sorry this ones late. computer was down yesterday...
3 Feb 07 - Saturday
1883 Clarence Mulford Illinois, western writer (Hopalong Cassidy)
1894 Norman Rockwell US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers)
1904 Charlie "Pretty Boy" Floyd FBI Most Wanted criminal
1918 Joey Bishop [Gottlieb], Bronx, comedian/talk show host (Joey Bishop Show)
1943 Dennis Edwards rocker (Temptations)
1943 Eric Haydock bassist (Hollies)
1947 Dave Davies London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Kinks)
1950 Lizzie Borden director/writer (Love Crimes, Working Girls)
1950 Morgan Fairchild [Patsy McClenny] actress (Falcon Crest, Flamingo Road)
1956 Nathan Lane Jersey City NJ, actor (Birdcage, Timon-Lion King, Mouse Hunt)
1957 Tony Butler rocker (Big Country-Wonderland)
1958 Lee Crystal rocker (Joan Jett & Blackhearts
1959 Meng aka Haku, King Haku
1960 Kerry Von Erich aka The Texas Tornado
1962 Marty Jannetty (The Rockers)
1377 Mass execution of population of Cesena Italy
1547 Russian czar Ivan IV (17) marries Anastasia Romanova
1690 1st paper money in America issued (colony of Massachusetts)
1743 Philadelphia establishes a "pesthouse" to quarantine immigrants
1864 Sherman's march through Georgia
1867 Prince Mutsuhito, 14, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan (1867-1912)
1882 Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo
1889 Belle Starr US female gangster, murdered at 40
1913 16th Amendment, federal income tax, ratified
1924 Woodrow Wilson 28th President (1913-21), dies at his home in Washington at 67
1930 Vietnamese Communistic Party forms
1941 Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage & Hour law, sets minimum wages & maximum hours
1943 Alexander Goode rabbi who surrendered his life jacket, drowns
1943 4 chaplains drown after giving up their life jackets to others
1945 Walt Disney's "The 3 Caballeros" released
1945 Almost 1000 Flying Fortresses drop 3000 ton bombs on Berlin
1945 Roland Freisler German Nazi judge (July 20th plotter case), dies
1958 Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3
1959 The Big Bopper [Jiles Perry Richardson] rocker (Chantilly Lace),
Buddy Holly rocker (That'll be the Day), and
Richie Valens rock vocalist (Donna, La Bamba), killed in plane crash in Iowa.
1964 "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold
1967 "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix
1973 Dr Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 & peaks at #6
1979 "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart
1980 Muhammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy
1982 Porn star John Holmes ordered to stand trial for murder
1991 Nancy Kulp actress (Jane Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69
1992 Defense opens calling Noriega "our ally in the war on drugs"
1993 Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles CA
1994 President Bill Clinton lifts US trade embargo against Vietnam
1998 Karla Faye Tucker murderer, executed at 38
1998 Britain issues a set of Princess Diana stamps
2000 Vince McMahon announced the XFL (eXtreme Football League)
2001 XFL debuts with 10.3 rating on NBC
Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.
Nathan Lane
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