3 February 1830

The London Protocol of 1830 establishes the full independence and sovereignty of Greece from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War…

3 February 1637

Tulip Mania collapses within the Dutch Republic. Tulip Mania, which peaked between 1636 and 1637 in the Dutch Republic, is often regarded as one of…

3 February 1913

The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax. The Sixteenth Amendment to…

3 February 1998

Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car…

3 February 1984

Dr John Buster and a research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in the United States announce history’s first embryo transfer, from one woman to another…

3 February 1998

Cavalese cable car disaster: a United States military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car…

3 February 2007

A bombing in a Baghdad market kills at least 135 people. The 3 February 2007 Baghdad market bombing was the detonation of a large truck…

3 February 1931

New Zealand’s worst natural disaster, The Hawke’s Bay earthquake, kills 258 people. In 1931, New Zealand’s deadliest earthquake devastated the cities of Napier and Hastings….

3 February 1897

The Greco-Turkish War starts. The Greco-Turkish War of 1897, also called the Thirty Days’ War and known in Greece as the Black ’97 or the…

3 February 1998

A low-flying US miltary plane cuts the cable of the Cavalese cable-car near Trento, Italy. Twenty people are killed.