Historical Events In May - 03
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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