Born on 3 February 1971

At A Glance

3 February 1971 at a glance

Day of the week

3 February 1971 was a Wednesday.

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1

The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Knock Three Times” by Dawn.

Top Film of 1971

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1971 was The French Connection.

Bestselling Novel of 1971

“Wheels” by Arthur Hailey was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1971.

Top-Rated TV Show

“All in the Family” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1971–72 season.

Star sign

The star sign for 3 February is Aquarius.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 3 February 1971 fell in the Year of the Pig.

Birthstone

The birthstone for February is Amethyst.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 3 February 1971 was First Quarter.

On this day: 3 February

• 1958 Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
• 1960 British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government is likely to support decolonisation.
• 1966 The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon.
• 1984 Doctor 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 resulting in a live birth.
• 1984 Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B is launched using Space Shuttle Challenger.

Famous people born on February 3

• Isla Fisher, Omani-Australian actress (born 1976)
• Amal Clooney, British-Lebanese barrister and activist (born 1978)
• Maura Tierney, American actress and producer (born 1965)
• Warwick Davis, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)

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