February 3, 1955

February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 

There are 331 days remaining until the end of the year (332 in leap years).

Number one Country Song
 in Feb 55

Webb Pierce - In The Jailhouse Now

(22 weeks at number 1)

Best Picture of 1955: "MARTY", "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing", "Mister Roberts", "Picnic", "The Rose Tattoo" Actor: ERNEST BORGNINE in "Marty", James Cagney in "Love Me or Leave Me", James Dean in "East of Eden", Frank Sinatra in "The Man With the Golden Arm", Spencer Tracy in "Bad Day at Black Rock" Actress: ANNA MAGNANI in "The Rose Tattoo", Susan Hayward in "I'll Cry Tomorrow", Katharine Hepburn in "Summertime", Jennifer Jones in "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing", Eleanor Parker in "Interrupted Melody" Supporting Actor: JACK LEMMON in "Mister Roberts", Arthur Kennedy in "Trial", Joe Mantell in "Marty", Sal Mineo in  "Rebel Without a Cause", Arthur O'Connell in "Picnic" Supporting Actress: JO VAN FLEET in "East of Eden", Betsy Blair in "Marty", Peggy Lee in "Pete Kelly's Blues", Marisa Pavan in "The Rose Tattoo", Natalie Wood in  "Rebel Without a Cause" Director: DELBERT MANN for "Marty", Elia Kazan for "East of Eden", David Lean for "Summertime", Joshua Logan for "Picnic", John Sturges for "Bad Day at Black Rock" In the headlines today:

1996	Actress Audrey Meadows, who portrayed Jackie Gleason's wife on the TV comedy The Honeymooners, dies of lung cancer at age 73.
1995	Air Force Lt. Colonel Eileen Collins becomes the first woman commander of a US space mission as the shuttle Discovery blasts off from Cape Kennedy, Florida.
1989	Uruguayan president Alfredo Stroessner is overthrown in a military coup.
1989	Actor-director John Cassavetes (The Dirty Dozen, Rosemary's Baby) dies at age 59 in Los Angeles.
1967	The Beatles record new bass, drum, and vocal tracks for A Day In The Life, a song that will ultimately appear on their Sergeant Pepper album, at EMI Studios in London. (photo credit: Capitol Records)
1959	Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson die in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
1930	US Supreme Court Chief Justice William Howard Taft resigns for health reasons.
1924	Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the US, dies in Washington, DC, at age 68.  (photo credit: NARA)
1917	The US severs diplomatic relations with Germany, due to the German policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
1916	The original Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Canada, are destroyed by fire.
1913	The 16th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified, providing for a federal income tax.
1809	The US territory of Illinois is created.
1783	Spain recognizes the independent country calling itself the United States.
1699	The colony of Massachusetts issues paper money for the first time in America, as it pays its soldiers fighting against Quebec Born today: 1977  Grant Barry - trombone player (Reel Big Fish) 1965  Nick Hawkins - guitarist, singer (Big Audio Dynamite) 1962  Michele Greene - actress 1959  Lol Tolhurst - drummer (The Cure) 1956  Nathan Lane - actor 1956  Lee Ranaldo - guitarist, singer (Sonic Youth) 1955  Gregory Dean Metcalf, Pastor, Blogger, born Salem, Ohio 8:58 PM 1950  Morgan Fairchild - actress 1947  Dave Davies - singer, guitarist (The Kinks) 1947  Melanie - pop singer 1945  Bob Griese - Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Miami Dolphins) 1943  Blythe Danner - actress 1943  Eric Haydock - bassist (The Hollies) 1940  Angelo D'Aleo - singer (Dion and The Belmonts) 1940  Fran Tarkenton - Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Minnesota Vikings) 1938  Elijah Pitts - NFL running back 1926  Shelley Berman - comedian 1918  Joey Bishop - comedian, actor 1907  James A. Michener - novelist 1894  Norman Rockwell - artist 1811  Horace Greeley - New York Tribune founder, politician  . ************************************ Thursday: "Theological Thursdays" - Studies in Christian Theology Be a part of Theological Thursdays as we unlock the meaning of various terms, news, and definitions. Words mean things and we need to correctly understand biblical terms.