1921) | |
| February 3rd, 2007 (February 03 2007) | Death | Ralph de Toledano, Moroccan-born American political columnist and author (born in 1916) | |
| February 3rd, 2007 (February 03 2007) | Death | George Becker, American president of United Steelworkers (1993-2001) (born in 1928) | |
| February 3rd, 2006 (February 03 2006) | Death | Al Lewis, American actor (born in 1923) | |
| February 3rd, 2005 (February 03 2005) | Death | Corrado Cardinal Bafile, Italian Catholic cardinal (born in 1903) | |
| February 3rd, 2005 (February 03 2005) | Death | Ernst Mayr, German-born biologist (born in 1904) | |
| February 3rd, 2005 (February 03 2005) | Death | Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of Georgia (born in 1963) | |
| February 3rd, 2004 (February 03 2004) | Death | Jason Raize, American musical theatre actor (born in 1975) | |
| February 3rd, 2003 (February 03 2003) | Death | Lana Clarkson, American actress (born in 1962) | |
| February 3rd, 2000 (February 03 2000) | Death | Richard Kleindienst, American politician (born in 1923) | |
| February 3rd, 1999 (February 03 1999) | Event | In Jammu and Kashmir the political party Democratic Janata Dal (Jammu and Kashmir) is revived. | |
| February 3rd, 1998 (February 03 1998) | Event | Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Texas becoming the first woman executed in the United States since 1984. | |
| February 3rd, 1998 (February 03 1998) | Event | Cavalese cable-car disaster: a United States Military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car near Trento, Italy. | |
| February 3rd, 1998 (February 03 1998) | Death | Karla Faye Tucker, American murderer (born in 1959) | |
| February 3rd, 1996 (February 03 1996) | Death | Audrey Meadows, American actress (born in 1926) | |
| February 3rd, 1993 (February 03 1993) | Death | Paul Emery, British racing driver (born in 1916) | |
| February 3rd, 1991 (February 03 1991) | Event | The Italian Communist Party dissolves and splits into the Democratic Party of the Left and the Communist Refoundation Party. | |
| February 3rd, 1991 (February 03 1991) | Death | Harry Ackerman, American TV executive producer (born in 1912) | |
| February 3rd, 1991 (February 03 1991) | Death | Nancy Kulp, American actress (born in 1921) | |
| February 3rd, 1990 (February 03 1990) | Birth | Sean Kingston, American reggae rapper | |
| February 3rd, 1989 (February 03 1989) | Event | After a stroke, P.W. Botha resigns party leadership and the presidency of South Africa. | |
| February 3rd, 1989 (February 03 1989) | Event | A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954. | |
| February 3rd, 1989 (February 03 1989) | Birth | Slobodan Rajkovic, Serbian footballer | |
| February 3rd, 1989 (February 03 1989) | Birth | Ryne Sanborn, American actor | |
| February 3rd, 1989 (February 03 1989) | Death | John Cassavetes, American actor (born in 1929) | |
| February 3rd, 1989 (February 03 1989) | Death | Lionel Newman, American movie music orchestra leader, composer and arranger (born in 1916) | |
| February 3rd, 1988 (February 03 1988) | Event | Iran-Contra Affair: The United States House of Representatives rejects President Ronald Reagan s request for $36.25 million to aid Nicaraguan Contras. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| February 3rd, 1985 (February 03 1985) | Death | Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist (born in 1912) | |
| February 3rd, 1984 (February 03 1984) | Event | Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B MissionAstronauts, Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make first untethered spacewalks using the Manned Maneuvering Unit. | |
| February 3rd, 1983 (February 03 1983) | Birth | Richard Bartel, National Football League quarterback | |
| February 3rd, 1983 (February 03 1983) | Birth | Silambarasan Rajendar,famous south Indian actor | |
| February 3rd, 1982 (February 03 1982) | Birth | Alan Gurr, Australian V8 Supercar driver | |
| February 3rd, 1982 (February 03 1982) | Birth | Jessica Harp, American singer (The Wreckers) | |
| February 3rd, 1981 (February 03 1981) | Birth | Alisa Reyes, American actress and singer | |
| February 3rd, 1981 (February 03 1981) | Birth | Maurice Ross, Scottish footballer | |
| February 3rd, 1980 (February 03 1980) | Birth | Sarah Lewitinn, American writer | |
