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2005 – One hundred five people are killed when Kam Air Flight 904 crashes in the Pamir Mountains in Afghanistan. [21] 2007 – A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339. 2014 – Two people are shot and killed and 29 students are taken hostage at a high school in Moscow, Russia.
This is a list of selected February 3 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
1939 – In one of the most famous errors in lexicography, the erroneous word "dord" was discovered in Webster's New International Dictionary by an editor. 1974 – The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Liberal Party, under Jeremy Thorpe, achieved their highest ever number of votes.
The TODAY Show has a special lineup of guests set for the week of Feb. 3. Check out who'll be coming onto the show and see which celebs might even perform! ... People. Friend's thoughtful birthday ...
Bobby Durham (February 3, 1937 –July 06, 2008), American drummer, would have turned 88 this year. Johnny "Guitar" Watson (February 3, 1935 –May 17, 1996), American blues and funk guitarist, would have turned 90 this year. Frankie Vaughan (February 3, 1928 –May 17, 1999), Brit traditional pop singer, would have turned 97 this year.
Famous people born on Leap Day. Leap Day babies make up a small percentage of the population, but several notable people have been born on Feb. 29 in even-numbered years. Here are a few notable names:
1838 - Birth of Margaret E. Knight, American inventor, famous as female Thomas Edison, (d. 1914) 1848 - Birth of Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (d. 1934) 1869 - Birth of Charles Wilson, Scottish physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1959) 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray
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