Feb. 3: Officer down; Brandon got "talkies"; Ste. Rose Hospital.

February 3, 1913 - Constable Charles Rooke of the Dauphin detachment of the Manitoba Provincial Police was shot to death trying to apprehend a suspect near Riding Mountain. For more on Rooke's life and death.

February 3, 1930 - The Strand Theatre on 10th Street in Brandon re-opened after a two month renovation to convert it into Brandon’s first 'talking picture' house. It was demolished in 2018.

February 3, 1932 - Andrew Bodz, a 56 year-old Austrian immigrant who farmed near Pine River, was hanged for beating his wife Mary to death in July 1931. Though he was tried in Dauphin, the hanging took place in Headingley.

February 3, 1939 – The first patient is admitted to the Ste. Rose General Hospital, three days before it was scheduled to open.

February 3, 1947 - The coldest temperature ever recorded in Canada WASN'T at Portage and Main ! Snag, Yukon reached an estimated -81 F (-63 C). It was a guesstimate as even the scientific thermometers only went as low as -80 F.