On this day in History - Feb. 03

Efemérides: Destaque do dia: O nosso destaque do dia vai para os Descobrimentos Portugueses. Neste dia do ano de 1480 masceu Ferrnão de Magalhães e em 1488 Bartolomeu Dias tornava-se o primeiro navegador a dobrar o Cabo da Boa Esperança. Referência ainda para a morte de Garcia de Resende poeta e editor do Cancioneiro Geral.
• 1014 - Sweyn I, dies, king of Denmark (b. ca. 965) .
• 1194 - Henrique VI da Alemanha liberta o rei inglês Ricardo, Coração de Leão, que havia sido capturado durante a Terceira Cruzada.
• 1368 Charles VI King of France, (1380-1422) , was born .
• 1399 - João de Gant, dies, Duque de Lancaster.
• 1428 - Ashikaga Yoshimochi, dies, Ashikaga shogun (b. 1386) .
• 1451 - Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II.
• 1468 - Johannes Gutenberg, dies, German publisher (b. ca. 1390s).
• 1480 - Nascimento de Fernão de Magalhães, que em 1519 comandou a expedição que realizou a viagem de circum-navegação da Terra. Morreu em 1521, nas Filipinas.
• 1488 - Bartolomeu Dias dobra o Cabo da Boa Esperança.
• 1488 - Bartholomeu Diaz of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of Africa, becoming the first known European to travel this far south.
• 1536 - Garcia de Resende, Portuguese writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies See: GARCIA DE RESENDE at LoveToKnow.
• 1590 - Muere el escultor Germain Pilou.
• 1721- Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773) .
• 1754 - George Crabbe, English poet, naturalist (d. 1832) .
• 1754 - Nascimento de Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, governador de Cuba vice-rei de Nova Espanha.
• 1783 - American Revolutionary War: Spain recognizes United States independence.
• 1787 - Shays' Rebellion is crushed, ending an uprising that would prompt negotiations that would result in the drafting of the Constitution of the United States.
• 1807 - Las tropas británicas del general Samuel Auchmuty toman la ciudad de Montevideo.
• 1809 - Illinois Territory is created.
• 1809 - Felix Mendelssohn,was born (d. 1847) German composer (Great Scherzos) .
• 1811- Horace Greeley, American journalist, editor, publisher (d. 1872) .
• 1815- The first commercial cheese factory is founded (Switzerland).
• 1817 - Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, was born, composer .
• 1821 - Elizabeth Blackwell, was born (d. 31 May 1910) Anglo-American physician who is considered the first female doctor of medicine in modern times. She was the first woman to gain the M.D. degree from a medical school in the United States.
• 1843 - Começa o estado de sítio de Montevidéu, com as tropas do Governo de Rosas.
• 1843 -Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, was born, (d. 11 Sep 1915). U.S.-born Canadian railway official who directed the construction of Canada's first transcontinental railroad.
• 1852 - Batalha de Monte Caseros (Argentina). As tropas sublevadas do general Justo José de Urquiza derrotam as do presidente Juan José Rosas e Buenos Aires aclama Urquiza como seu libertador.
• 1858 - Nace Gabino Ezeiza, payador argentino.
• 1859 - Hugo Junkers, German industrialist and aircraft designer (d. 1935) .
• 1862 - James Clark McReynolds, U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1946) .
• 1863 - Se crean los Estados Unidos de Colombia bajo el Gobierno de Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera.
• 1867 - Prince Mutshuhito becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan.
• 1870 - The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed.
• 1870 -Ada Negri, was born, Italian Poet / Author (Il Libro di Mara).
• 1874 - Gertrude Stein, American writer and patron of the arts (d. 1946) .
• 1876 - Assinatura do tratado de paz que pôs fim à guerra entre Argentina e Paraguai.
• 1887 - Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (d. 1914) .
• 1889 - Belle Starr, dies, American outlaw (b. 1848) .
• 1889 - Café Filho, 26° presidente do Brasil (24/08/1954 - 08/11/1955).
• 1893 - Gaston Julia, French mathematician (d. 1978) .
• 1894 - Norman Rockwell, American artist, illustrator (d. 1978) .
• 1895 - Nace Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, político peruano.
• 1898 - Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (d. 1976) .
• 1900 - Gubernatorial candidate William Goebel is assassinated in Frankfort, Kentucky. Former-Secretary of State Caleb Powers was later found guilty in a conspiracy to kill Goebels.
• 1902 - Naccimento de Ramón J. Sender, escritor espanhol.
• 1904 - Pretty Boy Floyd, was born,U.S. gangster (d. 1934) .
• 1907 - James Michener, was born, U.S. author (d. 1997) .
• 1909 - Simone Weil, was born in Paris , French philosopher, Resistance fighter WW II.
• 1909 -Johann Georg Herzog, composer, dies at 86.
• 1913 - Inicio de la II Guerra de los Balcanes.
• 1913- The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect income tax.
• 1916 - Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada burn down.
• 1917 - World War I: The United States breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany a day after Germany announces a new policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
• 1918 - The Twin Peaks Tunnel begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world (11,920 feet long).
• 1918- Joey Bishop, was born, comedian, actor .
• 1918 - Helen Stephens, was born, U.S. sprinter .
• 1919 - Primera reunión de la Liga de las Naciones en París.
• 1919 - Kiev was captured by the Bolsheviks .
• 1920 - George Armitage Miller, was born, American psychologist, one of the fathers of modern cognitive psychology, who also helped to establish psycholinguistics as an independent field of research in psychology. In 1991 he was awarded the National Medal of Science.
• 1924 - Andrzej Szczypiorski, was born, writer (d. 2000).
• 1924 - Woodrow Wilson, dies, 28th President of the United States (b. 1856) .
