Today in History 02/03/17

Belle Starr circa 1870 (© American Stock/Getty Images)(1889) Famed femme outlaw Belle Starr killed in Oklahoma
With two shotgun blasts to the back, ‘The Bandit Queen ‘ meets her end after a life of crime that included cattle rustling, thieving, and romantic entanglements with other outlaws.
Myra Maybelle Shirley Reed Starr, better known as Belle Starr, was a notorious American outlaw. Belle associated with the James–Younger Gang and other outlaws. She was convicted of horse theft in 1883. She was fatally shot in 1889 in a case that is still officially unsolved. Her story was popularized by Richard K. Fox—editor and publisher of the National Police Gazette—and she later became a popular character in television and movies.
Born: Feb 05, 1848 · Carthage, MO
Died: Feb 03, 1889
Spouse: Jim July Starr (m. 1888 – 1889) · Sam Starr (m. 1880 – 1886) · James C. Reed (m. 1866 – 1874)
Children: Pearl Starr (Daughter)
Parents: Elizabeth Pennington Shirley · John “Judge” Shirley · Elizabeth Shirley
Siblings: Mansfield Shirley · Benton Edwin Shirley · John Allison Shirley · Cravens Shirley · Preston Shirley · Charlotte Shirley
Highlights
  • 1878: Allegedly, Belle was briefly married for three weeks to Charles Younger, uncle of Cole Younger in 1878, but this is not substantiated by any evidence.

  • 1880: Belle Starr married Sam Starr on June 05, 1880; their marriage lasted 6 years till December 17, 1886.

  • 1883: She was convicted of horse theft in 1883.

  • 1886: In 1886, she escaped conviction on another theft charge, but on December 17, Sam Starr was involved in a gunfight with Officer Frank West.

  • 1889: Fox made her name famous with his novel Bella Starr, the Bandit Queen, or the Female Jesse James, published in 1889 (the year of her murder).

  • 1889: On February 3, 1889, two days before her 41st birthday, she was killed.

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Jacques Cousteau filming 'The Silent World' circa 1953 (© Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images/Getty Images)(1953) Jacques Cousteau’s book ‘The Silent World’ is released
Three years after launching his underwater research vessel The Calypso, the oceanographer publishes ‘The Silent World.’ A film version, co-directed by Cousteau and Louis Malle, will debut three years later and will win the Academy Award for best documentary, helping to make Cousteau world-famous.
The Silent World is a 1953 book co-authored by Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Frédéric Dumas, and edited by James Dugan. Although a French national, Cousteau wrote the book in English. Cousteau and Émile Gagnan designed, built, and tested the first “aqua-lung” in the summer of 1943, off the southern coast of France. In the opening chapters, Cousteau recounts the earliest days of scuba diving with his diving companions Frédéric Dumas and Philippe Tailliez. The aqualung allowed for the first time untethered, free-floating extended deep water diving, and ushered in the modern era of scuba diving. Later chapters include excursions diving ship wrecks.
Authors: Jacques-Yves Cousteau · Frédéric Dumas
First published: 1953

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Buddy Holly circa 1958 (© Hulton Archive/Getty Images)(1959) Buddy Holly and three others die in Iowa plane crash
Rock ‘n’ roll star Buddy Holly, 22, perishes along with fellow hit-makers Richie Valens, J.P. ‘Big Bopper’ Richardson, and their pilot, when their Beechcraft plane goes down in a storm shortly after takeoff.
On February 3, 1959, rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson. The event later became known as “The Day the Music Died”, after singer-songwriter Don McLean so referred to it in his 1971 song “American Pie”.
Date: Feb 03, 1959
Fatalities: 4

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Ptl. Frank Serpico as he arrives to testify in cop trial at Brooklyn Police Head Quarters in 1971 (© Ed Molinari/NY Daily News via Getty Images)(1971) NYPD officer and corruption whistleblower Serpico shot
Shot in the head during a Brooklyn drug bust, police officer Frank Serpico will survive and testify to widespread corruption in the New York Police Department. His shooting, suspected as having been set up by his fellow officers, will prompt an investigation of the department and inspire a popular film.
Francesco Vincent “Frank” Serpico is a retired American New York Police Department officer who holds both American and Italian citizenship. He is known for whistleblowing on police corruption in the late 1960s and early 1970s, an act that prompted Mayor John V. Lindsay to appoint the landmark Knapp Commission to investigate the NYPD. Much of Serpico’s fame came after the release of the 1973 film Serpico, which was based on the book by Peter Maas and which starred Al Pacino in the title role, for which Pacino was nominated for an Oscar.
Born: Apr 14, 1936 (age 80) · Brooklyn, NY
Spouse: Marianne Serpico (m. 1973) · Laurie Young (m. 1966 – 1969) · Leslie Lane (m. 1963 – 1965) · Mary Ann Wheeler (m. 1957 – 1962)
Related movies: Serpico
Children: Alexander Serpico (Son)
Education: Brooklyn College
Parents: Vincenzo · Maria Giovanna Serpico

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