- 1690] "Money, money, money, monnnnney": The 1st paper money in the U.S. is issued by the Massachusetts colony. The currency is used to pay soldiers fighting in the war against Quebec (was this over hockey, eh?)...
- 1815] Cheesy: The world's 1st commercial cheese factory is established in Switzerland (no mention of who was used to cut the cheese)...
- 1913] The Taxman is coming: The 16th amendment to the Constitution is ratified authorizing the power to impose and collect income tax (how about a vote to repeal it?)...
- 1959] The day the music died: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson aka 'The Big Bopper' perish when their small plane goes down in Iowa...
- 1961] Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow: Over 17" of snow blankets New York City. It's the 6th largest snowfall in the city...
- 1998] Lights out: Texas executes Karla Faye Tucker who becomes the first women executed since 1984. All Karla did was hack two people to death with a pickax...
- 1998] Plunging to death: A U.S. Marine jet slices a cable in Italy causing the death of 20 skiers on a lift. They will fall 370 feet to their deaths...
- 2002] I get a kick out of you: Britney Spears sings the national anthem and then Adam Vinatieri kicks a 48-yard field goal and the underdog Patriots win their first Super Bowl over the St. Louis Rams 20-17 in Super Bowl XXXVI. Tom Brady wins the first of two SB MVPs...2008] Super Bowl XLII goes to the Giants who beat the Patriots 17-14...
- 2003] Murder at the mansion: Record producer Phil Spector is arrested in the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson at his mansion in California...
- 2007] Baghdad bomber: A suicide truck bomber strikes a Baghdad market, killing more than 130...For more on February 3rd: C L I C K:
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