February 3: Lichun begins in East Asia (2025); Feast day of Saint Laurence of Canterbury (Western Christianity); Four Chaplains' Day in the United StatesEileen Collins1047 Emperor Henry III declared Drogo of Hauteville to be count of all Apulian and Calabrian Normans.1862 Moldavia and Wallachia formally united, creating the Romanian United Principalities.1870 Reconstruction era: The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, formally prohibiting race-based disenfranchisement in the United States.1930 The Communist Party of Indochina, the Communist Party of Annam and the Communist League of Indochina merged to form the Communist Party of Vietnam.1995 In mission STS-63, astronaut Eileen Collins (pictured) became the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle.Caroline von Wolzogen (b.1763)Dolly Rudeman (b.1902)Umm Kulthum (d.1975)Mary Healy (d.2015)More anniversaries: February 2February 3February 4ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout