Saturday February 3, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

February 3: Day of the Week

February 3, 2024 was the 34th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 332 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.

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

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

February 3 Historical Event(s)

1870
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to citizens regardless of race.
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.
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.
1966
The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon.
1967
Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in Australia, is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne.
1973
New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Ox in Chinese astrology.
1984
Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B is launched using Space Shuttle Challenger.
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.
2011
All available blocks of IPv4 internet addresses are officially distributed to regional authorities.

Who were born on February 3?

1690
Richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)
1795
Antonio José de Sucre, South American independence leader (d. 1830)
1948
Jim Lockhart, Irish musician (Horslips)
1955
Stephen Euin Cobb, American novelist
1961
Linda Eder, American singer
1962
Marty Jannetty, American professional wrestler
1973
Ilana Sod, Mexican journalist
1974
Julie Meadows, American pornographic actress
1978
Adrian R'Mante, American actor
1990
Sean Kingston, Jamaican-American singer

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