Born on February 3
February 3 birthdays & history
If you were born on February 3, you share a birthday with Felix Mendelssohn, Simone Weil and Alvar Aalto. February 3 babies are Aquarius, with amethyst as their birthstone and the violet as their birth flower. February 3 is the 34th day of the year in leap years.
Famous people born on February 3
- 1809Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1909Simone Weil, French mystic and philosopher
- 1898Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect, designed the Finlandia Hall and Aalto Theatre
- 1874Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, playwright,
- 1960Joachim Löw, German footballer and manager
- 1947Paul Auster, American novelist, essayist, and poet
- 1821Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician and educator
- 1830Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1948Henning Mankell, Swedish author and playwright
- 1976Isla Fisher, Omani-Australian actress
What happened on February 3
- 1047Emperor Henry III declared Drogo of Hauteville to be count of all Apulian and Calabrian Normans.
- 1809The Territory of Illinois is created by the 10th United States Congress.
- 1862Moldavia and Wallachia formally united, creating the Romanian United Principalities.
- 1862Moldavia and Wallachia formally unite to create the Romanian United Principalities.
- 1913The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
- 1916The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of seven lives.
- 1918The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,630 meters) long.
- 1930The Communist Party of Indochina, the Communist Party of Annam and the Communist League of Indochina merged to form the Communist Party of Vietnam.
- 1930The Communist Party of Vietnam is founded at a "Unification Conference" held in Kowloon, British Hong Kong.
- 1986Steve Jobs purchased Pixar from Lucasfilm and launched it as an independent computer-animation studio.
- 1995In mission STS-63, astronaut Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle.
- 2010An 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.
Also observed on February 3
- Day of the Virgin of Suyapa (Honduras)
- Four Chaplains Day (United States, also considered a Feast Day by the Episcopal Church)
- Communist Party of Vietnam Foundation Anniversary (Vietnam)
- Day of Finnish architecture and design, birthday of Alvar Aalto (Finland)
- Heroes' Day (Mozambique)
- Setsubun (Japan)
Questions, answered
What star sign is February 3?
People born on February 3 are Aquarius. Their birthstone is amethyst and their birth flower is the violet.
Which famous people were born on February 3?
Felix Mendelssohn (1809), Simone Weil (1909), Alvar Aalto (1898), Gertrude Stein (1874), Joachim Löw (1960), Paul Auster (1947) were all born on February 3.
What happened on February 3 in history?
Among other things: in 1986, Steve Jobs purchased Pixar from Lucasfilm and launched it as an independent computer-animation studio; in 1995, In mission STS-63, astronaut Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle; in 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.
Can I get a newspaper front page from February 3?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any February 3 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “February 3”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.