Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 3

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

The Meiji Emperor of Japan

• 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.

Recent days: February 2 – February 1 – January 31

More anniversaries:

• January 31
• February 1
• February 2