Historical Events In May - 03

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

1962  Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train and a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan) on May - 03.   

1963  On May - 03 martin Luther King Jr delivers his "I have a dream" speech   

1963  On this day in history 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  Diana Wynyard, dies at 58 on May - 03.   

1965  Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US on May - 03.   

1965  On May - 03 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 this day in history.   

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

1965  Howard Spring, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76 on May - 03.   

1966  On May - 03 wylie Watson, dies at 77   

1967  Black students seize finance building at Northwestern University on May - 03.   

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

1968  Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1969  Imre Vincze, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1970  On May - 03 candelario Huizar, composer, dies at 82   

1971  Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days   

1971  On May - 03 pulitzer prize awarded to John Toland (Rising Sun)   

1972  On May - 03 bruce Cabot, actor (Diamonds are Forever), dies at 68   

1973  On this day in history chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 meters), topped out   

1975  On May - 03 samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78   

1976  On May - 03 pulitzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift)   

1976  On this day in history david Bruce, dies at 62   

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

1978  On this day in history anderlecht wins 18th Europe Cup II   

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

1978  On May - 03 west Indies all set to lose cricket test vs Australia at Kingston till riots end game   

1978  Wim van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 71 on May - 03.   

1979  On May - 03 margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female prime minister   

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

1979  Erin O'Brien-Moore, actress (Nurse Choate-Peyton Place), dies at 76 on May - 03.   

1982  ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations) on May - 03.   

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  Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.   

1428  On May - 03 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 May - 03.   

1514  Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal was born on May - 03.   

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  Death of Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105) on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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