What Happened On February 3

What Happened On Feb 3 Events

1779 Feb 3 Battle Of Beaufort
The Battle of Beaufort (also known as the Battle of Port Royal Island) was a battle in the American Revolutionary War that took place on February 3, 1779 near Beaufort, South Carolina. Th...
1780 Feb 3 Battle Of Young's House
In February 1780, an American force was posted in and around "Young's House," in the town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York. This force comprised five companies of Connectic...
1821 Feb 3 Elizabeth Blackwell is born
Born in England, Elizabeth Blackwell was educated in her early years by private tutor. Samuel Blackwell, her father, moved the family to the United States in 1832. He became involved, as ...
1847 Feb 3
to 1847 Feb 5
 Siege Of Pueblo De Taos
The Siege of Pueblo de Taos was the final battle of the Taos Revolt, a popular insurrection against the United States during the Mexican-American War. It was also the final engagement bet...
1863 Feb 3 Battle of Dover
Description: Under orders, in late January 1863, Confederate Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, commanding two brigades of cavalry, had taken position on the Cumberland River at Palmyra to disrupt...
1865 Feb 3 Battle of Rivers' Bridge
Description:On February 2, a Confederate force under McLaws held the crossings of the Salkehatchie River against the advance of the right wing of Sherman’s Army. Federal soldiers began bu...
1870 Feb 3 The Fifteenth Amendment is ratified
The Fifteenth Amendment (Amendment XV) to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "r...
1880 Feb 3 Thodore Roosevelt Meets Alice Lee
"Snowing heavily, but I drove over in my sleigh to Chestnut Hill, the horse plunging to his belly in the great drifts, and the wind cutting my face like a knife. My sweet life was just as ..." —Theodore Roosevelt
1913 Feb 3 The Sixteenth Amendment is ratified
The Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) to the United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results...
1917 Feb 3 United States Severs Diplomatic Relations With Germany
On January 31, 1917, Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador to the United States, notified this Government that on the following day, February 1, 1917, Germany would inaugurate a new...
1931 Feb 3 Hawke's Bay Earthquake
The 7.9 earthquake struck at 10.46 on the morning of February 3, 1931, the first day of the school year, a beautiful summer’s day. It was felt as two distinct movements half a minute apar...
1933 Feb 3 Adolf Hitler First Reveals his Foreign Policy Goal of Conquering the Lebensraum
In a meeting with his leading generals and admirals on 3 February 1933 Hitler spoke of "conquest of Lebensraum in the East and its ruthless Germanisation" as his ultimate foreign policy o...
1940 Feb 3 Japanese Occupy Wuyuan
On 3 and 4 Feb, Wuyuan and Linhe were taken successively. On 20 Mar, Chinese General Fu Zuoyi's 35th Corps, the New 31st Division, and a regiment of the Garrison Brigade, which had been s...
1945 Feb 3 American Forces Arrive in Manila
By February 3, the American forces had begun to converge on Manila from different directions. With help of intelligence supplied by Filipino guerrillas, the US elements had been able to f...
1958 Feb 3 Boston University defeats Boston College, 5-4
1958 Feb 3 Northeastern defeats Harvard, 5-4
1959 Feb 3 The Day the Music Died: Buddy Holly Richie Valens and the Big Bopper J.P. Richardson die in plane crash
Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) died in a plane crash in Iowa. Don McClean called this "The Day the Music Died" in his 1971 song "American Pie."
1964 Feb 3 Boston College defeats Northeastern, 7-4
1964 Feb 3 Boston University defeats Harvard, 3-2
1969 Feb 3 Boston University defeats Boston College, 4-2
1969 Feb 3 Harvard defeats Northeastern, 8-4
1972 Feb 3
to 1972 Feb 13
 XI Olympic Winter Games Held in Sapporo, Japan
The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from February 3 to February 13, 1972 in Sapporo, Japan. It ...
1975 Feb 3 Boston University defeats Boston College, 5-3
1975 Feb 3 Harvard defeats Northeastern, 9-0
1981 Feb 3 Rainbow release Difficult to Cure
Difficult to Cure is the fifth studio album released by Rainbow, in 1981, and marked a further commercialisation of the band's sound. Blackmore openly stated his liking for Foreigner and ...
1986 Feb 3 Boston College defeats Harvard, 4-2
1986 Feb 3 Boston University defeats Northeastern, 8-5
1986 Feb 3 The Graphics Group is Renamed Pixar Studios after Steve Jobs Purchases it from George Lucas
Pixar was founded as the Graphics Group, one third of the Computer Division of Lucasfilm that was launched in 1979 with the hiring of Dr. Ed Catmull from the New York Institute of Technol...
