02-03-2007, 09:45 AM
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February 3rd
1468 ~ Death of Johannes Gutenberg, German Publisher.
1809 ~ Birthday of Felix Mendelssohn, Composer.
1870 ~ The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified.
1874 ~ Birthday of Gertrude Stein, Writer.
1894 ~ Birthday of Norman Rockwell, Illustrator.
1917 ~ The U.S. broke off diplomatic relations with Germany after Germany announced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
1947 ~ Snag, Yukon recorded a temperature of -62.8°C, the lowest official temperature ever measured in Canada.
1947 ~ Birthday of Melanie Safka, Singer.
1959 ~ A plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, claimed the lives of rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. ''The Big Bopper'' Richardson.
1966 ~ The Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft made the first controlled landing on the Moon.
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