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1995: Astronaut Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot a NASA spacecraft with the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery on a mission that lasted until February 11.

1989: The repressive regime of Alfredo Stroessner, who had ruled Paraguay for 35 years, was overthrown in a military coup.

1966: The Soviet space probe Luna 9 made the first survivable landing on the Moon and sent several television images of the surface back to the Earth.

1959: A plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, killed the rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "Big Bopper" Richardson, as well as their pilot.

1917: In response to the German announcement that it was resuming unrestricted submarine warfare, President Woodrow Wilson severed U.S. diplomatic relations with Germany; the United States was soon to enter World War I.

1821, Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to obtain (1849) a medical degree in the United States, was born in England.

1468: Johann Gutenberg, the German goldsmith who is credited with the invention and development in Europe of printing from movable type, died.

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 == '''February 3''' in history: ==
-* 1995: Astronaut Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot a NASA spacecraft with the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery on a mission that lasted until February 11.
+* 1995: Astronaut [[Eileen Collins]] became the first woman to pilot a NASA spacecraft with the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery on a mission that lasted until February 11.
 * 1989: The repressive regime of Alfredo Stroessner, who had ruled [[Directory:Paraguay|Paraguay]] for 35 years, was overthrown in a military coup.