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3 February 2023
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2023 - A freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, releasing hazardous materials into the surrounding area.2023 disaster in Ohio, United States
Anniversary
2014 - Russia's first school shooting took place when a student opened fire at School No. 263 in Moscow, resulting in the deaths of a teacher and a police officer.Armed attack at an educational institution
Anniversary
2010 - An edition of L'Homme qui marche I, a bronze sculpture by Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti, was sold for £65 million, setting the record for the most expensive sculpture sold at auction.Sculpture by Alberto Giacometti
Anniversary
2006 - Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen: 23 convicts, including several militants associated with al-Qaeda, escaped from a prison administered by the Political Security Organization in Sanaa, Yemen.Insurgency in Yemen by Al-Qaeda
Anniversary
1998 - Despite a large international movement advocating the commutation of her sentence to life imprisonment, Karla Faye Tucker became the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1984.Substitution of a lesser penalty after the conviction for a crime
Historical events
History
2026 - Islamist militants massacred at least 162 while injuring and kidnapping dozens in two villages in Kwara State, Nigeria.Massacre by Terrorist militants in Nigeria
History
2023 - Ohio train derailment: A freight train containing vinyl chloride and other hazardous materials derails and burns in East Palestine, Ohio, United States, releasing hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the air and contaminating the Ohio River.2023 disaster in Ohio, United States
History
2014 - A school shooting in Moscow, Russia leaves two people dead and one wounded.Mass shooting and hostage taking in Moscow, Russia
History
2007 - A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339.2007 truck bombing of a market in Baghdad, Iraq
History
2005 - One hundred five people are killed when Kam Air Flight 904 crashes in the Pamir Mountains in Afghanistan.2005 aircraft accident in Afghanistan
History
1998 - Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car near Trento, Italy.1998 incident involving a US Marine Corps aircraft and a cable car in Italy
History
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.American astronaut and pilot (born 1956)
History
1994 - Space Shuttle program: STS-60 is launched, carrying Sergei Krikalev, the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard the Shuttle.1972–2011 United States human spaceflight program
History
1989 - After a stroke two weeks previously, South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party, but stays on as president for six more months.Death of a region of brain cells due to poor blood flow
History
1989 - A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.Military overthrow of Alfredo Stroessner
Notable births
Born
2004 - Scoot Henderson, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 2004)
Born
2001 - Tre Mann, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 2001)
Born
1999 - Kanna Hashimoto, Japanese actressJapanese actress and singer (born 1999)
Born
1998 - Tyler Huntley, American football playerAmerican football player (born 1998)
Born
1998 - Isaiah Roby, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 1998)
Notable deaths
Died
2025 - Harry Jayawardena, Sri Lankan industrialist (born 1942)Sri Lankan industrialist (1942–2025)
Died
2025 - Kandiah Balendra, Sri Lankan corporate leader and executive (born 1940)Sri Lankan businessman (1940–2025)
Died
2020 - George Steiner, French-American philosopher, author, and critic (born 1929)French and American Writer, literary critic and philosopher (1929–2020)
Died
2019 - Kristoff St. John, American actor (born 1966)American actor (1966–2019)
Died
2017 - Dritëro Agolli, Albanian poet, writer and politician (born 1931)Albanian poet, writer, and politician
Died
2016 - Balram Jakhar, Indian lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of Madhya Pradesh (born 1923)Indian politician (1923–2016)
Sky
Moon phase
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% illuminated
Lunar age: 12.5 days
Sun zodiac
Aquarius
14.38 degrees
Constellation: Capricornus
Moon zodiac
Cancer
19.71 degrees
Constellation: Gemini
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.