February 03: Fun Facts about Today in History

(February 03, 1870)
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on this day in 1870, ensuring the right to vote regardless of race and seeking to safeguard the civil rights of former slaves with the Fourteenth Amendment.

(February 03, 1959)
Buddy Holly, an American rock 'n' roll singer, died in a plane crash when he was 22 years old.

(February 03, 1975)
Umm Kulthm, an Egyptian singer who was one of the most well-known Arab singers and prominent figures of the twentieth century, died in Cairo.

(February 03, 1995)
Eileen Collins, an American astronaut, became the first woman to pilot the Discovery space shuttle.

(Died on February 03, 2020)
George Steiner, French-American philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1929).