February 3rd What Happened on the day you were born on This day in History
1986 India Mother Teresa
3rd February, 1986: The Pope meets Mother Teresa, and visited her refuge for the sick and dying. Her Missionaries of Charity order, now has 4,500 sisters in 133 countries providing food and shelter and hospices for the dying.
3rd February, 1986: The Pope meets Mother Teresa, and visited her refuge for the sick and dying. Her Missionaries of Charity order, now has 4,500 sisters in 133 countries providing food and shelter and hospices for the dying.
1919 U.S.A. League of Nations
3rd February, 1919 : The first meeting of the League of Nations was held on this day. President Woodrow Wilson was head of this committee. The purpose of this committee was to promote international security as well as world peace.
This organization was later replaced by the present-day United Nations (UN). The goals of the UN are very similar to the goals of the League of Nations.
1927 U.S.A. Federal Radio Commission Created
3rd February, 1927 : President Calvin Coolidge signed a bill on this day that created the Federal Radio Commission. This is the organization that issues licenses in the present day for people to broadcast over the radio.
1931 New Zealand Earthquake Napier
3rd February, 1931 : A major earthquake and fire devastated the area of Hawke's Bay region and the city of Napier in New Zealand and surrounding towns and villages, the city is still ablaze and virtually helpless with local hospitals also burned to the ground and 10,000 major injuries. The death toll is expected to reach many hundreds when rescuers can get into the collapsed buildings. Local inhabitants are planning to sleep on the beach as this appears to be the only safe place currently
1931 U.S.A. Sir Malcolm Campbell
3rd February, 1931 : Sir Malcolm Campbell has bought his bluebird racing machine to Daytona Beach for an attempt on the world land speed record of 231 MPH . In an unofficial test he achieved 240 MPH so is confident of breaking the record. He went on to break the record on February 5, 1931 at Daytona Beach, USA with Blue Bird achieving 253.96 MPH
1933 U.S.A. Fire
3rd February, 1933 : Nine women fled back to their rooms during the time that a fire was taking place in a mental hospital. As a result, they had died, despite efforts of workers to help them out of the building.
1937 U.S.A. Flood Control Improvements
3rd February, 1937 : President Roosevelt had presented a request to Congress for almost three billion dollars ($2,750,000,000) money for flood control improvements. This money was to be spent on improving dikes and levee systems in areas such as the Ohio River and lower Mississippi River.
1947 Canada Coldest Recorded Temperature In North America
3rd February, 1947 : Snag, Yukon records the lowest temperature for North America of −63 °C (−81.4 °F).
1948 U.S.A. Big Tailfins
3rd February, 1948 : Late in the 40's the first of the next generation of car design ( tailfins )is seen for the first time on the Cadillac
1950 Great Britain Russian Spy
3rd February, 1950 : Klaus Fuchs one of the scientists who came to Britain following the end of World War II and helped develop the atomic bomb, is arrested for passing top secret information about the bomb to the Soviet Union
1953 France Jacques Cousteau
3rd February, 1953 : The well known oceanographer Jacques Cousteau’s last and most famous book The Silent World is published.
1959 U.S.A. Buddy Holly
3rd February, 1959 : Rock 'n' Roll singers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson died in a plane crash today along with the pilot when their chartered plane went down near Mason City, Iowa.
1959 U.S.A. Increased Water Price
3rd February, 1959 : As of this year Algona, Iowa residents were expected to pay as high as 73% more for water than in previous years. This increase was intended to be used to help pay for the cost of water system improvement and expansion. This new water project was estimated to cost about $565,000 dollars.
1966 Soviet Union Lunix 9
3rd February, 1966 : The Soviet Union had successfully accomplished the first controlled landing on the moon. The unmanned ship Lunix 9 landed in the Ocean of Storms area on the moon’s surface.
1973 Vietnam Peace Treaty
3rd February, 1973: A peace treaty was signed a few days before and then U.S. troops were withdrawn in Vietnam as a part of the fulfillment of that agreement. However, fighting continued to take place in other areas of Vietnam, however, until the year 1925-despite the treaty that was signed.
1988 U.S.A. Contras
3rd February, 1988: The U.S. House of Representatives rejects Ronald Reagan's request for more than $36 million in aid to the Nicaraguan Contras.
1994 U.S.A. Space Shuttle Discovery
3rd February, 1994: A woman astronaut took control of the Space Shuttle Discovery during this year. This was the first time ever that a female had operated a spaceship as a pilot.
1994 U.S.A. Bill Clinton
3rd February, 1994: President Bill Clinton had lifted the trade embargo that was placed on the Republic of Vietnam. Trade restrictions had been established for 19 years, ever since the capture of Saigon by North Vietnamese troops during the Vietnam War.
1995 U.S.A. Aliens
3rd February, 1995 : An “alien” is someone who is not a citizen of a country-in this case, not a citizen of the U.S. Aliens-expected as early as 1959 to register with the post office upon their arrival in this country. The instructions for doing so were given in a newspaper article printed on this day.
1995 U.S.A. Brewers
3rd February, 1995 : Former Milwaukee Brewers player had received an examination by the Red Sox on this day. This was to determine whether or not he was able to play after needing abdominal surgery. He was playing for the Brewers until a labor strike took place.
1998 Italy Ski Lift Accident
3rd February, 1998 : A U.S. Marine Jet crashed into a ski lift in the town of Cavalese located in the Italian Alps, about 20 miles from Trento, Italy. A team of 20 people had crashed to the ground and 20 people had been killed as a result.
2005 U.S.A. Alberto Gonzalez
3rd February, 2005 : Alberto Gonzalez was appointed U.S. Attorney General as of this date. Before he accepted this position, he had served as general council to George W. Bush while Bush was governor of Texas.
2006 Egypt Ferry Sinks
3rd February, 2006 : An old ferry sinks following fire breaking out in the choppy waters of the Red Sea on Friday with more than 1,400 people on board, mainly Egyptian workers returning from Saudi Arabia..
2008 U.S.A. Gunman Kills 5 In Robbery
3rd February, 2008 : During a robbery at a Lane Bryant store in TINLEY PARK, Illinois a gunman kills five women who'd been herded to the back room of the store during a robbery attempt.
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