Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: February 3
February 3, 2024 is the 34th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 332 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aquarius is your zodiac sign. Amethyst is your modern birthstone. Bloodstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: February 3
- 1451 –Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
- 1809 –The Illinois Territory is created.
- 1813 –José de San Martín defeats a Spanish royalist army at the Battle of San Lorenzo, part of the Argentine War of Independence.
- 1943 –The USAT Dorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survived. The Chapel of the Four Chaplains, dedicated by President Harry Truman, is one of many memorials established to commemorate the Four Chaplains story.
- 1945 –World War II: As part of Operation Thunderclap, 1,000 B-17s of the Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin, a raid which kills between 2,500 to 3,000 and dehouses another 120,000.
- 1947 –The lowest temperature in North America is recorded in Snag, Yukon.
- 1959 –A plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa kills Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and pilot Roger Peterson and the incident becomes known as The Day the Music Died.
- 1996 –The Lijiang earthquake in Lijiang, Yunnan, China.
- 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.
- 2030 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Dog in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on February 3?
- 1872 –Lou Criger, American baseball player (d. 1934)
- 1887 –Juan Negrín, Spanish Prime Minister (d. 1956)
- 1909 –Simone Weil, French philosopher (d. 1943)
- 1913 –Richard Seaman, British racing driver (d. 1939)
- 1924 –E. P. Thompson, English socialist historian, (The Making of the English Working Class), (d. 1993)
- 1948 –Jim Lockhart, Irish musician (Horslips)
- 1955 –Stephen Euin Cobb, American novelist
- 1963 –Raghuram Rajan, American economist
- 1972 –Jesper Kyd, Danish film and video game music composer
- 1980 –Sarah Lewitinn, American writer
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