February 3rd, 1959

Born on February 3rd, 1959

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on February 3rd, 1959?

February 3rd, 1959

Sixty-five people are killed when American Airlines Flight 320 crashes into the East River on approach to LaGuardia Airport in New York City.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_320

What else happened on February 3rd?

February 3rd, 2023

A freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, releasing hazardous materials into the surrounding area.

February 3rd, 2014

Russia's first school shooting took place when a student opened fire at School No. 263 in Moscow, resulting in the deaths of a teacher and a police officer.

February 3rd, 1986

Steve Jobs purchased Pixar from Lucasfilm and launched it as an independent computer-animation studio.

February 3rd, 1972

The deadliest blizzard in history began in Iran and continued for a week leaving more than 4,000 people dead.

February 3rd, 1953

Hundreds of native creoles known as Forros were massacred on São Tomé Island by the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners.

February 3rd, 1941

Second World War: Free French and British forces (aircraft pictured) began the Battle of Keren to capture the strategic town of Keren in Italian East Africa.

February 3rd, 1933

Adolf Hitler announced that the conquest of Lebensraum in Eastern Europe, and its "ruthless Germanisation", were the geopolitical objectives of Reich foreign policy.

February 3rd, 1918

At 11,675 ft (3,559 m) long, the Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco opened as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at the time.

February 3rd, 1870

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, granting voting rights to citizens regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude".

February 3rd, 1852

The Argentine Confederation was defeated in the Platine War by an alliance consisting of Brazil, Uruguay and the Argentine provinces of Entre Ríos and Corrientes.

February 3rd, 1813

Argentine War of Independence: José de San Martín and the Mounted Grenadiers Regiment defeated Spanish royalist forces in the Battle of San Lorenzo.

February 3rd, 1781

Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: British forces captured the Dutch island of Sint Eustatius after a brief skirmish.

February 3rd, 1266

Mudéjar revolt: King James I of Aragon entered the formerly Muslim-held city of Murcia (depicted), following its surrender three days earlier.

February 3rd, 2023

2023 Ohio train derailment: A freight train containing vinyl chloride and other hazardous materials derails and burns in East Palestine, Ohio, United States, releasing hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the air and contaminating the Ohio River.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 3rd

Born on February 3rd, 1959

65

Óscar Iván Zuluaga

Colombian politician

*February 3rd, 1959, Pensilvania

65

Ferzan Özpetek

Turkish-Italian film director and screenwriter

*February 3rd, 1959, Istanbul

65

Lol Tolhurst

British drummer and keyboardist

*February 3rd, 1959, Horley

65

Thomas Calabro

American actor

*February 3rd, 1959, Brooklyn

65

Jimmy Vee

British actor

*February 3rd, 1959, Scotland

65

Fredric Lehne

American actor

*February 3rd, 1959, Buffalo

65

Rob Wittman

United States Representative from Virginia

*February 3rd, 1959, Washington, D.C.

65

Yasuharu Konishi

Japanese musician, composer and DJ (born 1959)

*February 3rd, 1959, Sapporo

47

Fabián Bielinsky

Argentine film director

*February 3rd, 1959, Buenos Aires †June 28th, 2006, São Paulo

65

Haku

Tongan professional wrestler

*February 3rd, 1959, Nuku'alofa

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 3rd?

62

Michele Greene

American actress

*February 3rd, 1962, Las Vegas

57

Gisle Kverndokk

Norwegian composer

*February 3rd, 1967, Trondheim

64

Joachim Löw

German football manager

*February 3rd, 1960, Schönau im Schwarzwald

63

Linda Eder

American actress and musician

*February 3rd, 1961, Tucson

60

Pierre Kohler

Swiss politician

*February 3rd, 1964, Delémont

82

Royal Robbins

American rock climber (1935-2017)

*February 3rd, 1935, Point Pleasant †March 14th, 2017, Modesto

46

Amal Clooney

Lebanese-British barrister and human right activist

*February 3rd, 1978, Beirut

81

Blythe Danner

American actress

*February 3rd, 1943, Philadelphia

53

Vincent Elbaz

French actor

*February 3rd, 1971, Paris

75

Hennie Kuiper

Road bicycle racer

*February 3rd, 1949, Dinkelland

82

Otto Fräßdorf

German association football player and manager

*February 3rd, 1942, Magdeburg

36

Gregory van der Wiel

Dutch association football player

*February 3rd, 1988, Amsterdam

67

Henning Mankell

Swedish writer, human rights activist and dramatist

*February 3rd, 1948, Stockholm †October 5th, 2015, Gothenburg

73

María Jiménez

Spanish flamenco singer and dancer

*February 3rd, 1950, Seville †September 7th, 2023, Seville

74

Dennis Edwards

American singer (1943-2018)

*February 3rd, 1943, Fairfield †February 1st, 2018, Chicago

49

Harro Füllgrabe

German television presenter and journalist

*February 3rd, 1975, Aurich

67

Karl Hampe

German historian of medieval age (1869-1936)

*February 3rd, 1869, Bremen †February 14th, 1936, Heidelberg

62

Mario Iván Martínez

Actor

*February 3rd, 1962, Mexico City

92

Shelley Berman

American comedian, actor, writer, and teacher (1925–2017)

*February 3rd, 1925, Chicago †September 1st, 2017, Bell Canyon

67

Eric Lander

Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Science Advisor to the President

*February 3rd, 1957, Brooklyn

Same year
Born in 1959

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Michael Boddenberg

German politician

*July 15th, 1959, Troisdorf

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

64

Allison Janney

American actress

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

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No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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