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May 3
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May 3 is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 242 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1924 – Aleph Zadik Aleph is formed in Omaha, Nebraska 1928 – Japanese atrocities in Jinan , China .1933 – Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first woman to head the United States Mint .1937 – Gone with the Wind novel by Margaret Mitchell , wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction .1939 – The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose .1942 – World War II : Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia .1945 – World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona , Thielbek Deutschland Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay .1946 – The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity .1947 – New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.1948 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.1951 – London 's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain 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 Truman .
1951 – The Kentucky Derby is televised for the first time.
1952 – Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole .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 New York City 's Greenwich Village , eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.1960 – The Anne Frank House opens in Amsterdam , Netherlands .
1963 – The police force in Birmingham, Alabama switches tactics and responds with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaign " protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, bringing newfound attention to the African-American Civil Rights Movement .1973 – The Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out as the world's tallest building .1978 – The first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (which would later become known as "spam ") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.1986 – Twenty-one people are killed and forty-one are injured after a bomb explodes in an airliner (Flight UL512) at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka .1987 – A crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway , Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop restrictor plate racing the following season both at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega.1999 –The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is devastated by an F5 tornado killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak . This is the strongest tornado ever recorded with wind speeds of up to 318 mph.2000 – The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet .2001 – The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947 .2002 – A military MiG-21 aircraft crashes into the Bank of Rajasthan in India , killing eight.2003 – New Hampshire 's famous Old Man of the Mountain collapses.2006 – Armavia Flight 967 crashes into the Black Sea , killing 113 people on board, with no survivors.2006 – Zacarias Moussaoui is sentenced to life in prison in Alexandria, Virginia .
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 , Italian-born French engineer (d. 1771)1713 – Alexis Clairault , French mathematician (d. 1765)1761 – August von Kotzebue , German dramatist (d. 1819)1764 – Elisabeth of France , sister of Louis XVI (d. 1794)1768 – Charles Tennant , Scottish chemist and industrialist (d. 1838)1814 – Sir Adams George Archibald , Canadian Father of the Confederation (d. 1892)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 – Jacob August Riis , American journalist (d. 1914)1849 – Bernhard von Bülow , Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)1857 – George Gore , American baseball player (d. 1933)1859 – Andy Adams , American author (d. 1935)1860 – John Scott Haldane , Scottish physiologist (d. 1936)1860 – Vito Volterra , Italian mathematician (d. 1940)
1861 – Emmett Dalton , American outlaw (d. 1937)1867 – J.T. Hearne , English cricketer (d. 1944)1870 – Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1948)1873 – Pavlo Skoropadsky , Ukrainian general (d. 1945)1874 – François Coty , French perfume manufacturer (d. 1934)1874 – V. Walfrid Ekman , Swedish oceanographer (d. 1954)
1877 – Karl Abraham , German psychoanalyst (d. 1925)1879 – Fergus McMaster , Australian businessman (d. 1950)1886 – Marcel Dupré , French organist and composer (d. 1971)1887 – Marika Kotopouli , Greek actress (d. 1954)1888 – Beulah Bondi , American actress (d. 1981)1891 – Tadeusz Peiper , Polish poet (d. 1969)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)1896 – Dodie Smith , English novelist and playwright (d. 1990)1896 – Karl Allmenroder , German World War I Flying ace (d. 1917)
