On February 3, 1637 Tulip mania collapses in the United Provinces (now the Netherlands) as sellers could no longer find buyers for their bulb contracts.
On February 3, 1813 José de San Martín defeats a Spanish royalist army at the Battle of San Lorenzo, part of the Argentine War of Independence.
On February 3, 1830 the sovereignty of Greece is confirmed in a London Protocol.
On February 3, 1870 - The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to citizens regardless of race..
On February 3, 1913 - The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
On February 3, 1959 A plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa kills Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and pilot Roger Peterson in an incident that becomes known as The Day the Music Died.
On February 3, 1995 - Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
On February 3, 1894, Norman Rockwell was born
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On February 2, 1536 Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
On February 2, 1653 New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
On February 2, 1848 in the California Gold Rush the first ship with Chinese immigrants arrived in San Francisco, California.
On February 2, 1887 - In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
On February 2, 1935 Leonarde Keeler tested the first polygraph machine.
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