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3 Feb 2021
The UK hit a milestone after giving 10 million people a COVID-19 vaccination.
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3 Feb 2015
Harper Lee announced plans to publish a sequel to 'To Kill a Mockingbird.'
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3 Feb 2011
5 Seconds of Summer member Luke Hemmings posted his first YouTube video.
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3 Feb 1998
20 people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster.
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3 Feb 1994
A Russian cosmonaut flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle for the first time.
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3 Feb 1989
Paraguay's dictator, Alfredo Stroessner, is overthrown.
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3 Feb 1986
Mother Teresa and The Pope met in Calcutta, where they both fed the sick.
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3 Feb 1972
A week-long blizzard struck Iran and killed 4,000 people, making it the deadliest in history.
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3 Feb 1969
Yasser Arafat becomes leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
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3 Feb 1966
Luna 9 touches down on the Moon.
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3 Feb 1966
The first weather satellite (ESSA-1) was launched into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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3 Feb 1959
Rock and roll musician Buddy Holly died during a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
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3 Feb 1947
The temperature plunged to -81.4°F in Snag, Yukon, Canada, making it the coldest recorded temperature in North America.
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3 Feb 1945
Walt Disney released '3 Caballeros' in the United States.
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3 Feb 1931
New Zealand suffered its most fatal natural disaster in history during the Hawke's Bay Earthquake.
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3 Feb 1917
US President Woodrow Wilson announced that the nation would officially cut relations with Germany.
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3 Feb 1882
P.T. Barnum purchased the world-famous circus elephant Jumbo.
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3 Feb 1815
Switzerland opened the world's first commercial cheese factory.
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3 Feb 1690
The first paper money was issued in America in the Colony of Massachusetts.
