February 3

February 3

Born on This Day

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  • Famous Actors
  • Famous People Named Lane

  Nathan Lane

  Actor / 1956 -

  Tony Award–winning actor Nathan Lane starred in Broadway's The Producers and in the film The Birdcage.

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  Nathan Lane

  Born: February 3, 1956
  Age: 57 years old
  Birthplace: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
  Occupation: Actor
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  • Famous Aquarians
  • Famous Illustrators

  Norman Rockwell

  Illustrator, Painter / 1894 - 1978

  Norman Rockwell illustrated covers for The Saturday Evening Post for 47 years. The public loved his often-humorous depictions of American life.

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  Norman Rockwell

  1894 | 84 years old
  Illustrator, Painter

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  • Famous Aquarians

  Felix Mendelssohn

  Educator, Songwriter, Conductor / 1809 - 1847

  Felix Mendelssohn, German composer, pianist, conductor and music teacher, was one of the most celebrated figures of the early Romantic period.
  

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  Felix Mendelssohn

  1809 | 38 years old
  Educator, Songwriter, Conductor

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  • Famous Actresses

  Morgan Fairchild

  Television Actress / 1950 -

  Actress Morgan Fairchild appeared in numerous primetime soaps, TV movies, and Old Navy commercials. She also payed Chandler's mom on Friends.
  

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  Morgan Fairchild

  Born: February 3, 1950
  Age: 63 years old
  Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States
  Occupation: Television Actress
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  • Famous People Named James
  • Famous Fiction Authors

  James Michener

  Author / 1907 - 1997

  James Michener was an American novelist and story-story writer who penned Tales of the South Pacific, which one a Pulitzer Prize in 1947.
  

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  James Michener

  1907 | 90 years old
  Author

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  • Publishers

  Gertrude Stein

  Art Collector, Publisher, Journalist, Author, Poet / 1874 - 1946

  Gertrude Stein was an American author and poet best known for her modernist writings, extensive art collecting and literary salon in 1920s Paris.

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  Gertrude Stein

  1874 | 72 years old
  Art Collector, Publisher, ...

February 3

Died on This Day

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  • The Ed Sullivan Show Guests
  • Musical Monikers

  Buddy Holly

  Singer / 1936 - 1959

  Buddy Holly was a singer/songwriter whose records, conveying a sense of the wide-open spaces of West Texas and unstoppable joie de vivre, remain vital today.

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  Buddy Holly

  Died: February 3, 1959
  Age: 22 years old
  Place: Clear Lake, Iowa , United States
  Occupation: Musician
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  • Famous People Named Johannes
  • Famous Germans

  Johannes Gutenberg

  Inventor / 1395 - 1468

  German inventor Johannes Gutenberg developed a method of printing from movable type. He printed the first book via movable type, the “Forty-Two-Line” Bible.
  

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  Johannes Gutenberg

  1468 | 73 years old
  Inventor

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  • Who Is On Your Money

  Woodrow Wilson

  Educator, U.S. President / 1856 - 1924

  Woodrow Wilson, the 28th U.S. resident, led America through World War I and crafted the Versailles Treaty's "Fourteen Points," the last of which was creating a League of Nations to ensure world peace. Wilson also created the Federal Reserve and signed the 19th Amendment, allowing women to vote.

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  Woodrow Wilson

  1924 | 67 years old
  Educator, U.S. President

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  Ritchie Valens

  Songwriter, Singer / 1941 - 1959

  Mexican-American musician Ritchie Valens is best known for his hit "La Bamba." His successful career was cut short when he died in a plane crash at age 17.

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  Ritchie Valens

  Died: February 3, 1959
  Age: 17 years old
  Place: Clear Lake, Iowa , United States
  Occupation: Musician
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  • Famous Taureans
  • Famous Actors

  Al Lewis

  Film Actor, Television Actor, Entrepreneur / 1923 - 2006

  Al Lewis was an entertainer who was best known for his role as Grandpa, the elderly vampire in a family of monsters, in the 1964 sitcom The Munsters.

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  Al Lewis

  2006 | 82 years old
  Film Actor, Television Actor, ...

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  John Cassavetes

  Film Actor, Television Actor, Director / 1929 - 1989

  Film director and actor John Cassavetes made his directorial debut with the critically praised Shadows and featured roles in such films as The Dirty Dozen.
  

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  John Cassavetes

  1989 | 59 years old
  Film Actor, Television Actor, Director