May 3
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May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). There are 242 days remaining.
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Events
- 1494 - Christopher Columbus first spots Jamaica.
- 1791 - The May Constitution of Poland (first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Polish Diet.
- 1808 - Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia.
- 1808 - Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are fired upon near Príncipe Pío hill.
- 1810 - Lord Byron swims the Hellespont.
- 1849 - The May Uprising in Dresden begins - the last of the German revolutions of 1848.
- 1860 - Charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
- 1867 - The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
- 1933 - Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first woman to head the United States Mint.
- 1937 - Gone with the Wind, a novel by Margaret Mitchell, wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
- 1945 - World War II: Sinking of the floating-jails Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the RAF in the Lübeck Bay.
- 1946 - World War II: The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo against 28 Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- 1947 - New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
- 1951 - London's Royal Festival Hall opens.
- 1951 - The United States Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees begin their closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry S Truman.
- 1952 - U.S. lieutenant colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict land a plane at the geographic North Pole.
- 1956 - The judo World Championships are first held.
- 1957 - Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn, New York, to Los Angeles, California.
- 1960 - The Off-Broadway musical comedy, The Fantasticks, opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.
- 1971 - All Things Considered, National Public Radio's flagship news program, broadcasts for the first time.
- 1974 - The Portuguese Democratic Labour Party is founded in Portugal.
- 1980 - The Communist Party of Togo is founded.
- 1986 - In Bergen, Norway, Sandra Kim wins the thirty-first Eurovision Song Contest for Belgium singing "J'aime la vie" (I love life).
- 1991 - The Declaration of Windhoek is signed.
- 1991 - The last episode of the soap opera Dallas airs.
- 1997 - In Dublin, Ireland, Katrina and the Waves win the forty-second Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom singing "Love Shine a Light".
- 1999 - Oklahoma City is slammed by an F5 tornado. The tornado was part of a storm system that produces 66 tornadoes. The Oklahoma City tornado kills 42 people and injures 665, and causes $1 billion in damage. (see The Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak)
- 1999 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time in its history at 11,014.70.
- 2000 - Datapoint, the company that commissioned the Intel 8008 microprocessor, declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- 2000 - The sport of Geocaching begins with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS are posted on Usenet.
- 2003 - New Hampshire's Old Man of the Mountain collapses.
- 2003 - Funny Cide becomes the first New York-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby.
Births
- 612 - Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641)
- 1415 - Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495)
- 1428 - Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)
- 1446 - Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)
- 1469 - Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (d. 1527)
- 1662 - Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (d. 1736)
- 1695 - Henri Pitot, French engineer (d. 1771)
- 1761 - August von Kotzebue, German dramatist (d. 1819)
- 1826 - Charles, Crown Prince of Sweden-Norway (d. 1872)
- 1835 - Alfred Austin, English poet (d. 1913)
- 1844 - Richard D'Oyly Carte, English theatrical impresario (d. 1901)
- 1849 - Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)
- 1859 - Andy Adams, American author (d. 1935)
- 1860 - John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist (d. 1936)
- 1861 - Emmett Dalton, American outlaw (d. 1937)
- 1867 - J.T. Hearne, English cricketer (d. 1944)
- 1874 - François Coty, French perfume manufacturer (d. 1934)
- 1877 - Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst (d. 1925)
- 1886 - Marcel Dupré, French composer (d. 1971)
- 1888 - Beulah Bondi, American actress (d. 1981)
- 1892 - George Paget Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
- 1893 - Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor (d. 1975)
- 1895 - Cornelius Van Til, philosopher and Christian apologist (d. 1987)
- 1898 - Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1978)
- 1902 - Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
- 1903 - Bing Crosby, American singer (d. 1977)
- 1905 - Sebastian Shaw, English actor (d. 1994)
- 1906 - Anna E. Roosevelt, American radio personality (d. 1975)
- 1906 - Mary Astor, American actress (d. 1987)
- 1912 - Virgil Fox, American organist (d. 1980)
- 1913 - William Inge, American playwright (d. 1973)
- 1915 - Stu Hart, Canadian professional wrestler and trainer (d. 2003)
- 1919 - Betty Comden, American lyricist (d. 2002)
- 1919 - John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (d. 2004)
- 1919 - Pete Seeger, American folk singer
- 1921 - Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989)
- 1921 - Joe Ames, American singer
- 1923 - Ralph Hall, American politician
- 1928 - Dave Dudley, American singer (d. 2003)
- 1933 - James Brown, American singer
- 1933 - Steven Weinberg, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1937 - Frankie Valli, American singer
- 1945 - Davey Lopes, baseball player and coach
- 1946 - Silvino Francisco, South African snooker player
- 1947 - Doug Henning, Canadian magician (d. 2000)
- 1950 - Howard Ashman, American lyricist (d. 1991)
- 1950 - Mary Hopkin, Welsh singer
- 1951 - Christopher Cross, American musician
- 1951 - Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian writer
- 1952 - Allan Wells, British athlete
- 1955 - David Hookes, Australian cricketer (d. 2004)
- 1959 - Ben Elton, British comedian and author
- 1959 - Uma Bharati, Indian politician
- 1962 - Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder
- 1966 - Darren Morgan, Welsh snooker player
- 1972 - Celeste, American actress
- 1975 - Maksim Mrvica, Croatian pianist
Deaths
- 1152 - Matilda of Boulogne, queen of Stephen of England
- 1160 - Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop
- 1294 - John I, Duke of Brabant
- 1481 - Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)
- 1598 - Anna Guarini, Italian singer (b. 1563)
- 1606 - Henry Garnet, English Jesuit missionary (b. 1555)
- 1622 - Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1564)
- 1679 - James Sharp, English archbishop (assassinated) (b. 1613)
- 1693 - Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607)
- 1704 - Heinrich Ignaz Biber, Bohemian composer (b. 1644)
- 1724 - John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (b. 1662)
- 1750 - John Willison, Scottish minister and writer (b. 1680)
- 1752 - Samuel Ogle, British provincial Governor of Maryland
- 1758 - Pope Benedict XIV (b. 1675)
- 1763 - George Psalmanazar, British imposter
- 1764 - Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher (b. 1712)
- 1839 - Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (b. 1771)
- 1856 - Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer (b. 1803)
- 1942 - Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
- 1958 - Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)
- 1987 - Dalida, French singer (b. 1933)
- 1988 - Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (b. 1908)
- 1988 - Milt Caniff, American cartoonist (b. 1907)
- 1991 - Jerzy Kosinski, Polish-born writer (b. 1933)
- 1994 - Ezra Taft Benson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)
- 2002 - Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, British politician (b. 1910)
- 2003 - Suzy Parker, American actress (b. 1932)
- 2004 - Anthony Ainley, British actor (b. 1932)
Holidays and observances
- National Teacher Day in the United States
- World Press Freedom Day
- Constitution Day in Poland and Japan
- Roman Catholicism- Feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross (often called the Feast of the Invention of the True Cross)
- Feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church
- Saints Eventius, Theodulus, and Alexander (martyrs of 119)
- Emily Bicchiere (1238 - 1314)
- Antonia and Alexander (martyrs of 313)
- Saint Juvenal (d. 376)
- Ausfrid (c. 1008)
- Israel - Yom Ha'atzma'ut (Israeli Independence Day) for 2006: (the observed date of this national holiday is determined by the Jewish Calendar).
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