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 May - 03.   

1983  US bishops condemn nuclear weapons on May - 03.   

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

1986  On May - 03 air Lanka crashes, killing 22   

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

1986  On May - 03 nASA launches Goes-G, it failed to achieve orbit   

1986  Robert Alda, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1987  On May - 03 miami Herald reports a woman spent Friday &Saturday with Gary Hart   

1987  Dicky Fuller, cricketer (one Test for WI 1935, one run, 0-12), dies on May - 03.   

1988  On this day in history 4,200 kg Colombian cocaine in seized at Tarpon Springs FL   

1988  Jasper Johns' "Diver" sold for $4,200,000 on this day in history.   

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 May - 03.   

1991  On May - 03 356th &final episode of CBS 2nd longest running series Dallas, 2nd only to Gunsmoke   

1991  Andy Williams weds Debbie Hass on this day in history.   

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

1991  On this day in history gerrit Mik, child psychiatrist/Dutch MP (D66), dies   

1992  On this day in history beverly Hills 90210's Gabrielle Carteris marries Charles Isaacs   

1992  Elizabeth Lennox, radio singer, dies of heart seizure at 98 on May - 03.   

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 this day in history uS space probe Clementine launched   

1994  Gustaaf AWC baron van Hemert Dingshof, mayor of Maarn, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1998  RaiLink-MacKenzie Northern takes over the operation of the CN line from Smith, AB to Hay River, NWT on May - 03.   

2005  On May - 03 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  On this day in history local government elections in Scotland and most of England.   

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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 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 May - 03 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history death of matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105)   

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

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