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February 3rd


- Earliest day on which Shrove Tuesday can fall, while March 9 is the latest; celebrated on Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. (Christianity)
- Christian Feast Day
- Four Chaplains Day (United States)
- Heroes' Day (Mozambique)
- Setsubun (Japan)

February 3rd


- 2007 - A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339.
- 1998 - Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Texas becoming the first woman executed in the United States since .
- 1998 - 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.
- 1996 - The Lijiang earthquake in Lijiang, Yunnan, China.
- 1989 - After a stroke, P.W. Botha resigns party leadership and the presidency of South Africa.
- 1988 - Iran-Contra Affair: The United States House of Representatives rejects President Ronald Reagan's request for $36.25 million to aid Nicaraguan Contras.
- 1984 - John Buster and the research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth.
- 1984 - Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B is launched using Space Shuttle Challenger.
- 1971 - New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption. Many believe the incident proves that NYPD officers tried to kill him.
- 1969 - In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress.
- 1967 - Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in Australia, is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne.
- 1966 - The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon.
- 1960 - British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of the "a wind of change" of increasing national consciousness blowing through colonial Africa, signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation.
- 1959 - A plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa kills Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and pilot Roger Peterson and the incident becomes known as The Day the Music Died.
- 1958 - Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
- 1957 - Senegalese political party Democratic Rally merges into the Senegalese Party of Socialist Action (PSAS).
- 1954 - 1989 – A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since .
- 1947 - The lowest temperature in North America is recorded in Snag, Yukon.
- 1945 - World War II: As part of Operation Thunderclap, 1,000 B-17s of the Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin, a raid which kills between 2,500 to 3,000 and dehouses another 120,000.
- 1944 - World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.
- 1931 - The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
- 1930 - The Communist Party of Vietnam is established.
- 1918 - The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long.
- 1917 - World War I: The United States breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany a day after the latter announced a new policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
- 1916 - Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada burn down.
- 1913 - The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
- 1900 - Gubernatorial candidate William Goebel is assassinated in Frankfort, Kentucky.
- 1870 - The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to citizens regardless of race.
- 1867 - Emperor Meiji becomes the 122nd emperor of Japan.
- 1852 - The Battle of Caseros marks the end of the hegemony of Buenos Aires Province Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas over the Argentine Confederation.
- 1834 - Wake Forest University is established.
- 1830 - The sovereignty of Greece is confirmed in a London Protocol.
- 1813 - The Battle of San Lorenzo takes place. It is the first military action of José de San Martín's cavalry élite unit Granaderos a Caballo at the Argentine War of Independence.
- 1809 - The Illinois Territory is created.
- 1807 - A British military force, under Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures the city of Montevideo, then part of the Spanish Empire now the capital of Uruguay.
- 1787 - Shays' Rebellion is crushed.
- 1783 - American Revolutionary War: Spain recognizes United States independence.
- 1706 - During the Battle of Fraustadt Swedish forces defeat a superior Saxon-Polish-Russian force by deploying a double envelopment.
- 1690 - The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in America.
- 1637 - Tulip mania collapses in the United Provinces (now the Netherlands) by government order.
- 1534 - The Irish rebel Silken Thomas is executed by the order of Henry VIII in London, England.
- 1509 - The Battle of Diu, between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire takes place in Diu, India.
- 1488 - 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.
- 1451 - Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
- 1377 - More than 2,000 people of the Italian city of Cesena are slaughtered by Papal Troops (Cesena Bloodbath).
- 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states.

