What are the important events that happened on February 3? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 3: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 3 is the 34th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 331 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 21, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,738,540,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘triacontatetragon’ day.
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Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 379 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,427 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 3 Historical Events
- 1451 –Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
- 1781 –American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
- 1787 –Shays’ Rebellion is crushed.
- 1852 –Justo José de Urquiza defeats Juan Manuel de Rosas at the Battle of Caseros.
- 1947 –The lowest temperature in North America is recorded in Snag, Yukon.
- 1972 –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.
- 1973 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Ox in Chinese astrology.
- 1989 –After a stroke two weeks previous, South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party, but stays on as president for six more months.
- 2007 –A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339.
- 2008 –The New York Giants defeated the heavily favored and previously undefeated 18-0 New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, 17-14, in what is known to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.
Who were born on February 3?
- 1690 –Richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)
- 1904 –Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (d. 1934)
- 1913 –Richard Seaman, British racing driver (d. 1939)
- 1926 –Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician
- 1955 –Stephen Euin Cobb, American novelist
- 1956 –Lee Ranaldo, American musician (Sonic Youth)
- 1971 –Sarah Kane, English playwright (d. 1999)
- 1971 –Vincent Elbaz, French actor
- 1978 –Adrian R'Mante, American actor
- 1988 –Nicola Redomi, Italian footballer
Who died on February 3?
- 699 –Saint Werburgh
- 1116 –King Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070)
- 1399 –John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. 1340)
- 1451 –Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1404)
- 1820 –Emperor Gia Long the founded the Nguyễn Dynasty, the last of the Vietnamese dynasties (b. 1762)
- 1889 –Belle Starr, American outlaw (b. 1848)
- 1922 –John Butler Yeats, Northern Irish artist (b. 1839)
- 1961 –Viscount Dunrossil, Australian governor-general (b. 1893)
- 1991 –Nancy Kulp, American actress (b. 1921)
- 2009 –Sheng-yen, Buddhist monk and founder of Dharma Drum Mountain. (b. 1930)
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