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February 3rd observes Golden Retriever Day as well as The Day the Music Died.

We are now on the 34^{th day of the year, congratulations for making it this far into the year! There are days left in 2025.}

February 3 has been a very varied day for facts and past events from world records, war, technology and TV. You’ll find many interesting things that all fall on this awesome day of the year.

Did you know that on this day in 1815, Switzerland opened the world’s first commercial cheese factory? The large-scale production found real success later on in the US.

Keep reading for more fun & interesting facts about February 3^{rd in history!\r\n\r\n}

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What memorable events happened on February 3 in history? Keep reading to find out!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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2021\r\n\r\n
The UK hit a milestone after giving 10 million people a COVID-19 vaccination.\r\n\r\n
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2015\r\n\r\n
Harper Lee announced plans to publish a sequel to “To Kill a Mockingbird.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The sequel, “Go Set a Watchman,” was originally written back in the mid-1950s but was misplaced and only rediscovered in Fall 2014.\r\n\r\n
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2011\r\n\r\n
5 Seconds of Summer member Luke Hemmings posted his first YouTube video.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The video was a cover of Mike Posner’s song, “Please Don’t Go.”\r\n\r\n
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1994\r\n\r\n
A Russian cosmonaut flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle for the first time.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Sergei K. Krikalev made history when he flew aboard NASA’s Discovery Space Shuttle for the first mission of the joint Shuttle-Mir Program, STS-60. While later Shuttle-Mir missions did go to the Mir space station, this mission performed several experiments. A major highlight was a live audio and video hookup between the shuttle and Mir. Good Morning America televised the event, in which astronauts from the shuttle and the station communicated with each other.\r\n\r\n
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1986\r\n\r\n
Mother Teresa and The Pope met in Calcutta, where they both fed the sick.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1972\r\n\r\n
A week-long blizzard struck Iran and killed 4,000 people, making it the deadliest in history.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1966\r\n\r\n
The first weather satellite (ESSA-1) was launched into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1959\r\n\r\n
Rock and roll musician Buddy Holly died during a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Musicians Ritchie Valens and “The Big Bopper” J. P. Richardson were also onboard and lost their lives. As a result, this day became known as “The Day the Music Died.”\r\n\r\n
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1947\r\n\r\n
The temperature plunged to -81.4°F in Snag, Yukon, Canada, making it the coldest recorded temperature in North America.\r\n\r\n
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1945\r\n\r\n
Walt Disney released “3 Caballeros” in the United States.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1931\r\n\r\n
New Zealand suffered its most fatal natural disaster in history during the Hawke’s Bay Earthquake.\r\n\r\n
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The 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed 256 people and injured thousands more.\r\n\r\n
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1917\r\n\r\n
US President Woodrow Wilson announced that the nation would officially cut relations with Germany.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The cutting of ties happened nearly two and a half years after the breakout of World War 1. Until this point, the US population had generally wished to remain neutral and stay out of the war.\r\n\r\n
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1882\r\n\r\n
P.T. Barnum purchased the world-famous circus elephant Jumbo.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1815\r\n\r\n
Switzerland opened the world’s first commercial cheese factory.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1690\r\n\r\n
The first paper money was issued in America in the Colony of Massachusetts.\r\n\r\n
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The trend quickly caught on, and eventually, other colonies issued paper money as well.\r\n\r\n
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Famous Births\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Is today your birthday? If so, did you know that Warwick Davis was also born on this day? Here are more famous people born on this day.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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