1992 Feb 3 Boston University defeats Northeastern, 5-4
1992 Feb 3 Harvard defeats Boston College, 6-4
1994 Feb 3 Ronald Reagan Makes Final Public Speech at a Tribute in Washington, D.C.
After leaving office in 1989, the Reagans purchased a home in Bel Air, Los Angeles in addition to the Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara. They regularly attended Bel Air Presbyterian Church an...
1994 Feb 3 "The Dinner Party" - Season 5 Episode 13 of Seinfeld First Airs
"The Dinner Party" also referred to The Pepsi Episode (see below) is the 77th episode of NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 13th episode for the fifth season. It aired on February 3, 1994....
1995 Feb 3 The Jerky Boys: The Movie released
The Jerky Boys: The Movie, also known as The Jerky Boys, is a 1995 comedy/crime film starring John G. Brennan and Kamal Ahmed, best known as the comedy duo The Jerky Boys. The film fea...
1996 Feb 3 MST3K Ep. 701 - "Night of the Blood Beast"
(Short: Once Upon A Honeymoon) An astronaut survives the crash of his capsule, only to learn he has been taken over by an alien. Catch phrase: "Steve?" In the musical short, a woman dream...
1997 Feb 3 Boston College defeats Northeastern, 4-1
1997 Feb 3 Boston University defeats Harvard, 7-1
1997 Feb 3 U2 releases "Discotheque" single
"Discothèque" is the lead single from Irish rock band U2's 1997 album, Pop. A 30-second sample of "Discothèque" was leaked to the internet on October 26, 1996. By December 27, the enti...
1998 Feb 3 Cavalese Cable Car Disaster
The Cavalese cable car disaster of 1998 (as distinct from a cable car disaster in the same location in 1976), occurred on 3 February 1998 near the Italian town of Cavalese, a ski resort l...
1998 Feb 3 Fat Pat Dies
Patrick Lamont Hawkins (February 21, 1970 – February 3, 1998), better known as Fat Pat was a rapper from Houston, Texas and an original member of DJ Screw's Screwed Up Click. Also known a...
1998 Feb 3 Pearl Jam releases Yield
Yield is the fifth studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on February 3, 1998. Following a short tour for its previous album, No Code (1996), Pearl Jam wen...
2000 Feb 3 Resident Evil Code: Veronica released
Resident Evil Code: Veronica, released in Japan as Biohazard Code: Veronica, is the fourth game in Capcom's Resident Evil survival horror series, originally released for the Sega Dreamcas...
2002 Feb 3 Super Bowl XXXVI halftime show
The Super Bowl XXXVI halftime show featured a three-song set from Irish rockers U2, who had just completed their successful Elevation Tour. After renditions of "Beautiful Day" and "MLK", ...
2003 Feb 3 Boston College defeats Northeastern, 5-2
For one period, the magic of the Beanpot lived. The story was warm and fuzzy. The underdog Northeastern Huskies were up by a goal on Boston College after the first 20 minutes of last nigh...
2003 Feb 3 Boston University defeats Harvard, 2-1
Besides a burning desire to win the coveted hardware, there's one thing each team has in common entering tonight's 51st Beanpot at the FleetCenter. Namely, some momentum. All four team...
2004 Feb 3 America's Next Top Model Cycle 2 Episode 4
Camille's personality began to raise issues as she was singled out during a work out session where she and April were competing in a last man standing boxing challenge, which April ended ...
2005 Feb 3 The President's Last Bang
The President's Last Bang (Hangul: 그때 그사람들; RR: Geudttae Geusaramdeul)1 is a 2005 satiric black comedy film by South Korean director Im Sang-soo about the events leading to and the afterm...
2006 Feb 3 Airing of 'The LeBrons' Nike Commercial, 'Butter'
With his impressive record, it was no surprise that James was the first player picked in the 2003 NBA draft. The Cleveland Cavaliers signed the powerful young forward, and he proved to be...
2007 Feb 3 UFC 67: All or Nothing
UFC 67: All or Nothing was a mixed martial arts event held by Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event was held Saturday, February 3, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Ve...
2008 Feb 3 Giants Upset Unbeaten Patriots in Super Bowl XLII
After scoring a combined 73 points in their regular season meeting, the teams scored a mere 10 points by the end of the third quarter, with the Patriots leading 7–3. The Patriots' record-...
2008 Feb 3 New York Giants defeat New England Patriots, 17-14
GLENDALE, Ariz. - The team that had been deified proved mortal when it mattered most. In one of the biggest upsets in NFL history, the New York Giants shocked the previously perfect Pa...