Historical Events In May - 03

1961  On May - 03 maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53   

1962  On this day in history express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train and a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan)   

1963  On this day in history martin Luther King Jr delivers his "I have a dream" speech   

1963  On May - 03 over 1,600 residents of Hay River and Fort Simpson airlifted to safety after towns struck by flooding; the townsites will be moved to higher ground.   

1964  On May - 03 diana Wynyard, dies at 58   

1965  On this day in history cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US   

1965  On this day in history in El Salvador a 6.0 earthquake left 125 persons dead, about 500 injured, and an estimated 48,000 homeless   

1965  Pulitzer prize awarded to Irwin Unger (Greenback Era) on May - 03.   

1965  On May - 03 the first use of satellite TV, Today Show on the Early Bird Satellite   

1965  On May - 03 howard Spring, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76   

1966  Wylie Watson, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1967  Black students seize finance building at Northwestern University on this day in history.   

1968  On May - 03 holland Pirate Radio Station VRON becomes Radio Veronica International   

1968  On this day in history leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer, dies at 86   

1969  Imre Vincze, composer, dies at 42 on May - 03.   

1970  Candelario Huizar, composer, dies at 82 on May - 03.   

1971  On this day in history erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader   

1971  On May - 03 nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days   

1971  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to John Toland (Rising Sun)   

1972  On this day in history bruce Cabot, actor (Diamonds are Forever), dies at 68   

1973  On May - 03 chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 meters), topped out   

1975  On this day in history samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78   

1976  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift)   

1976  On May - 03 david Bruce, dies at 62   

1978  "Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US on this day in history.   

1978  On May - 03 anderlecht wins 18th Europe Cup II   

1978  On this day in history last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston   

1978  West Indies all set to lose cricket test vs Australia at Kingston till riots end game on May - 03.   

1978  Wim van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1979  Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female prime minister on May - 03.   

1979  The Yukon River submerges Dawson under more than two metres of water; downtown declared a disaster area on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history erin O'Brien-Moore, actress (Nurse Choate-Peyton Place), dies at 76   

1982  ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations) on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history new York Times reports that military will get 25% of NASA's budget   

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

1415  On May - 03 birth of 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) was born on this day in history.   

1446  Margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie was born on this day in history.   

1446  On this day in history birth of margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)   

1469  On May - 03 birth of niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince)   

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  On May - 03 ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69   

1152  On this day in history death of matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105)   

1160  On this day in history death of peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100)   

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

1294  Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies on this day in history.   

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

1442  On May - 03 engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies   

1481  Death of Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432) on May - 03.