What Day of the Week

February 3, 2019 was the 34^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 331 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.

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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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.

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• 1783

  American Revolutionary War: Spain recognizes United States independence.
• 1807

  A British military force, under Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures the city of Montevideo, then part of the Spanish Empire now the capital of Uruguay.
• 1900

  Governor of Kentucky William Goebel dies of wound sustained in an assassination attempt three days earlier in Frankfort, Kentucky.
• 1913

  The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
• 1954

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Horse in Chinese astrology.
• 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.
• 1960

  British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of the “a wind of change” of increasing national consciousness blowing through colonial Africa, signalling that his Government is likely to support decolonisation.
• 1961

  The United States Air Forces begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a “Doomsday Plane” is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States’ bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC’s command post.
• 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.
• 1996

  The Lijiang earthquake in Lijiang, Yunnan, China.

• 1893

  Gaston Julia, French mathematician (d. 1978)
• 1894

  Norman Rockwell, American illustrator (d. 1978)
• 1911

  Jehan Alain, French organist and composer (d. 1940)
• 1918

  Joey Bishop, American entertainer, member of the Rat Pack (d. 2007)
• 1927

  Val Doonican, Irish singer and entertainer
• 1940

  Fran Tarkenton, American football player
• 1957

  Steven Stapleton, English musician (Nurse With Wound)
• 1972

  Mart Poom, Estonian footballer
• 1977

  Daddy Yankee, Puerto Rican reggaeton singer/rapper
• 1981

  Maurice Ross, Scottish footballer

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