On this day: 3 February

Selected events and births on 3 February, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1047 – Emperor Henry III declared Drogo of Hauteville to be count of all Apulian and Calabrian Normans. Read more: Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor Drogo of Hauteville County of Apulia and Calabria
• 1862 – Moldavia and Wallachia formally united, creating the Romanian United Principalities. Read more: Moldavia Wallachia United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
• 1930 – The Communist Party of Indochina, the Communist Party of Annam and the Communist League of Indochina merged to form the Communist Party of Vietnam. Read more: Communist Party of Indochina Communist Party of Annam Communist League of Indochina
• 1933 – Adolf Hitler announced that the conquest of Lebensraum in Eastern Europe, and its "ruthless Germanisation", were the geopolitical objectives of Reich foreign policy. Read more: Adolf Hitler Lebensraum Germanisation
• 1986 – Steve Jobs purchased Pixar from Lucasfilm and launched it as an independent computer-animation studio. Read more: Steve Jobs Pixar Lucasfilm
• 1995 – In mission STS-63, astronaut Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle. Read more: STS-63 Eileen Collins Space Shuttle
• 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. Read more: L'Homme qui marche I Alberto Giacometti List of most expensive sculptures

Born on this day

• 1816 – Ram Singh Kuka, Indian credited with starting the Non-cooperation movement Read more: Satguru Ram Singh Non-cooperation movement (1919–1922)
• 1948 – Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, East Timorese Roman Catholic bishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Read more: Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo Catholic Church Nobel Peace Prize
• 1959 – Óscar Iván Zuluaga, Colombian economist and politician, 67th Colombian Minister of Finance Read more: Óscar Iván Zuluaga Ministry of Finance and Public Credit
• 1984 – Elizabeth Holmes, American fraudster, founder of Theranos Read more: Elizabeth Holmes Theranos
• 1998 – Tyler Huntley, American football player Read more: Tyler Huntley
• 1998 – Isaiah Roby, American basketball player Read more: Isaiah Roby
• 1998 – Aurélien Giraud, French skateboarder Read more: Aurélien Giraud
• 1999 – Kanna Hashimoto, Japanese actress Read more: Kanna Hashimoto
• 2001 – Tre Mann, American basketball player Read more: Tre Mann
• 2001 – Rhys Williams, English footballer Read more: Rhys Williams (footballer, born 2001)
• 2004 – Rei, Japanese rapper and singer Read more: Rei (singer)
• 2004 – Scoot Henderson, American basketball player Read more: Scoot Henderson

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / February 3 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.