February 3rd


- 1990 - Sean Kingston, Jamaican/American singer/rapper
- 1989 - Ryne Sanborn, American actor
- 1989 - Slobodan Rajkovi?, Serbian footballer
- 1988 - Kyuhyun, South Korean singer (Super Junior)
- 1988 - Nicola Redomi, Italian footballer
- 1988 - Gregory van der Wiel, Dutch footballer
- 1983 - Richard Bartel, American football player
- 1983 - Silambarasan Rajendar, Indian Tamil actor
- 1983 - Gabriel Sargissian, Armenian chess Grandmaster
- 1982 - Alan Gurr, Australian V8 Supercar driver
- 1982 - Jessica Harp, American singer (The Wreckers)
- 1981 - Alisa Reyes, American actress and singer
- 1981 - Maurice Ross, Scottish footballer
- 1980 - Sarah Lewitinn, American writer
- 1980 - Kim E-Z, former member of the Korean girl group Baby V.O.X.
- 1980 - Rakhi Sawant, Indian item girl
- 1978 - Adrian R'Mante, American actor
- 1978 - Eliza Schneider, American actress and singer
- 1977 - Daddy Yankee , Puerto Rican reggaeton singer/rapper
- 1976 - Mathieu Dandenault, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 - Isla Fisher, Australian actress
- 1976 - Tim Heidecker, American comedian
- 1976 - Dwayne Rudd, American football player
- 1974 - Konrad Ga?ka, Polish swimmer
- 1974 - Julie Meadows, American pornographic actress
- 1974 - Miriam Yeung, Hong Kong actress
- 1973 - Ilana Sod, Mexican journalist
- 1972 - Jesper Kyd, Danish film and video game music composer
- 1972 - Mart Poom, Estonian footballer
- 1971 - Sean Dawkins, American football player
- 1971 - Elisa Donovan, American actress
- 1971 - Vincent Elbaz, French actor
- 1971 - Hong Seok-cheon, South Korean actor
- 1971 - Sarah Kane, English playwright (d. 1999)
- 1970 - Óscar Córdoba, Colombian footballer
- 1970 - Warwick Davis, English actor
- 1969 - Retief Goosen, South African golfer
- 1969 - Robert Pack, American basketball player
- 1968 - Vlade Divac, Serbian basketball player
- 1967 - Dave Benson Phillips, English children's TV presenter
- 1967 - Bob Taylor, English footballer
- 1966 - Frank Coraci, American film director
- 1966 - Kostas Patavoukas, Greek basketball player
- 1965 - Karlous Marx Shinohamba, Namibian politician
- 1965 - Kathleen Kinmont, American actress
- 1965 - Maura Tierney, American actress
- 1963 - Raghuram Rajan, American economist
- 1962 - Michele Greene, American actress
- 1962 - Marty Jannetty, American professional wrestler
- 1961 - Jay Adams, American skateboarder
- 1961 - Linda Eder, American singer
- 1961 - Keith Gordon, American actor
- 1960 - Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1993)
- 1959 - Thomas Calabro, American actor
- 1959 - Yasuharu Konishi, Japanese musician (Pizzicato Five)
- 1959 - Lol Tolhurst, English musician (The Cure)
- 1959 - Ferzan Özpetek, Turkish cinema director
- 1958 - Joe F. Edwards, Jr., American astronaut
- 1958 - N. Gregory Mankiw, American economist
- 1957 - Chico Serra, Brazilian racing driver
- 1957 - Steven Stapleton, English musician (Nurse With Wound)
- 1956 - John Jefferson, American football player
- 1956 - Nathan Lane, American actor
- 1956 - Lee Ranaldo, American musician (Sonic Youth)
- 1955 - Stephen Euin Cobb, American novelist
- 1955 - Kirsty Wark, British broadcast journalist
- 1954 - Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1953 - Savvas Tsitouridis, Greek politician
- 1952 - Fred Lynn, American baseball player
- 1951 - Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian football manager
- 1950 - Morgan Fairchild, American actress
- 1949 - Arthur Kane, American musician (d. 2004)
- 1949 - Donald Palma, American musician
- 1949 - Hennie Kuiper, Dutch cyclist
- 1948 - Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, East Timorese politician, Nobel Peace laureate
- 1948 - Henning Mankell, Swedish author
- 1947 - Paul Auster, American novelist
- 1947 - Dave Davies, English musician (The Kinks)
- 1947 - Stephen McHattie, Canadian actor
- 1947 - Melanie Safka, American singer-songwriter
- 1945 - Johnny Cymbal, American singer and songwriter (d. 1993)
- 1945 - Bob Griese, American football player
- 1944 - Trisha Noble, Australian singer and actress
- 1943 - Blythe Danner, American actress
- 1943 - Dennis Edwards, American singer (The Temptations)
- 1943 - Shawn Phillips, American singer, guitarist and songwriter
- 1941 - Neil Bogart, American record executive (d. 1982)
- 1941 - Bridget Hanley, American actress
- 1941 - Dory Funk, Jr., American professional wrestler
- 1940 - Fran Tarkenton, American football player
