What happened on February 3rd?
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| 1468 | Johannes Gutenberg, whose printing press is considered a history-changing invention, dies in Mainz Learn more.. |
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| 1690 | Massachusetts issues the first paper money in America Learn more.. |
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| 1809 | German musician and composer Felix Mendelssohn is born Learn more.. |
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| 1870 | The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing the right of citizens to vote, regardless of race, colour, or previous condition of servitude. Learn more.. |
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| 1894 | The first American steel ship, the Dirigo, is launched from Bath, Maine Learn more.. |
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| 1913 | The Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the US, granting Congress the authority to levy income taxes, is ratified Learn more.. |
| 1917 | The United States breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany after they announce their intention to practice unrestricted submarine warfare Learn more.. |
| 1924 | Former U.S. president Woodrow Wilson dies at age 67 Learn more.. |
| 1928 | Paleoanthropologist Davidson Black reports his findings on the fossils found at Zhoukoudian, China and declares them to be a new species he names 'Sinanthropus pekinensis' (now known as 'Homo erectus') Learn more.. |
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| 1939 | Bombs planted by the IRA explode in the left luggage offices at Tottenham Court Road and Leicester Square stations Learn more.. |
| 1941 | President Batista of Cuba ousts three "seditious" military leaders, assumes command of the army, and suspends the constitutional guarantees for 15 days Learn more.. |
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| 1959 | Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper die in a plane crash, an event that would later inspire Don McLean's The Day The Music Died Learn more.. |
| 1960 | British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan made his 'wind of change' speech to the parliament of South Africa Learn more.. |
| "La Dolce Vita" directed by Federico Fellini and starring Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg has its film premiere in Italy Learn more.. | |
| 1964 | Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald began testifying as the first witness before the presidential commission Learn more.. |
| 1966 | The Soviets achieve the first survivable landing on the Moon in the unmanned spacecraft Luna 9 Learn more.. |
| 1969 | Al Fatah leader Yasir Arafat is elected chairman of a new executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation Learn more.. |
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| 1995 | American astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot a space shuttle, the Discovery Learn more.. |
| 1998 | 20 people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster when a low-flying U.S. military aircraft cut the aerial tramway's cables Learn more.. |
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| 2013 | Lobsang Namgyal, a former Buddhist monk, becomes the 100th person to self-immolate in protest to Chinese rule in Tibet Learn more.. |
| 2014 | It is reported that the leadership of al-Qaeda has disavowed any connection with the militant jihadist organisation ISIL/ISIS Learn more.. |
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| 2026 | Today |
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