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On this day February 03-09, 2019
February 3, 2019 - February 9, 2019 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries for each day of the week. This week features the Darwin to Adelaide train, Super Bowl, United Artists film studio, Falcon Heavy rocket of SpaceX, untethered space walking, the Russo-Japanese War, and the Pyeonchang Olympics
February 3, 2004: The first passenger train from Darwin to Adelaide completed its inaugural three-day trip, realising a century-old dream to link the north and south of Australia.
February 4, 2018: The Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl with a surprise victory over the New England Patriots. Quarterback Nick Foles was named Most Valuable Player
February 5, 1919: Movie stars Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin (above), and D.W Griffith founded their own studio, United Artists, to control their commercial interests
February 6, 2018: SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon Heavy rocket on its maiden flight, carrying founder Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster as a dummy payload
February 7, 1984: Astronaut Bruce McCandless made the first untethered walk in space. Using only a jet-powered backpack he was able to venture 320 feet from the space shuttle
February 8, 1904: The Russo-Japanese War began with a surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese, which inflicted heavy damage on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur
February 9, 2018: A thaw in relations between North and South Korea saw delegates march together under a united flag as the Winter Olympics opened in Pyeongchang