02-03-2005, 06:15 AM
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February 3rd
1468 ~ Death of Johannes Gutenberg, German publisher.
1783 ~ American Revolutionary War: Spain recognized United States independence.
1809 ~ Birthday of Felix Mendelssohn, Composer.
1870 ~ The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution was passed.
1874 ~ Birthday of Gertrude Stein, American writer and patron of the arts.
1894 ~ Birthday of Norman Rockwell, American artist, illustrator
1916 ~ Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada burned down.
1959 ~ Plane crash killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper. This date becomes known as "The Day The Music Died ".
1966 ~ The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft made the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon.
1969 ~ In Cairo, Yasser Arafat was appointed Palestinian Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress.
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