Today in History for 3rd February 2017:
Historical Events
1488 – Bartolomeu Dias discovers Mosselbaai (Angra dos Vaqueros)
1509 – The Battle of Diu, between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire takes place in Diu, India.
1942 – Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942
1978 – Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat and US President Jimmy Carter discuss the Middle East peace process in Washington, D.C.
1990 – Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race
1994 – STS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit
Famous Birthdays
1920 – Bibi Osterwald, actress (Bridget Loves Bernie), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
1941 – Carol Mann, golfer (LPGA Hall of Fame 1977, 1965 US Open), born in Buffalo, New York
1950 – Michael Dickinson, British(?) reorganizer
1976 – Dwayne Rudd, linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
1989 – Ryne Sanborn, American actor
1990 – Cody Newton Gifford, son of Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford
Famous Deaths
1399 – John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile and Leon, dies at 58
1921 – Max Wilhelm Zach, composer, dies at 56
1958 – Henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42
1973 – Edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67
2004 – Jason Raize, American musical theatre actor (b. 1975)
2012 – Norton Zinder, American biologist, dies from pneumonia at 83