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 34^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 332 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 21, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 474,144 hours 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.

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 7 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 4,061 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

February 3 Historical Events

• 1112 –
  Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states.
• 1637 –
  Tulip mania collapses in the United Provinces (now the Netherlands) as sellers could no longer find buyers for their bulb contracts.
• 1830 –
  The sovereignty of Greece is confirmed in a London Protocol.
• 1852 –
  Justo José de Urquiza defeats Juan Manuel de Rosas at the Battle of Caseros.
• 1931 –
  The Hawke’s Bay earthquake, New Zealand’s worst natural disaster, kills 258.
• 1945 –
  World War II: The United States and the Philippine Commonwealth begin a month-long battle to retake Manila from Japan.
• 1947 –
  The lowest temperature in North America is recorded in Snag, Yukon.
• 1954 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Horse in Chinese astrology.
• 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.

Who were born on February 3?

• 1338 –
  Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378)
• 1689 –
  Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (d. 1741)
• 1795 –
  Antonio José de Sucre, South American independence leader (d. 1830)
• 1830 –
  Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1903)
• 1956 –
  Nathan Lane, American actor
• 1959 –
  Lol Tolhurst, English musician (The Cure)
• 1971 –
  Hong Seok-cheon, South Korean actor
• 1972 –
  Jesper Kyd, Danish film and video game music composer
• 1972 –
  Mart Poom, Estonian footballer
• 1973 –
  Ilana Sod, Mexican journalist

Who died on February 3?

• 1399 –
  John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. 1340)
• 1428 –
  Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)
• 1802 –
  Pedro Rodríguez, Conde de Campomanes, Spanish statesman (b. 1723)
• 1874 –
  King William Charles Lunalilo of Hawaiʻi (b. 1835)
• 1922 –
  John Butler Yeats, Northern Irish artist (b. 1839)
• 1955 –
  Vasili Blokhin, Soviet Union executioner (b. 1895)
• 1959 –
  The Day the Music Died: Roger Peterson, pilot (b. 1937)
• 1960 –
  Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (b. 1921)
• 1989 –
  John Cassavetes, American actor (b. 1929)
• 2006 –
  Al Lewis, American actor (b. 1923)