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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_3" title="February 3">February 3</a></b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_saints" title="Calendar of saints">Feast day</a> of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_of_Canterbury" title="Laurence of Canterbury">Saint Laurence of Canterbury</a></b> (Western Christianity); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Chaplains" title="Four Chaplains">Four Chaplains' Day</a></b> in the United States (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943" title="1943">1943</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1813" title="1813">1813</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_War_of_Independence" title="Argentine War of Independence">Argentine War of Independence</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_de_San_Mart%C3%ADn" title="José de San Martín">José de San Martín</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mounted_Grenadiers_Regiment" title="Mounted Grenadiers Regiment">Mounted Grenadiers Regiment</a> defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royalist_(Spanish_American_independence)" title="Royalist (Spanish American independence)">Spanish royalist</a> forces in the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Lorenzo" title="Battle of San Lorenzo">Battle of San Lorenzo</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941" title="1941">1941</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_France" title="Free France">Free French</a> and British forces began the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Keren" title="Battle of Keren">Battle of Keren</a></b> to capture the strategic town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keren,_Eritrea" title="Keren, Eritrea">Keren</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_East_Africa" title="Italian East Africa">Italian East Africa</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953" title="1953">1953</a> – Hundreds of native <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creole_peoples" title="Creole peoples">creoles</a> known as Forros <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batep%C3%A1_massacre" title="Batepá massacre">were massacred</a></b> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_Island" title="São Tomé Island">São Tomé Island</a> by the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023" title="2023">2023</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Ohio_train_derailment" title="2023 Ohio train derailment">A freight train derailed</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Palestine,_Ohio" title="East Palestine, Ohio">East Palestine, Ohio</a>, releasing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_goods" title="Dangerous goods">hazardous materials</a> into the surrounding area.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloman,_King_of_Hungary" title="Coloman, King of Hungary">Coloman, King of Hungary</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1116); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Bakar_of_Johor" title="Abu Bakar of Johor">Abu Bakar of Johor</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1833); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Weil" title="Simone Weil">Simone Weil</a></b>   (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1909); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanna_Hashimoto" title="Kanna Hashimoto">Kanna Hashimoto</a></b>   (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1999)</p>