- 1939 - Michael Cimino, American film director
- 1938 - Victor Buono, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1938 - Emile Griffith, US Virgin Islands boxer
- 1936 - Jim Marshall, American photographer (d. 2010)
- 1933 - Paul Sarbanes, American politician
- 1932 - Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (d. 1984)
- 1930 - Gillian Ayres, English painter
- 1929 - Ken Shipp, American football coach
- 1928 - Frankie Vaughan, English singer (d. 1999)
- 1927 - Kenneth Anger, American Underground Filmmaker
- 1927 - Val Doonican, Irish singer and entertainer
- 1927 - Joan Lowery Nixon, American writer (d. 2003)
- 1927 - Blas Ople, Filipino politician (d. 2003)
- 1926 - Shelley Berman, American comedian
- 1926 - Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician
- 1925 - Keith Dunstan, Australian author and journalist
- 1925 - John Fiedler, American voice actor (d. 2005)
- 1925 - Leon Schlumpf, member of the Swiss Federal Council
- 1924 - E. P. Thompson, English socialist historian, (The Making of the English Working Class), (d. 1993)
- 1924 - Martial Asselin, Canadian politician and lieutenant governor of Quebec
- 1923 - Alys Robi, French Canadian singer
- 1920 - Tony Gaze, Australian racing driver
- 1920 - Henry Heimlich, American physician
- 1918 - Joey Bishop, American entertainer, member of the Rat Pack (d. 2007)
- 1918 - Shlomo Goren, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel (d. 1994)
- 1918 - Helen Stephens, American runner (d. 1994)
- 1913 - Richard Seaman, British racing driver (d. 1939)
- 1912 - Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist (d. 1990)
- 1912 - Mary Carlisle, American actress and singer
- 1911 - Jehan Alain, French organist and composer (d. 1940)
- 1911 - Robert Earl Jones, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1909 - André Cayatte, French filmmaker (d. 1989)
- 1909 - Simone Weil, French philosopher (d. 1943)
- 1907 - James Michener, American author (d. 1997)
- 1905 - Arne Beurling, American mathematician(d. 1986)
- 1904 - Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (d. 1975)
- 1904 - Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (d. 1934)
- 1899 - João Café Filho, Brazilian president (d. 1970)
- 1899 - Lao She, Chinese writer (d. 1966)
- 1899 - Doris Speed, English actress (d. 1994)
- 1898 - Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (d. 1976)
- 1894 - Norman Rockwell, American illustrator (d. 1978)
- 1893 - Gaston Julia, French mathematician (d. 1978)
- 1889 - Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish film director (d. 1968)
- 1887 - Juan Negrín, Spanish Prime Minister (d. 1956)
- 1887 - Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (d. 1914)
- 1876 - William Tedmarsh, English-born American silent movie actor (d. 1937)
- 1874 - Gertrude Stein, American writer (d. 1946)
- 1872 - Lou Criger, American baseball player (d. 1934)
- 1862 - James Clark McReynolds, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1946)
- 1859 - Hugo Junkers, German aircraft designer (d. 1935)
- 1857 - Giuseppe Moretti, Italian sculptor (d. 1935)
- 1843 - William Cornelius Van Horne, American-born railway pioneer and executive (d. 1915)
- 1842 - Sidney Lanier, American writer (d. 1881)
- 1830 - Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1903)
- 1826 - Walter Bagehot, English essayist, journalist and businessman (d. 1877)
- 1824 - Ranald MacDonald, Canadian-born Scottish educator and interpreter (d. 1894)
- 1821 - Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician (d. 1910)
- 1817 - Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist (d. 1881)
- 1811 - Horace Greeley, American journalist, editor, and publisher (d. 1872)
- 1809 - Felix Mendelssohn, German composer (d. 1847)
- 1808 - Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Princess of Prussia (d. 1877)
- 1807 - Joseph E. Johnston, American Confederate general (d. 1891)
- 1795 - Antonio José de Sucre, South American independence leader (d. 1830)
- 1777 - John Cheyne, British physician, surgeon and author (d. 1836)
- 1747 - Samuel Osgood, American patriot (d. 1813)
- 1721 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)
- 1690 - Richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)
- 1689 - Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (d. 1741)
- 1677 - Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)
- 1338 - Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378)