Template:On this day/February 3

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Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

February 3:

  • 1870 – The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, granting Black men in Charlottesville and Albemarle County the legal right to vote. This marked the first time formerly enslaved citizens could participate in local, state, and national elections.
  • 1890Isabella Gibbons, one of the first teachers at the Jefferson School, died.
  • 2020Anne Hunter became director of Live Arts.