February 3rd (1959) was a Tuesday. It's the 31st day of the year (32nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 334 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 3rd February, 1959
» Deaths of rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper or J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, in a The Day the Music Died called plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
Famous Birthdays on February 3 in 1959
» Thomas Calabro, American actor and director
» Yasuharu Konishi, Japanese DJ, producer, and songwriter (Pizzicato Five)
» Ferzan Özpetek, Turkish-Italian director and screenwriter
» Lol Tolhurst, English drummer (The Cure, Presence (band) named Presence, Easy Cure, and Levinhurst)
» Óscar Iván Zuluaga, Colombian economist and politician, 67th Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Colombia) called Colombian Minister of Finance