Historical Events In May - 03

1982  President Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history helmut Dantine, actor (Shadow of the Cloak), dies at 64   

1983  Soviet leader Andropov decreases nuclear weapons in Europe on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history uS bishops condemn nuclear weapons   

1983  Vaughn Taylor, act (Jailhouse Rock), dies of cerebal hemmorrhage at 72 on May - 03.   

1986  Air Lanka crashes, killing 22 on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history horse racing legend Bill Shoemaker became the oldest jockey to win the the Kentucky Derby.   

1986  NASA launches Goes-G, it failed to achieve orbit on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history robert Alda, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain), dies at 72   

1987  Miami Herald reports a woman spent Friday &Saturday with Gary Hart on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history dicky Fuller, cricketer (one Test for WI 1935, one run, 0-12), dies   

1988  On May - 03 4,200 kg Colombian cocaine in seized at Tarpon Springs FL   

1988  On this day in history jasper Johns' "Diver" sold for $4,200,000   

1989  Christine Jorgensen, 1st transsexual, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1990  Pimen, [Sergei Irzyekov], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history 356th &final episode of CBS 2nd longest running series Dallas, 2nd only to Gunsmoke   

1991  Andy Williams weds Debbie Hass on May - 03.   

1991  On this day in history brian Mulroney 1939- promises 500-job GST processing centre for Summerside to help community hard hit by closing of Canadian Forces Base.   

1991  Gerrit Mik, child psychiatrist/Dutch MP (D66), dies on this day in history.   

1992  Beverly Hills 90210's Gabrielle Carteris marries Charles Isaacs on May - 03.   

1992  On May - 03 elizabeth Lennox, radio singer, dies of heart seizure at 98   

1993  On May - 03 "Kiss of the Spider Woman" opens at Broadhurst NYC for 906 performances   

1994  29th Academy of Country Music Awards Garth Brooks wins on this day in history.   

1994  On May - 03 uS space probe Clementine launched   

1994  Gustaaf AWC baron van Hemert Dingshof, mayor of Maarn, dies at 78 on May - 03.   

1994  29th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins on this day in history.   

1995  Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy on May - 03.   

1995  On May - 03 michael Horden, actor (Fool, Green Man, Scoop), dies at 83   

1996  In Western Nei Mongol, China a 6.0 earthquake killed at least 18 people, 300 injured and extensive damage in the Baotou area on May - 03.   

1996  Jack Weston, actor (Ishtar, Rad, Cuba), dies of lymphoma at 71 on this day in history.   

1997  Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue on May - 03.   

1998  RaiLink-MacKenzie Northern takes over the operation of the CN line from Smith, AB to Hay River, NWT on this day in history.   

2005  On this day in history at least 32 people are killed and nine others injured when three two-story buildings in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore collapsed after gas cylinders stored in one of them exploded.   

2007  Local government elections in Scotland and most of England on May - 03.   

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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  On this day in history birth of pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1152  Death of Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105) on May - 03.   

1160  Death of Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100) on May - 03.   

1270  Death of King Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206) on May - 03.   

1294  Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies on May - 03.   

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

1442  On this day in history engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies   

1481  On this day in history death of mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)