Today in History : February 3
1160 : Emperor Frederick Barbarossa hurtles prisoners, including children, at the Italian city of Crema, forcing its surrender.
1238 : The Mongols take over Vladimir, Russia.
1690 : The first paper money in America is issued in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1783 : Spain recognizes United States’ independence.
1904 : Colombian troops clash with U.S. Marines in Panama.
1908 : The U.S. Supreme Court rules that union-sponsored boycotts are illegal, and applies the Sherman Antitrust Act to labor as well as capital.
1912 : New U.S. football rules are set: field shortened to 100 yds.; touchdown counts six points instead of five; four downs are allowed instead of three; and the kickoff is moved from midfield to the 40 yd. line.
1917 : A German submarine sinks the U.S. liner Housatonic off coast of Sicily. The United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany.
1920 : The Allies demand that 890 German military leaders stand trial for war crimes.
1927 : President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill creating the Federal Radio Commission to regulate the airwaves.
1943 : Finland begins talks with the Soviet Union.
1944 : The United States shells the Japanese homeland for the first time at Kurile Islands.
1945 : The Allies drop 3,000 tons of bombs on Berlin.
1945 : The month-long Battle of Manila begins.
1954 : Millions greet Queen Elizabeth in Sydney on her first royal trip to Australia.
1962 : President John F. Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba.
1966 : Soviet Luna 9 achieves soft landing on the moon.
1971 : OPEC decides to set oil prices without consulting buyers.
1984 : The Environmental Protection Agency orders a ban on the pesticide EDB for grain products.
Born on February 3
1809 : Felix Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (Overture to a Midsummer Night’s Dream).
1811 : Horace Greely, founder of the New York Tribune and abolitionist.
1821 : Elizabeth Blackwell, first woman to get an MD from a U.S. medical school.
1874 : Gertrude Stein, poet and novelist (Three Lives, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas).
1894 : Norman Rockwell, artist and illustrator who painted scenes of small-town America. Most of his work appeared in the The Saturday Evening Post.
1898 : Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect.
1907 : James A. Michener, novelist (Tales of the South Pacific).
1909 : Simone Weil, philosopher, member of the French resistance in WWII.
1160 : Emperor Frederick Barbarossa hurtles prisoners, including children, at the Italian city of Crema, forcing its surrender.
1238 : The Mongols take over Vladimir, Russia.
1690 : The first paper money in America is issued in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1783 : Spain recognizes United States’ independence.
1904 : Colombian troops clash with U.S. Marines in Panama.
1908 : The U.S. Supreme Court rules that union-sponsored boycotts are illegal, and applies the Sherman Antitrust Act to labor as well as capital.
1912 : New U.S. football rules are set: field shortened to 100 yds.; touchdown counts six points instead of five; four downs are allowed instead of three; and the kickoff is moved from midfield to the 40 yd. line.
1917 : A German submarine sinks the U.S. liner Housatonic off coast of Sicily. The United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany.
1920 : The Allies demand that 890 German military leaders stand trial for war crimes.
1927 : President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill creating the Federal Radio Commission to regulate the airwaves.
1943 : Finland begins talks with the Soviet Union.
1944 : The United States shells the Japanese homeland for the first time at Kurile Islands.
1945 : The Allies drop 3,000 tons of bombs on Berlin.
1945 : The month-long Battle of Manila begins.
1954 : Millions greet Queen Elizabeth in Sydney on her first royal trip to Australia.
1962 : President John F. Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba.
1966 : Soviet Luna 9 achieves soft landing on the moon.
1971 : OPEC decides to set oil prices without consulting buyers.
1984 : The Environmental Protection Agency orders a ban on the pesticide EDB for grain products.
Born on February 3
1809 : Felix Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (Overture to a Midsummer Night’s Dream).
1811 : Horace Greely, founder of the New York Tribune and abolitionist.
1821 : Elizabeth Blackwell, first woman to get an MD from a U.S. medical school.
1874 : Gertrude Stein, poet and novelist (Three Lives, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas).
1894 : Norman Rockwell, artist and illustrator who painted scenes of small-town America. Most of his work appeared in the The Saturday Evening Post.
1898 : Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect.
1907 : James A. Michener, novelist (Tales of the South Pacific).
1909 : Simone Weil, philosopher, member of the French resistance in WWII.
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