| February 3rd, 1978 (February 03 1978) | Birth | Adrian R Mante, American actor | |
| February 3rd, 1978 (February 03 1978) | Birth | Eliza Schneider, American actress and singer | |
| February 3rd, 1977 (February 03 1977) | Birth | Daddy Yankee , reggaeton singer/rapper. | |
| February 3rd, 1976 (February 03 1976) | Birth | Mathieu Dandenault, Canadian hockey player | |
| February 3rd, 1976 (February 03 1976) | Birth | Isla Fisher, Australian actress | |
| February 3rd, 1976 (February 03 1976) | Birth | Dwayne Rudd, American football player | |
| February 3rd, 1975 (February 03 1975) | Death | Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer (born in 1904) | |
| February 3rd, 1974 (February 03 1974) | Birth | Konrad Galka, Polish swimmer | |
| February 3rd, 1974 (February 03 1974) | Birth | Miriam Yeung, Hong Kong actress | |
| February 3rd, 1973 (February 03 1973) | Birth | Ilana Sod, Mexican journalist | |
| February 3rd, 1972 (February 03 1972) | Birth | Mart Poom, Estonian football player | |
| February 3rd, 1971 (February 03 1971) | Event | New York Police Office Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption.. Many believed the incident proved NYPD officers tried to kill him. | |
| February 3rd, 1971 (February 03 1971) | Birth | Sean Dawkins, American former football player | |
| February 3rd, 1971 (February 03 1971) | Birth | Elisa Donovan, American actress | |
| February 3rd, 1971 (February 03 1971) | Birth | Sarah Kane, English playwright (died in 1999) | |
| February 3rd, 1971 (February 03 1971) | Birth | Hong Seok-cheon, South Korean actor | |
| February 3rd, 1970 (February 03 1970) | Birth | Oscar Cordoba, Colombian footballer | |
| February 3rd, 1970 (February 03 1970) | Birth | Warwick Davis, British actor | |
| February 3rd, 1969 (February 03 1969) | Event | In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress. | Yasser Arafat Quotes |
| February 3rd, 1969 (February 03 1969) | Birth | Retief Goosen, professional golfer | |
| February 3rd, 1969 (February 03 1969) | Death | Eduardo Mondlane Mozambique independence founder (born in 1920) | |
| February 3rd, 1968 (February 03 1968) | Birth | Vlade Divac, National Basketball Association player | |
| February 3rd, 1967 (February 03 1967) | Event | Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in Australia, is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne. | |
| February 3rd, 1967 (February 03 1967) | Birth | Dave Benson-Phillips, Children s TV Presenter | |
| February 3rd, 1967 (February 03 1967) | Birth | Bob Taylor, English footballer | |
| February 3rd, 1967 (February 03 1967) | Death | Joe Meek, English record producer (born in 1929) | |
| February 3rd, 1966 (February 03 1966) | Event | The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon. | |
| February 3rd, 1966 (February 03 1966) | Birth | Frank Coraci, American film director | |
| February 3rd, 1965 (February 03 1965) | Birth | Karlous Marx Shinohamba, Namibian politician | Karl Marx Quotes |
| February 3rd, 1965 (February 03 1965) | Birth | Maura Tierney, American actress | |
| February 3rd, 1964 (February 03 1964) | Death | Sir Albert Richardson, English architect (born in 1880) | |
| February 3rd, 1962 (February 03 1962) | Birth | Michele Greene, American actress | |
| February 3rd, 1961 (February 03 1961) | Birth | Jay Adams, American skateboarder | |
| February 3rd, 1961 (February 03 1961) | Birth | Keith Gordon, American actor | |
| February 3rd, 1960 (February 03 1960) | Birth | Kerry Von Erich, American wrestler (died in 1993) | |
| February 3rd, 1960 (February 03 1960) | Death | Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (born in 1921) | |
| February 3rd, 1959 (February 03 1959) | Event | A plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa kills Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper, also known as The Day the Music Died. | |
| February 3rd, 1959 (February 03 1959) | Birth | Thomas Calabro, American actor | |
| February 3rd, 1959 (February 03 1959) | Birth | Yasuharu Konishi, Japanese musician (Pizzicato Five) | |
| February 3rd, 1959 (February 03 1959) | Birth | Lol Tolhurst, British musician (The Cure) | |
| February 3rd, 1959 (February 03 1959) | Death | Buddy Holly, American singer (born in 1936) | |