• 1927 - Inicia-se no Porto um movimento militar e civil contra a Ditadura militar, que será derrotado no dia 7 seguinte. Em Lisboa a revolta irá prolongar-se até ao dia 10 . ( Uprising against regime of General Carmona in Portugal ).
• 1927 - Val Doonican, was born, Irish singer and entertainer .
• 1930 - Gillian Ayres, was born, painter.
• 1931 - 258 die in New Zealand's worst natural disaster, the Napier earthquake.
• 1932 - Peggy Ann Garner, was born, actress (d. 1984) .
• 1932 - Cinco terremotos consecutivos destruyen parte de Santiago de Cuba.
• 1933 - Concluye la guerra civil de Nicaragua con un tratado de paz firmado por Augusto César Sandino y el presidente Sacasa.
• 1940 - Fran Tarkenton, was born, Football Hall of Famer .
• 1941 - World War II: The Nazis forcibly restore Pierre Laval to office in occupied Vichy, France.
• 1943 - Blythe Danner, was born, actress .
• 1944 - United States troops capture the Marshall Islands.
• 1945 - World War II: Soviet Union agrees to enter the Pacific Theatre conflict against Japan.
• 1945 - Bob Griese, was born,. Football Hall of Famer .
• 1946 - Linda Wachner was born, industry executive .
• 1947 - Paul Auster, was born, novelist, (Mr Vertigo, Smoke) .
• 1947 - Dave Davies, was born, musician .
• 1947 - Melanie Safka, was born, singer/songwriter (Candles in the Rain) .
• 1947 - Percival Prattis becomes the first African American news correspondent allowed in the United States House and Senate press gallery.
• 1949 - Morre Carlos Obligado, poeta argentino.
• 1950 - Morgan Fairchild, was born, actress .
• 1951 - Dick Button wins the American figure skating championship for the sixth time.
• 1952 - The earliest known tropical storm makes landfall in South Florida.
• 1953 - J. Catherine Roberts science teacher .
• 1956 - Nathan Lane, was born, actor.
• 1956 - Émile Borel, diies, mathematician, politician, statesman, member of the French Resistance during World War II (b. 1871) .
• 1959 - Rock and roll performers Buddy Holly (b. 1936), Ritchie Valens (b. 1941) and The Big Bopper (b. 1930) all died(plane crash) .
• 1959 - Plane crash that kills Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper. This date becomes known as "The Day The Music Died".
• 1960 - Fred Buscaglione, dies Italian singer and actor .
• 1962 - Pres Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food & drugs .
• 1964 - Sir Albert Richardson, dies, English architect (b. 1880) .
• 1966 - The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon.
• 1969 - In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestinian Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress.
• 1969 - Eduardo C Mondlane, President of Mozambique and founder of FRELIMO is murdered .
• 1970 - Muere el famoso payaso José María Aragón, conocido como Pompoff.
• 1971- Sarah Kane, was born, playwright (d. 1999) .
• 1972 - The first Winter Olympics to be held in Asia open in Sapporo, Japan.
• 1974 - Miriam Yeung, was born, actress and singer .
• 1984 - Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on the tenth space shuttle mission.
• 1984 - Declaración de Caracas, firmada por seis países democráticos hispanoamericanos y por España, en la que se califica la democracia como el mejor sistema político.
• 1985 - Desmond Tutu se convierte en el primer obispo negro anglicano en Johannesburg.
• 1985 - El Papa Juan Pablo II visita Cuzco (Perú).
• 1987 - Detido em Medellín e extraditado para os EUA o famoso narcotraficante colombiano Carlos Lehder.
• 1988 - Iran-Contra Affair: The United States House of Representatives rejects President Ronald Reagan's request for $36.25 million to aid Nicaraguan Contras.
• 1989 - After a stroke, P.W. Botha resigns party leadership and the presidency of South Africa.
• 1989 - John Cassavetes, dies, American actor, director, writer (b. 1929) .
• 1989 - Twenty villages evacuated in Russia, after high radiation fall-out from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
• 1989 - Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay.
• 1991 - O Partido Comunista Italiano deixa de existir oficialmente depois de 70 anos de história, ao aprovar sua conversão para Partido Democrático da Esquerda.
• 1992 - O presidente argentino Carlos Menem assina um decreto aprovando a investigação sobre nazistas que buscaram asilo na América do Sul após a Segunda Guerra Mundial.
• 1994 - O presidente Bill Clinton anuncia o fim do embargo ao Vietnã, firmando uma mudança dramática na relação dos dois países, até recentemente marcada por hostilidade ocasionada pela sangrenta Guerra do Vietnã.
• 1994 - Lançamento do ônibus espacial "Discovery" com um astronauta russo à bordo, Sergei Kirkalev, o primeiro em um veículo espacial americano.
• 1995 - Col. Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the space shuttle when the Discovery blasted off.
• 1996 - Audrey Meadows, dies, actress (b. 1926).
• 1998 - Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Texas becoming the first woman executed in the United States since 1984.
• 1998 - A United States Marine Corps pilot causes the death of 20 skiers in Italy riding on a lift suspended by a cable snapped by the low-flying plane.
• 1998 - Sílvio Caldas, cantor brasileiro de MPB.
• 2000 - O Senado dos Estados Unidos aprova por 89 a 4 votos a aprovação de Alan Greenspan, presidente do Banco Central norte-americano, para um quarto mandato.
• 2001 - O governo mexicano entrega à Espanha o ex-capitão Ricardo Miguel Cavallo, para ser julgado pelos crimes de genocídio e tortura cometidos pelas juntas militares entre 1976 e 1983.
• 2002 - Super Bowl XXXVI: The New England Patriots defeat the St. Louis Rams, 20-17, to win their first Super Bowl championship.