Historical Events In May - 03

1961  Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

1963  Martin Luther King Jr delivers his "I have a dream" speech on May - 03.   

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  Diana Wynyard, dies at 58 on May - 03.   

1965  Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US on this day in history.   

1965  In El Salvador a 6.0 earthquake left 125 persons dead, about 500 injured, and an estimated 48,000 homeless on May - 03.   

1965  Pulitzer prize awarded to Irwin Unger (Greenback Era) on this day in history.   

1965  The first use of satellite TV, Today Show on the Early Bird Satellite on this day in history.   

1965  Howard Spring, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1966  Wylie Watson, dies at 77 on May - 03.   

1967  On May - 03 black students seize finance building at Northwestern University   

1968  Holland Pirate Radio Station VRON becomes Radio Veronica International on this day in history.   

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 this day in history candelario Huizar, composer, dies at 82   

1971  On this day in history erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader   

1971  Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days on May - 03.   

1971  Pulitzer prize awarded to John Toland (Rising Sun) on May - 03.   

1972  Bruce Cabot, actor (Diamonds are Forever), dies at 68 on May - 03.   

1973  On May - 03 chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 meters), topped out   

1975  Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1976  Pulitzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift) on this day in history.   

1976  David Bruce, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

1978  Anderlecht wins 18th Europe Cup II on this day in history.   

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

1978  On this day in history west Indies all set to lose cricket test vs Australia at Kingston till riots end game   

1978  On May - 03 wim van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 71   

1979  Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female prime minister on this day in history.   

1979  The Yukon River submerges Dawson under more than two metres of water; downtown declared a disaster area on May - 03.   

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 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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0612  On May - 03 birth of constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641)   

1415  Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495) was born on May - 03.   

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

1446  On May - 03 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  Niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1160  On May - 03 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 this day in history jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies   

1410  On this day in history alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies   

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)