May 3

May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). There are 242 days remaining.

Events

• 1494 - Christopher Columbus discovers Jamaica
• 1791 - The Constitution of the third of May[?] (first Polish constitution) is proclamed by the Polish Sejm (Parliament)
• 1810 - Lord Byron swims the Hellespont
• 1867 - The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island
• 1912 - The first victims of the RMS Titanic are buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia
• 1942 - World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins
• 1947 - New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect
• 1952 - Lieutenant Colonel Joseph O. Fletcher[?] and Lieutenant Colonel William P. Benedict[?] land a plane at the geographic North Pole
• 1956 - The judo World Championships are first held.
• 1957 - Walter O'Malley[?], the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn, New York to Los Angeles, California
• 1963 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I have a dream" speech
• 1979 - Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1991 - The Declaration of Windhoek is signed

Births

• 1469 - Nicolò Machiavelli, historian and political author (+ 1527)
• 1662 - Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann[?], master builder (+ 1736)
• 1761 - August von Kotzebue, dramatist (+ 1819)
• 1861 - Emmett Dalton[?], outlaw (+ 1937)
• 1898 - Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel
• 1906 - Mary Astor[?], actress (+ 1987)
• 1913 - William Inge, playwright (+ 1973)
• 1919 - Pete Seeger, singer
• 1919 - Betty Comden, lyricist
• 1921 - Sugar Ray Robinson, boxer (+ 1989)
• 1921 - Joe Ames[?], singer
• 1928 - James Brown, singer
• 1937 - Frankie Valli, singer
• 1959 - Ben Elton, British comedian and author
• External list (http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/born-may-03) of US polititians who were born on May 3.

Deaths

• 1987 - Dalida, French singer
• 1989 - Christine Jorgensen[?], transsexual
• 1991 - Jerzy Kosinski, writer
• External list (http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/died-may-03) of US politians who died on May 3.

Holidays and observances

• World Press Freedom Day

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