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February 3 in History
Historical Events on February 3
1509
The Portuguese navy defeats a joint fleet of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt, the Zamorin of Calicut, and the Republic of Ragusa at the Battle of Diu in Diu, India.
1690
The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas.
1781
American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
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.
1933
Adolf Hitler announces that the expansion of Lebensraum into Eastern Europe, and its ruthless Germanisation, are the ultimate geopolitical objectives of Third Reich foreign policy.
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.
1961
The United States Air Forces begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post.
1969
In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress.
1989
After a stroke two weeks previously, South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party, but stays on as president for six more months.
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Famous Birthdays on February 3
1809
Felix Mendelssohn
1830
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
1874
Gertrude Stein
1988
Gregory van der Wiel
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Famous Deaths on February 3
1820
Gia Long
1924
Woodrow Wilson
1959
Buddy Holly
1961
Anna May Wong
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