Today In History...! Feb 3 Have A Nice Day...! ~ Srinivasan Balaji 1509 – The Battle of Diu, between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire takes place in Diu, India. 1637 – Tulip mania collapses in the United Provinces (now the Netherlands) as sellers could no longer find buyers for their bulb contracts. 1690 - The first paper money in America was issued by the Massachusetts colony. The currency was used to pay soldiers that were fighting in the war against Quebec. 1783 - Spain recognized the independence of the United States. 1809 – The Illinois Territory is created. 1815 - Worlds 1st commercial cheese factory established, in Switzerland 1834 – Wake Forest University is established. 1862 - Thomas Edison printed the Weekly Herald and distributed it to train passengers traveling between Port Huron and Detroit, MI. It was the first time a newspaper had been printed on a train. 1882- Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo 1946 - The first issue of Holiday magazine appeared. 1947 – The lowest temperature in North America is recorded in Snag, Yukon. 1966 - The first rocket-assisted controlled landing on the Moon was made by the Soviet space vehicle Luna IX. 1969 – In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress. 1969 - Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai popularly called as Arignar Anna (Former Chief Minister) was Passed away. 1981- Australia beats New Zealand 3-1 to win World Series Cup 1983 – Silambarasan Rajendar, (Indian actor, singer, and director) was Born. 1984 – John Buster and the research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center announce historys first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth. 1984 - Challenger 4 was launched as the tenth space shuttle mission. 1994- STS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit 1995 – Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 2010- NASA and Cornell University have given up attempting to move the Spirit rover, currently stuck in sand near Home Plate, Gusev crater on the planet Mars, and are converting it into a stationary outpost. Its twin rover, Opportunity, remains mobile on Mars. 2010- Avatar becomes the highest grossing film in the U.S. and Canada while surpassing the 2 billion dollars mark in worldwide sales. 2011 – All available blocks of IPv4 internet addresses are officially distributed to regional authorities. 2011- The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization reports that world food prices have reached a record high வரலாற்றில் இந்நாளில் நடந்த முக்கிய நிகழ்வுகள் ===================================== 1984 - சாலஞ்சர் விண்ணோடத்தில் சென்ற விண்வெளி வீரர்கள் புரூஸ் மக்காண்ட்லெஸ், ராபர்ட் ஸ்டுவேர்ட் ஆகியோர் முதன் முதலாக விண்வெளியில் சுயாதீனமான நிலையில் நடந்து சாதனை படைத்தார்கள். 1969 - சி. என். அண்ணாதுரை, (தமிழ் நாட்டின் ஆறாவது முதலமைச்சர்) இறந்தார்
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