1898 – Golda Meir , Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1978)1901 – Gino Cervi , Italian actor (d. 1974)1902 – Alfred Kastler , French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)1903 – Bing Crosby , American singer and actor (d. 1977)1905 – Werner Fenchel , German mathematician (d. 1988)1906 – Anna E. Roosevelt , American radio personality, daughter of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (d. 1975)1906 – Mary Astor , Academy Award -winning American actress (d. 1987)
1907 – Dorothy Young , American entertainer1910 – Norman Corwin , American radio pioneer1912 – Virgil Fox , American organist (d. 1980)1913 – William Inge , American playwright (d. 1973)1915 – Stu Hart , Canadian professional wrestler and trainer (d. 2003)1916 – Léopold Simoneau , French Canadian tenor (d. 2006)1917 – Betty Comden , American lyricist (d. 2006)1918 – Ted Bates , English former footballer (d. 2003)1919 – John Cullen Murphy , American comic strip artist (d. 2004)1919 – Pete Seeger , American singer
1920 – John Lewis , American jazz pianist and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet ) (d. 2001)1921 – Sugar Ray Robinson , American boxer (d. 1989)1921 – Joe Ames , American singer (d. 2007)
1922 – Len Shackleton , English former footballer (d. 2000)1923 – Ralph Hall , American politician1923 – George Hadjinikos , Greek pianist and conductor
1924 – Yehuda Amichai , Israeli poet (d. 2000)1924 – Ken Tyrrell , English founder of eponymous F1 racing team (d. 2001)
1925 – Jean Séguy , French sociologist of religions (d. 2007)1926 – Ann B. Davis , American actress1928 – Dave Dudley , American singer (d. 2003)1932 – Robert Osborne , American film historian1933 – James Brown , American singer and dancer (d. 2006)1933 – Steven Weinberg , American physicist, Nobel laureate
1933 – Alex Cord , American actor
1934 – Henry Cooper , English boxer1934 – Georges Moustaki , Egyptian born Greek-French singer and songwriter
1934 – Frankie Valli , American singer (The Four Seasons )
1935 – Ron Popeil , American inventor1937 – Nélida Piñon , Brazilian writer1938 – Chris Cannizzaro , American baseball player1938 – Omar Abdel-Rahman , Egyptian Islamist terrorist
1940 – Konrad "Conny" Plank , German record producer and musician1940 – Clemens Westerhof , Dutch football manager
1941 – Edward "Monk" Malloy , American university president1942 – Věra Čáslavská , Czech gymnast1942 – Dave Marash , American journalist
1942 – C.L. Otter , American politician, governor of Idaho
1943 – Jim Risch , American politician, junior senator of Idaho1945 – Davey Lopes , American baseball player and coach1946 – Norm Chow , American football coach1946 – Greg Gumbel , American broadcaster
1946 – Silvino Francisco , South African snooker player
1948 – Chris Mulkey , American actor1947 – Doug Henning , Canadian magician (d. 2000)1949 – Ron Wyden , American politician, senior senator of Oregon1949 – Ken Hom , Chinese American chef
1950 – Mary Hopkin , Welsh Singer1951 – Christopher Cross , American musician1951 – Tatyana Tolstaya , Russian writer
1952 – Charles Baldwin , American political figure1952 – Caitlin Clarke . American actress (d. 2004)
1952 – Allan Wells , British athlete
1953 – Gary Young , American drummer (Pavement )1955 – David Hookes , Australian cricketer (d. 2004)1956 – Marc Bellemare , French Canadian lawyer and politician1957 – Rod Langway , American ice hockey player1958 – Kevin Kilner , American actor1958 – Sandi Toksvig , Danish born writer and broadcaster
1958 – Susanna Kwan , Hong Kong singer
1959 – David Ball , English musician (Soft Cell )1959 – Uma Bharati , Indian politician
1959 – Ben Elton , British comedian and author
1960 – Amy Steel , American actress1961 – Steve McClaren , English football manager1961 – Joe Murray , American cartoonist
1961 – David Vitter , American politician, junior senator of Louisiana
1962 – Anders Graneheim , Swedish bodybuilder1963 – Jeff Hornacek , American basketball player1963 – Jamie Reeves , British strongman
1964 – Ron Hextall , Canadian ice hockey player1965 – Rob Brydon , Welsh comedian1965 – Nina Garcia , Colombian-American fashion expert and television personality
1965 – John Jensen , Danish footballer
1965 – Mikhail Prokhorov , Russian self-made businessman
1966 – Peter Abbay , American actor1966 – Firdous Bamji , Indian-American actor
1966 – Darren Morgan , Welsh snooker player
1968 – Shane Minor , American singer1969 – Daryl F. Mallett , American writer/editor1970 – Jeffrey Sebelia , American fashion designer1971 – Damon Dash , American label executive1971 – Josey Scott , American singer (Saliva )
1972 – Shonie Carter , American MMA fighter1972 – Suzi Suzuki , former Japanese adult actress
1973 – Brad Martin , American musician1973 – Rea Garvey , Irish musician
1974 – Princess Haya bint Hussein of Jordan1974 – Peter Everitt , Australian football player
