{"id":18263,"date":"2024-02-03T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T03:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=18263"},"modified":"2024-02-02T15:51:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T10:21:49","slug":"history-of-3-february-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-3-february-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 3 February"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>History of 3 February<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1980<\/strong> &#8211; Conservationist Joy Adamson, author of &#8220;Born Free,&#8221; was killed in northern Kenya by a servant.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> &#8211; Tony Dorsett (Dallas Cowboys) made the longest run from scrimmage in NFL history. Dorsett ran 99 yards in a game against the Minnesota Vikings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> &#8211; A woman died at Disneyland after falling from a ride. She had apparently unfastened her seatbelt while on the Matterhorn bobsled.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> &#8211; Margaret Thatcher became the longest-serving British Prime Minister in the 20th century.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> &#8211; Ousted Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;forces, 10 days after taking refuge in the Vatican&#8217;s diplomatic mission.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong> &#8211; The British government announced that seven Iraqi diplomats, another embassy staff member and 67 other Iraqis were being expelled from Britain.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong> &#8211;&nbsp;U.S. President George H.W. Bush&nbsp;and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in Moscow.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995<\/strong> &#8211; WHO reported that the cumulative total of officially reported cases of AIDS had risen to 1,025,073 in 192 countries as at the end of 1994.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995<\/strong> &#8211; The&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;Postal Service raised the price of the first-class stamp to 32 cents.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong> &#8211; Bryant Gumbel signed off for the last time as host of NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Today&#8221; show.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; China announced that it would spend $27.7 billion to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow river valleys.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999<\/strong> &#8211; Israeli authorities detained, and later expelled, 14 members of Concerned Christians. Israeli officials claimed that the Denver, CO-based cult was plotting violence in Jerusalem to bring about the Second Coming of Christ.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2000<\/strong> &#8211; Charles M. Schulz&#8217;s final original daily comic strip appeared in newspapers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2001<\/strong> &#8211; The ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms) charged the &#8220;Texas 7&#8221; with weapons violations. An autopsy showed that Officer Aubrey Hawkins, killed by the convicts, had been shot 11 times and run over with a vehicle.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2004<\/strong> &#8211; NASA&#8217;s Spirit rover landed on Mars. The craft was able to send back black and white images three hours after landing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2019<\/strong> &#8211; The Chinese probe Change 4 became the first human-made object to land on the far side of the Moon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Becky Bayless, American wrestler<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Marie-\u00c8ve Drolet, Canadian speed skater<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Elizabeth Holmes, American fraudster, founder of&nbsp;Theranos<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013 Angela Fong, Canadian wrestler, and actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Andrei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Lucas Duda, American baseball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Mathieu Giroux, Canadian speed skater<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Kanako Yanagihara, Japanese actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Cho Kyuhyun, South Korean singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Slobodan Rajkovi\u0107, Serbian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Sean Kingston, American-Jamaican singer-songwriter<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Martin Taupau, New Zealand rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Corey Norman, Australian rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Olli Aitolia, Finnish ice hockey player<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 3 February 1980 &#8211; Conservationist Joy Adamson, author of &#8220;Born Free,&#8221; was killed in northern Kenya by a servant. 1983 &#8211; Tony Dorsett (Dallas Cowboys) made the longest run from scrimmage in NFL history. 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