February 3 - The Day in History

February 3: General Interest
2005 : Gonzales becomes first Hispanic U.S. attorney general

On February 3, 2005, Alberto Gonzales won Senate confirmation as the nation's first Hispanic attorney general despite protests over his record on torture... read more.


American Revolution
1781 : Greene crosses the Yadkin with Kosciusko's boats
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/greene-crosses-the-yadkin-with-kosciuskos-boats

Automotive
2006 : "World's Fastest Indian" makes U.S. debut
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/worlds-fastest-indian-makes-us-debut

Civil War
1865 : Hampton Roads Conference
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hampton-roads-conference

Cold War
1950 : Klaus Fuchs arrested for passing atomic bomb information to Soviets
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/klaus-fuchs-arrested-for-passing-atomic-bomb-information-to-soviets

Crime
1780 : Early American mass murder changes common perceptions of crime
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/early-american-mass-murder-changes-common-perceptions-of-crime

Disaster
1998 : Marine jet severs ski-lift cable in Italy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marine-jet-severs-ski-lift-cable-in-italy

General Interest
1924 : Woodrow Wilson dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/woodrow-wilson-dies
1953 : Cousteau publishes The Silent World
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cousteau-publishes-the-silent-world
1959 : The day the music died
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-day-the-music-died
1966 : Lunik 9 soft-lands on lunar surface
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ilunik-9i-soft-lands-on-lunar-surface
1994 : Clinton ends Vietnam trade embargo
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/clinton-ends-vietnam-trade-embargo

Hollywood
1989 : John Cassavetes dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-cassavetes-dies

Literary
1820 : Keats falls deathly ill
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/keats-falls-deathly-ill

Music
1959 : The Music dies in an Iowa cornfield
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-music-dies-in-an-iowa-cornfield

Old West
1889 : Belle Starr murdered in Oklahoma
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/belle-starr-murdered-in-oklahoma

Presidential
1994 : Clinton ends trade embargo of Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/clinton-ends-trade-embargo-of-vietnam

Sports
2002 : New England Patriots win first Super Bowl
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-england-patriots-win-first-super-bowl

Vietnam War
1955 : Diem institutes limited agrarian reforms
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/diem-institutes-limited-agrarian-reforms
1970 : Senate Foreign Relations Committee opens hearings
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/senate-foreign-relations-committee-opens-hearings

World War I
1917 : U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Germany
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-breaks-diplomatic-relations-with-germany

World War II
1944 : U.S. troops capture the Marshall Islands
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-troops-capture-the-marshall-islands