1975 – Willie Geist , American television personality1975 – Christina Hendricks , American actress
1975 – Dulé Hill , American actor
1975 – Valentino Lanús , Mexican actor
1975 – Maksim Mrvica , Croatian pianist
1976 – Jeff Halpern , American ice hockey player1976 – Brad Scott , Australian rules footballer and coach
1977 – Mashima Hiro , Japanese Mangaka of Rave Master and Fairy Tail 1977 – Ryan Dempster , American baseball player
1977 – Tyronn Lue , American basketball player
1978 – Paul Banks , American vocalist (Interpol )1978 – Autumn Phillips , member of the British royal family
1978 – Lawrence Tynes , American football player
1979 – Steve Mack , American professional wrestler1980 – Zuzana Ondrášková , Czech tennis player1980 – Marcel Vigneron , American chef (Top Chef )
1981 – Farrah Franklin , American singer (former member of Destiny's Child )1981 – U;Nee , South Korean singer and actress (d. 2007)
1982 – Igor Olshansky , Ukrainian-born American football player1983 – Joseph Addai , American football player1983 – Romeo Castelen , Dutch footballer
1983 – Márton Fülöp , Hungarian footballer
1983 – Myriam Fares , Lebanese singer
1984 – Cheryl Burke , American dancer1987 – Lina GrinÄikaitÄ— , Lithuanian sprinter1990 – Miranda Chartrand , Canadian singer1990 – Levi Johnston , American actor and model; former fiancé of Bristol Palin
Deaths
1152 – Matilda of Boulogne , Queen of England (b. 1105)1160 – Peter Lombard , Italian scholar and bishop (b. c. 1100)1270 – King Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)1294 – John I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1252)1481 – Mehmed II , Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)1598 – Anna Guarini , Italian singer (b. 1563)1606 – Henry Garnet , English Jesuit (b. 1555)1616 – William Shakespeare , English writer and actor (b. 1564) (his death is commonly accepted to be on April 23 , according to the Julian calendar )1622 – Pedro Páez , Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1564)1679 – James Sharp , Scottish archbishop (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 (b. c.1692)1758 – Pope Benedict XIV (b. 1675)1763 – George Psalmanazar , British impostor (b. 1679)1764 – Francesco Algarotti , Italian philosopher (b. 1712)1779 – John Winthrop , American astronomer (b. 1714)1793 – Martin Gerbert , German theologian and historian (b. 1720)1839 – Ferdinando Paer , Italian composer (b. 1771)1856 – Adolphe Charles Adam , French composer (b. 1803)1918 – Charlie Soong , Christian missionary1921 – Théodore Pilette , Belgian racing driver (b. 1883)1942 – Thorvald Stauning , Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)1958 – Frank Foster , English cricketer (b. 1889)1969 – Zakir Hussain , 3rd President of India , (b. 1897)1972 – Bruce Cabot , American film actor (b. 1904)1978 – Bill Downs , American broadcast journalist (b. 1914)1987 – Dalida , French singer (b. 1933)1988 – Lev Semenovich Pontryagin , Russian mathematician (b. 1908)1989 – Christine Jorgensen , American transsexual (b. 1926)1989 – Edward Ochab , Polish Communist politician (b. 1906)
1991 – Jerzy Kosiński , Polish-born writer (b. 1933)1991 – Mohammed Abdel Wahab , Egyptian singer and composer (b. 1907)
1992 – George Murphy , American dancer, actor and politician (b. 1902)1996 – Dimitri Fampas , Greek guitarist (b. 1921)1996 – Alex Kellner , American baseball player (b. 1924)
1996 – Jack Weston , American actor (b. 1924)
1997 – Sébastien Enjolras , French racing driver (b. 1976)1997 – Narciso Yepes , Spanish classical guitarist (b. 1927)
1999 – Joe Adcock , American baseball player (b. 1927)1999 – Steve Chiasson , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967)
1999 – Godfrey Evans , English cricketer (b. 1920)
2000 – John Joseph O'Connor , Cardinal Archbishop of New York (b. 1920)2000 – Julia Bathory , Hungarian glass-designer (b. 1901)2001 – Billy Higgins , American drummer (b. 1936)2002 – Barbara Castle , British politician (b. 1910)2002 – Evgeny Svetlanov , Russian composer and pianist (b. 1928)
2003 – Suzy Parker , American actress (b. 1932)2004 – Anthony Ainley , British actor (b. 1932)2004 – Ken Downing , British racing driver (b. 1917)
2004 – Darrell Johnson , American baseball player (b. 1928)
2006 – Karel Appel , Dutch painter (b. 1921)2006 – Pramod Mahajan , Indian politician (b. 1949)
2006 – Earl Woods , athlete and father of Tiger Woods (b. 1932)
2007 – Warja Honegger-Lavater , Swiss illustrator (b. 1913)2007 – Wally Schirra , American astronaut (b. 1923)
2007 – Knock Yokoyama , Japanese comedian and politician (b. 1932)
2008 – Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo , Spanish former Prime Minister (b. 1926)2009 – Ram Shewalkar , Indian Marathi writer (b.1931)2010 – Guenter Wendt , German-American engineer (b.1923)2010 – Roy Carrier , American Zydeco musician (b. 1947)
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