Historical Events In May - 03

1943  On May - 03 pulitzer prize awarded to Upton Sinclair (Dragon's Teeth)   

1943  Squadron Leader, Leonard Henry Trent, 487 (NZ) Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over Amsterdam Holland on this day in history.   

1943  Strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history uS first armour division occupies Mateur Tunisia   

1943  On May - 03 leslie Heward, composer, dies at 45   

1944  On this day in history "Meet Me in St Louis" opens on Broadway   

1944  On May - 03 dr. Robert Woodward and Dr. William Doering produced the first synthetic quinine   

1944  Meat rationing ends in US on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history allies arrests German nuclear physics Werner Heisenberg   

1945  On this day in history british troop join in Rangoon   

1945  First Canadian Army takes Oldenburg, and Canadian paratroopers link up with Russians in Wismar on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history first Polish armour brigade occupies Wilhelmshafen   

1945  On this day in history german ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed   

1945  Rangoon taken by 26th Indian Division on May - 03.   

1945  1st Polish armour brigade occupies Wilhelmshafen on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN), dies at 66   

1946  On May - 03 international military tribunal in Tokyo begins   

1947  On this day in history japan forms a constitutional democracy   

1947  On May - 03 the birth of Doug Hemming, American actor   

1947  On this day in history 73rd Kentucky Derby: Eric Guerin aboard Jet Pilot wins in 2:06.8   

1948  On May - 03 pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener &Tennessee Williams   

1948  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener & Tennessee Williams   

1949  A ten nations conference in London forms the Council of Europe on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history the first firing of a US Viking rocket; reached 80 km   

1952  On May - 03 "Call Me Madam" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 644 performances   

1952  On May - 03 the first airplane to land at the geographic location of the North Pole did so on this day.   

1952  The first landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole on May - 03.   

1954  On May - 03 pulitzer prize awarded to Charles A Lindbergh &John Patrick   

1955  Philips C Visser, explorer/ambassador to Moscow, dies on this day in history.   

1956  On May - 03 a new range of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13,000')   

1957  On this day in history brooklyn Dodgers’ owner Walter O’ Malley agreed to move the team from Flatbush to sunny Los Angeles. Initially, only exhibition games were held at the L.A. Coliseum   

1958  On this day in history in Brockville, Ontario a Trust company is robbed of $3.3 million dollars in bonds and securities.   

1958  On this day in history frank Foster, cricketer (England all-rounder, 11 Tests 1911-12), dies   

1960  On this day in history harvey Schmidt/Tom Jones' musical "Fantasticks" premieres in NYC   

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0612  Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641) was born on this day in history.   

1415  Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495) was born on May - 03.   

1428  Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.   

1446  On this day in history birth of margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie   

1446  Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503) was born on May - 03.   

1469  Niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince) was born on May - 03.   

1514  On May - 03 birth of bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal   

1535  Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer was born on this day in history.   

1010  Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69 on May - 03.   

1152  On May - 03 death of matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105)   

1160  Death of Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100) on this day in history.   

1270  On this day in history death of king Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)   

1294  On this day in history jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies   

1410  Alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies on May - 03.   

1442  Engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies on this day in history.   

1481  Death of Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432) on this day in history.