| February 3rd, 1959 (February 03 1959) | Death | Ritchie Valens, American singer (born in 1941) | |
| February 3rd, 1959 (February 03 1959) | Death | J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, American singer (born in 1930) | |
| February 3rd, 1958 (February 03 1958) | Event | Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community. | |
| February 3rd, 1958 (February 03 1958) | Birth | N. Gregory Mankiw, American economist | |
| February 3rd, 1957 (February 03 1957) | Event | Senegalese political party Democratic Rally merges into the Senegalese Party of Socialist Action (PSAS). | |
| February 3rd, 1957 (February 03 1957) | Birth | Chico Serra, Brazilian racing driver | |
| February 3rd, 1957 (February 03 1957) | Birth | Steven Stapleton, British musician (Nurse With Wound) | |
| February 3rd, 1956 (February 03 1956) | Birth | John Jefferson, American football player | |
| February 3rd, 1956 (February 03 1956) | Birth | Nathan Lane, American actor | Nathan Lane Quotes |
| February 3rd, 1956 (February 03 1956) | Birth | Lee Ranaldo, American musician (Sonic Youth) | |
| February 3rd, 1956 (February 03 1956) | Death | Emile Borel, French mathematician (born in 1871) | |
| February 3rd, 1956 (February 03 1956) | Death | Johnny Claes, Belgian racing driver (born in 1916) | |
| February 3rd, 1955 (February 03 1955) | Birth | Stephen Euin Cobb, American novelist | |
| February 3rd, 1955 (February 03 1955) | Birth | Kirsty Wark, British broadcast journalist | |
| February 3rd, 1954 (February 03 1954) | Birth | Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 3rd, 1953 (February 03 1953) | Birth | Savvas Tsitouridis, Greek politician | |
| February 3rd, 1952 (February 03 1952) | Birth | Fred Lynn, American baseball player | |
| February 3rd, 1951 (February 03 1951) | Birth | Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian football manager | |
| February 3rd, 1950 (February 03 1950) | Birth | Morgan Fairchild, American actress | |
| February 3rd, 1949 (February 03 1949) | Birth | Arthur Kane, American musician | |
| February 3rd, 1949 (February 03 1949) | Birth | Hennie Kuiper, Dutch cyclist | |
| February 3rd, 1948 (February 03 1948) | Birth | Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, East Timor politician, Nobel Peace laureate | |
| February 3rd, 1948 (February 03 1948) | Birth | Henning Mankell, Swedish author | |
| February 3rd, 1947 (February 03 1947) | Event | The lowest temperature in North America is recorded in Snag, Yukon. | |
| February 3rd, 1947 (February 03 1947) | Birth | Paul Auster, American novelist | |
| February 3rd, 1947 (February 03 1947) | Birth | Dave Davies, British musician (The Kinks) | |
| February 3rd, 1947 (February 03 1947) | Birth | Stephen McHattie, Canadian actor | |
| February 3rd, 1947 (February 03 1947) | Birth | Melanie Safka, American singer-songwriter | |
| February 3rd, 1947 (February 03 1947) | Death | Marc Mitscher, American Navy Admiral (born in 1887) | |
| February 3rd, 1945 (February 03 1945) | Event | World War II: The Soviet Union agrees to enter the Pacific Theatre conflict against Japan. | |
| February 3rd, 1945 (February 03 1945) | Event | World War II: As part of Operation Thunderclap, 1,000 B-17 s of the Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin. | |
| February 3rd, 1945 (February 03 1945) | Birth | Johnny Cymbal, American singer and songwriter (died in 1993) | |
| February 3rd, 1945 (February 03 1945) | Birth | Bob Griese, American football player | |
| February 3rd, 1945 (February 03 1945) | Death | Roland Freisler, Nazi leader (born in 1893) | |
| February 3rd, 1944 (February 03 1944) | Event | World War II: United States troops capture the Marshall Islands. | |
| February 3rd, 1944 (February 03 1944) | Birth | Trisha Noble, Australian singer and actress | |
| February 3rd, 1943 (February 03 1943) | Birth | Blythe Danner, American actress | |
| February 3rd, 1943 (February 03 1943) | Birth | Dennis Edwards, American singer (The Temptations) | |
| February 3rd, 1943 (February 03 1943) | Birth | Shawn Phillips, American singer, guitarist and songwriter | |
| February 3rd, 1941 (February 03 1941) | Event | World War II: Nazi Germany forcibly restores Pierre Laval to office in occupied Vichy, France. | |
| February 3rd, 1941 (February 03 1941) | Birth | Neil Bogart, American record executive (died in 1982) | Neil Bogart Quotes |
