February 3

Events



 * 1927 - U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs Public Law 632, the Radio Act of 1927, to create the Federal Radio Commission

Births

 * 1809 - Felix Mendelssohn, German composer (d. 1847)
 * 1904 - Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (d. 1975)
 * 1911 - Jehan Alain, French organist and composer (d. 1940)
 * 1923 - Alys Robi, Quebec singer
 * 1928 - Frankie Vaughan, British singer (d. 1999)
 * 1943 - Dennis Edwards, American singer (The Temptations)
 * 1943 - Shawn Phillips, American singer, guitarist and songwriter
 * 1947 - Dave Davies, British musician (The Kinks)
 * 1947 - Melanie Safka, American singer-songwriter
 * 1949 - Arthur Kane, American musician
 * 1956 - Lee Ranaldo, American musician (Sonic Youth)
 * 1957 - Steven Stapleton, British musician (Nurse With Wound)
 * 1959 - Yasuharu Konishi, Japanese musician (Pizzicato Five)
 * 1959 - Lol Tolhurst, British musician (The Cure)
 * 1961 - Linda Eder, American singer
 * 1972 - Jesper Kyd, Film and Video game music composer
 * 1977 - Daddy Yankee, reggaeton singer/rapper.
 * 1982 - Jessica Harp, American singer (The Wreckers)