February 3rd in History

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February 3rd in History

1877: The piano piece 'chopsticks' is copyrighted
1913: the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, giving the government the power to impose and collect taxes on income
1919: Kiev was captured by the Bolsheviks
1966: First soft landing on the Moon by spacecraft Luna 9
1969: the Palestine National Congress appoints Yasser Arafat head of the Palestine Liberation Organization
1989: Twenty villages evacuated in Russia, after high radiation fall-out from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster

February 3rd birthdays

1809: Felix Mendelssohn, German composer
1907: James Michener, American author