| February 3rd, 1940 (February 03 1940) | Birth | Fran Tarkenton, American football player | |
| February 3rd, 1939 (February 03 1939) | Birth | Michael Cimino, American film director | |
| February 3rd, 1938 (February 03 1938) | Birth | Victor Buono, American actor (died in 1982) | |
| February 3rd, 1938 (February 03 1938) | Birth | Emile Griffith, US Virgin Islands professional boxer | |
| February 3rd, 1937 (February 03 1937) | Death | Marija Leiko, Latvian film actress (born in 1887) | |
| February 3rd, 1936 (February 03 1936) | Death | Sophie of Schonburg-Waldenburg, consort of William of Wied, Prince of Albania (b.1885) | |
| February 3rd, 1935 (February 03 1935) | Death | Hugo Junkers, German engineer (born in 1859) | |
| February 3rd, 1933 (February 03 1933) | Birth | Paul Sarbanes, American politician | |
| February 3rd, 1932 (February 03 1932) | Birth | Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (died in 1984) | |
| February 3rd, 1931 (February 03 1931) | Event | The Hawke s Bay earthquake, New Zealand s worst natural disaster, kills 258. | |
| February 3rd, 1930 (February 03 1930) | Event | The Communist Party of Vietnam is established. | |
| February 3rd, 1930 (February 03 1930) | Birth | Gillian Ayres, English painter | |
| February 3rd, 1929 (February 03 1929) | Birth | Ken Shipp, American football coach | |
| February 3rd, 1929 (February 03 1929) | Death | Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist (born in 1878) | |
| February 3rd, 1927 (February 03 1927) | Birth | Kenneth Anger, American Underground Filmmaker | |
| February 3rd, 1927 (February 03 1927) | Birth | Val Doonican, Irish singer and entertainer | |
| February 3rd, 1927 (February 03 1927) | Birth | Joan Lowery Nixon, American writer (died in 2003) | |
| February 3rd, 1927 (February 03 1927) | Birth | Blas Ople, Filipino politician (died in 2003) | |
| February 3rd, 1926 (February 03 1926) | Birth | Shelley Berman, American comedian | |
| February 3rd, 1926 (February 03 1926) | Birth | Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician | |
| February 3rd, 1925 (February 03 1925) | Birth | Keith Dunstan, Australian author and journalist | |
| February 3rd, 1925 (February 03 1925) | Birth | John Fiedler, American voice actor (died in 2005) | |
| February 3rd, 1925 (February 03 1925) | Birth | Leon Schlumpf, member of the Swiss Federal Council | |
| February 3rd, 1924 (February 03 1924) | Birth | E. P. Thompson, English socialist historian, (The Making of the English Working Class), (d.1993) | |
| February 3rd, 1924 (February 03 1924) | Birth | Martial Asselin, French Canadian politician and lieutenant governor of Quebec | Martial Quotes |
| February 3rd, 1924 (February 03 1924) | Death | Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, Nobel laureate (born in 1856) | |
| February 3rd, 1923 (February 03 1923) | Event | The Alpha Zeta chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia founded at Pennsylvania State University. | |
| February 3rd, 1923 (February 03 1923) | Birth | Alys Robi, Quebec singer | |
| February 3rd, 1922 (February 03 1922) | Death | John Butler Yeats, Northern Irish artist (born in 1839) | |
| February 3rd, 1920 (February 03 1920) | Birth | Henry Heimlich, American physician | |
| February 3rd, 1920 (February 03 1920) | Birth | Tony Gaze, Australian racing driver | |
| February 3rd, 1918 (February 03 1918) | Event | The Twin Peaks Tunnel begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long. | |
| February 3rd, 1918 (February 03 1918) | Birth | Joey Bishop, American entertainer, member of the Rat Pack (died in 2007) | |
| February 3rd, 1918 (February 03 1918) | Birth | Helen Stephens, American runner (died in 1994) | |
| February 3rd, 1917 (February 03 1917) | Event | World War I: The United States breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany a day after the former announced a new policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. | |
| February 3rd, 1916 (February 03 1916) | Event | Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada burn down. | |
| February 3rd, 1913 (February 03 1913) | Event | The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax. | |
| February 3rd, 1913 (February 03 1913) | Birth | Richard Seaman, British racing driver (died in 1939) | |
