February 3: Setsubun in Japan; Four Chaplains' Day in the United States
* 1488 – Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias landed in Mossel Bay, having sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and the southern tip of Africa.
* 1959 – Hours after appearing at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed when their plane crashed shortly after taking off from the nearby Mason City Municipal Airport.
* 1966 – The Soviet spacecraft Luna 9 became the first space probe to land on the Moon and transmit pictures from the lunar surface to Earth.
* 1996 – A 7.0 Ms earthquake struck Lijiang City, Yunnan, China, killing at least 200 people and injuring 14,000 others.
* 2007 – A large sui
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* 1488 – Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias landed in Mossel Bay, having sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and the southern tip of Africa.
* 1959 – Hours after appearing at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed when their plane crashed shortly after taking off from the nearby Mason City Municipal Airport.
* 1966 – The Soviet spacecraft Luna 9 became the first space probe to land on the Moon and transmit pictures from the lunar surface to Earth.
* 1996 – A 7.0 Ms earthquake struck Lijiang City, Yunnan, China, killing at least 200 people and injuring 14,000 others.
* 2007 – A large sui
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* 1488 – Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias landed in Mossel Bay, having sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and the southern tip of Africa.
* 1959 – Hours after appearing at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed when their plane crashed shortly after taking off from the nearby Mason City Municipal Airport.
* 1966 – The Soviet spacecraft Luna 9 became the first space probe to land on the Moon and transmit pictures from the lunar surface to Earth.
* 1996 – A 7.0 Ms earthquake struck Lijiang City, Yunnan, China, killing at least 200 people and injuring 14,000 others.
* 2007 – A large suicide truck bomb exploded in a busy market in Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 135 people and injuring 339 others. More events: February 3 – February 3 – February 3 It is now [[ 30]] 2018 (UTC) – Refresh this page
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