Historical Events In May - 03

1943  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Upton Sinclair (Dragon's Teeth)   

1943  Squadron Leader, Leonard Henry Trent, 487 (NZ) Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over Amsterdam Holland on May - 03.   

1943  Strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed on May - 03.   

1943  US first armour division occupies Mateur Tunisia on May - 03.   

1943  On May - 03 leslie Heward, composer, dies at 45   

1944  "Meet Me in St Louis" opens on Broadway on May - 03.   

1944  On May - 03 dr. Robert Woodward and Dr. William Doering produced the first synthetic quinine   

1944  On May - 03 meat rationing ends in US   

1945  Allies arrests German nuclear physics Werner Heisenberg on this day in history.   

1945  British troop join in Rangoon on May - 03.   

1945  First Canadian Army takes Oldenburg, and Canadian paratroopers link up with Russians in Wismar on this day in history.   

1945  On May - 03 first Polish armour brigade occupies Wilhelmshafen   

1945  German ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed on May - 03.   

1945  On this day in history rangoon taken by 26th Indian Division   

1945  1st Polish armour brigade occupies Wilhelmshafen on this day in history.   

1945  Louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1946  International military tribunal in Tokyo begins on this day in history.   

1947  Japan forms a constitutional democracy on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history the birth of Doug Hemming, American actor   

1947  73rd Kentucky Derby: Eric Guerin aboard Jet Pilot wins in 2:06.8 on this day in history.   

1948  Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener &Tennessee Williams on May - 03.   

1948  Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener & Tennessee Williams on May - 03.   

1949  A ten nations conference in London forms the Council of Europe on this day in history.   

1949  On May - 03 the first firing of a US Viking rocket; reached 80 km   

1952  On May - 03 "Call Me Madam" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 644 performances   

1952  The first airplane to land at the geographic location of the North Pole did so on this day on May - 03.   

1952  On May - 03 the first landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole   

1954  On May - 03 pulitzer prize awarded to Charles A Lindbergh &John Patrick   

1955  On this day in history philips C Visser, explorer/ambassador to Moscow, dies   

1956  A new range of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13,000') on this day in history.   

1957  Brooklyn Dodgers’ owner Walter O’ Malley agreed to move the team from Flatbush to sunny Los Angeles. Initially, only exhibition games were held at the L.A. Coliseum on this day in history.   

1958  In Brockville, Ontario a Trust company is robbed of $3.3 million dollars in bonds and securities on May - 03.   

1958  Frank Foster, cricketer (England all-rounder, 11 Tests 1911-12), dies on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history harvey Schmidt/Tom Jones' musical "Fantasticks" premieres in NYC   

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0612  Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641) was born on May - 03.   

1415  Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.   

1428  Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.   

1446  On this day in history birth of margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie   

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  Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal was born on this day in history.   

1535  On May - 03 birth of alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer   

1010  On this day in history ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69   

1152  On May - 03 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  On May - 03 jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies   

1410  On May - 03 alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies   

1442  Engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies on May - 03.   

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