The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history. Date: February 3, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B is launched using Space Shuttle Challenger. Date: February 3, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
Doctor John Buster and a research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in the United States announce history's first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth. Date: February 3, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This…
A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954. Date: February 3, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: February 3, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
Space Shuttle program: STS-60 is launched, carrying Sergei Krikalev, the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard the Shuttle. Date: February 3, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Date: February 3, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car near Trento, Italy. Date: February 3, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
One hundred five people are killed when Kam Air Flight 904 crashes in the Pamir Mountains in Afghanistan. Date: February 3, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339. Date: February 3, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)