Historical Events In May - 03
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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