| February 3rd, 1912 (February 03 1912) | Birth | Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist (died in 1990) | |
| February 3rd, 1911 (February 03 1911) | Birth | Jehan Alain, French organist and composer (died in 1940) | |
| February 3rd, 1911 (February 03 1911) | Birth | Robert Earl Jones, American actor (died in 2006) | |
| February 3rd, 1909 (February 03 1909) | Birth | Andre Cayatte, French filmmaker (died in 1989) | |
| February 3rd, 1909 (February 03 1909) | Birth | Simone Weil, French philosopher (died in 1943) | Simone Weil Quotes |
| February 3rd, 1908 (February 03 1908) | Event | Foundation of Panathinaikos in Athens, Greece. | |
| February 3rd, 1907 (February 03 1907) | Birth | James Michener, American author (died in 1997) | James Michener Quotes |
| February 3rd, 1905 (February 03 1905) | Birth | Arne Beurling, American mathematician(died in 1986) | |
| February 3rd, 1904 (February 03 1904) | Birth | Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (died in 1975) | |
| February 3rd, 1904 (February 03 1904) | Birth | Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (died in 1934) | |
| February 3rd, 1900 (February 03 1900) | Event | Gubernatorial candidate William Goebel is assassinated in Frankfort, Kentucky. | |
| February 3rd, 1899 (February 03 1899) | Birth | Joao Cafe Filho, Brazilian president (m.1970) | |
| February 3rd, 1899 (February 03 1899) | Birth | Lao She, Chinese writer (died in 1966) | |
| February 3rd, 1899 (February 03 1899) | Birth | Doris Speed, English actress (d.1994) | |
| February 3rd, 1898 (February 03 1898) | Birth | Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (died in 1976) | |
| February 3rd, 1894 (February 03 1894) | Birth | Norman Rockwell, American illustrator (died in 1978) | |
| February 3rd, 1893 (February 03 1893) | Birth | Gaston Julia, French mathematician (died in 1978) | |
| February 3rd, 1889 (February 03 1889) | Birth | Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish film director, (died in 1968) | |
| February 3rd, 1889 (February 03 1889) | Death | Belle Starr, American outlaw (born in 1848) | |
| February 3rd, 1887 (February 03 1887) | Birth | Juan Negrin, Spanish Prime Minister (died in 1956) | |
| February 3rd, 1887 (February 03 1887) | Birth | Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (died in 1914) | |
| February 3rd, 1876 (February 03 1876) | Birth | William Tedmarsh, silent movie actor (died in 1937) | |
| February 3rd, 1874 (February 03 1874) | Birth | Gertrude Stein, American writer (died in 1946) | Gertrude Stein Quotes |
| February 3rd, 1874 (February 03 1874) | Death | Lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (born in 1835) | |
| February 3rd, 1872 (February 03 1872) | Birth | Lou Criger, American baseball player (died in 1934) | |
| February 3rd, 1870 (February 03 1870) | Event | The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, granting voting rights to citizens regardless of race. | |
| February 3rd, 1867 (February 03 1867) | Event | Emperor Meiji becomes the 122nd emperor of Japan. | |
| February 3rd, 1866 (February 03 1866) | Death | Francois-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (born in 1809) | |
| February 3rd, 1862 (February 03 1862) | Birth | James Clark McReynolds, American Supreme Court Justice (died in 1946) | |
| February 3rd, 1862 (February 03 1862) | Death | Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist (born in 1774) | |
| February 3rd, 1859 (February 03 1859) | Birth | Hugo Junkers, German aircraft designer (died in 1935) | |
| February 3rd, 1843 (February 03 1843) | Birth | William Cornelius Van Horne, American-born railway pioneer and executive (died in 1915) | |
| February 3rd, 1842 (February 03 1842) | Birth | Sidney Lanier, American writer (died in 1881) | Sidney Lanier Quotes |
| February 3rd, 1834 (February 03 1834) | Event | Wake Forest University is established. | |
| February 3rd, 1832 (February 03 1832) | Death | George Crabbe, English naturalist (born in 1754) | George Crabbe Quotes |
| February 3rd, 1830 (February 03 1830) | Event | The sovereignty of Greece was confirmed in a London Protocol. | |
| February 3rd, 1830 (February 03 1830) | Birth | Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died in 1903) | |
