May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (124th in Leap Year s). There are 242 days remaining.
- 1494 - Christopher Columbus first spots Jamaica .
- 1791 - The May Constitution Of Poland (first modern Constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Polish Diet .
- loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia .
- 1808 - 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 .
- 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 '', a Novel by Margaret Mitchell , wins the Pulitzer Prize For Fiction .
- s '' Cap Arcona , Thielbek '' and '' Deutschland '' by the RAF in the Lübeck Bay.
- begins in Tokyo against 28 Japan ese military and government officials accused of War Crime s 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 .
- 1959 - The first Grammy Award s are announced.
- 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.
- 1991 - The Declaration Of Windhoek is signed.
- 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 - The sport of Geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet .
- 2003 - New Hampshire 's famous Old Man Of The Mountain collapses.
- 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 )
- 1713 - Alexis Clairault , French mathematician (d. 1765 )
- 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 )
- 1860 - Vito Volterra , Italian mathematician (d. 1940 )
- 1861 - Emmett Dalton , American outlaw (d. 1937 )
- 1867 - J.T. Hearne , English cricketer (d. 1944 )
- 1874 - François Coty , French perfume manufacturer (d. 1934 )
- 1874 - V. Walfrid Ekman , Swedish oceanographer (d. 1954 )
- 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 - Joe Ames , American singer
- 1921 - Sugar Ray Robinson , American boxer (d. 1989 )
- 1923 - Ralph Hall , American politician
- 1928 - Dave Dudley , American singer (d. 2003 )
- 1932 - Robert Osborne , American film historian
- 1933 - James Brown , American singer
- 1933 - Steven Weinberg , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1937 - Frankie Valli , American singer ( The Four Seasons )
- 1941 - Edward "Monk" Malloy , Former University of Notre Dame President
- 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 )
- 1955 - Steve Jones , English musician from rock group The Sex Pistols
- 1959 - Uma Bharati , Indian politician
- 1959 - Ben Elton , British comedian and author
- 1962 - Anders Graneheim , Swedish bodybuilder
- 1966 - Darren Morgan , Welsh snooker player
- 1971 - Josey Scott , lead singer of Saliva
- 1972 - Celeste , American actress
- 1975 - Maksim Mrvica , Croatian pianist
- 1152 - Matilda Of Boulogne , Queen Of England
- 1160 - Peter Lombard , Italian scholar and bishop
- 1270 - Bela IV , king of Hungary
- 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 )
- 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 )
- 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 - Milton Caniff , American cartoonist ( Terry And The Pirates , Steve Canyon ) (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 )
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