Talk:February 3

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February 3: Setsubun in Japan; Four Chaplains' Day in the United States; Tu Bishvat (Judaism, 2007).

• 1488 - Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal sailed around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa and landed in Mossel Bay.
• 1787 - Shays' Rebellion was crushed, but it prompted the drafting of the Constitution of the United States.
• 1867 - Crown Prince Mutsuhito (pictured) succeeded his father Kōmei as Emperor of Japan, taking the title Meiji.
• 1959 - Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash on "The Day the Music Died."
• 1966 - The Soviet spacecraft Luna 9 became the first space probe to land on the Moon and transmit pictures from the lunar surface to Earth.

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"1916 - Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada are burned down." - Was the fire deliberate or accidental? To my eyes, this sentence implies that someone intended to burn the buildings down. - Jim Redmond 16:27, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)

It was accidental (although some people suspected "the Germans", of course). Adam Bishop 20:13, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. To reduce future confusion, should we maybe change that entry to something like "Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada burn down" or "Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada are destroyed by fire"? - Jim Redmond 22:46, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)

"Burn down" sounds fine to me ("destroyed by fire" could still be arson, in my mind anyway). Adam Bishop 22:47, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)

"Burn down" it is. Now to add a link to the article on the Parliament itself... - Jim Redmond 23:23, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)

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The Buddy Holly plane crash actually took place on Feb 3, it took off at 00:58 local time - see the coroner's report --Bob Palin 17:38, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)