| February 3rd, 1826 (February 03 1826) | Birth | Walter Bagehot, British essayist, journalist and businessman, (d.1877) | Walter Bagehot Quotes |
| February 3rd, 1824 (February 03 1824) | Birth | Ranald MacDonald, Canadian-born Scottish educator and interpreter (died in 1894) | |
| February 3rd, 1821 (February 03 1821) | Birth | Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician (died in 1910) | |
| February 3rd, 1817 (February 03 1817) | Birth | Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist (died in 1881) | |
| February 3rd, 1811 (February 03 1811) | Birth | Horace Greeley, American journalist, editor, and publisher (died in 1872) | Horace Greeley Quotes |
| February 3rd, 1809 (February 03 1809) | Event | The Illinois Territory is created. | |
| February 3rd, 1809 (February 03 1809) | Birth | Felix Mendelssohn, German composer (died in 1847) | |
| February 3rd, 1808 (February 03 1808) | Birth | Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar, Princess of Prussia (died in 1877) | |
| February 3rd, 1807 (February 03 1807) | Event | 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. | |
| February 3rd, 1807 (February 03 1807) | Birth | Joseph E. Johnston, Confederate general (died in 1891) | |
| February 3rd, 1802 (February 03 1802) | Death | Pedro Rodriguez, Conde de Campomanes, Spanish statesman (born in 1723) | |
| February 3rd, 1795 (February 03 1795) | Birth | Antonio Jose de Sucre, South American independence leader (died in 1830) | |
| February 3rd, 1787 (February 03 1787) | Event | Shays Rebellion is crushed. | |
| February 3rd, 1783 (February 03 1783) | Event | American Revolutionary War: Spain recognizes United States independence. | |
| February 3rd, 1747 (February 03 1747) | Birth | Samuel Osgood, American patriot (died in 1813) | |
| February 3rd, 1737 (February 03 1737) | Death | Tommaso Ceva, Italian Mathematician (born in 1648) | |
| February 3rd, 1721 (February 03 1721) | Birth | Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (died in 1773) | |
| February 3rd, 1706 (February 03 1706) | Event | During the Battle of Fraustadt Swedish forces defeat a superior Saxon-Polish-Russian force by deploying a double envelopment. | |
| February 3rd, 1690 (February 03 1690) | Event | The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in America. | |
| February 3rd, 1690 (February 03 1690) | Birth | Richard Rawlinson, English minister (died in 1755) | |
| February 3rd, 1677 (February 03 1677) | Birth | Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (died in 1723) | |
| February 3rd, 1619 (February 03 1619) | Death | Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (born in 1564) | |
| February 3rd, 1566 (February 03 1566) | Death | George Cassander, Flemish theologian (born in 1513) | |
| February 3rd, 1509 (February 03 1509) | Event | The Battle of Diu, between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire takes place in Diu, India. | |
| February 3rd, 1488 (February 03 1488) | Event | Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south. | |
| February 3rd, 1468 (February 03 1468) | Death | Johannes Gutenberg, German publisher | |
| February 3rd, 1451 (February 03 1451) | Event | Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. | |
| February 3rd, 1451 (February 03 1451) | Death | Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (born in 1404) | |
| February 3rd, 1428 (February 03 1428) | Death | Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (born in 1386) | |
| February 3rd, 1399 (February 03 1399) | Death | John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (born in 1340) | |
| February 3rd, 1377 (February 03 1377) | Event | more than 2,000 people of the Italian city of Cesena are slaughtered by Papal Troops (Cesena Bloodbath). | |
| February 3rd, 1338 (February 03 1338) | Birth | Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (died in 1378) | |
| February 3rd, 1116 (February 03 1116) | Death | King Coloman of Hungary (born in 1070) | |
| February 3rd, 1112 (February 03 1112) | Event | Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. | |
| February 3rd, 1014 (February 03 1014) | Death | King Sweyn I of Denmark | |
| February 3rd, 0699 (February 03 0699) | Death | Saint Werburgh | |
| February 3rd, 0619 (February 03 0619) | Death | Laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury | |
