Top Historical Events That Happened on May 03 Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1927  Francis E.J. Wilde of Meadowmere Park, NY patented the electric sign flasher   

1928  Japanese atrocities in Jinan, China   

1929  Prussia bans anti-fascists   

1931  Frank Hoyt Losey, composer, dies at 59   

1932  24 tourists begin inaugural air-charter holiday (London-Basle, Switzerland).   

1932  24 tourists begin 1st air-charter holiday (London-Basle, Switz).   

1932  Anton Wildgans, Austr writer (Dies Irae)/dir Burgtheater, dies at 51   

1933  James Brown, American singer is born.   

1933  The United States Mint was under the direction of a woman for the inaugural time. Mrs. Nellie Ross assumed command.   

1933  1st female director (Nellie T Ross) of US Mint takes office   

1934  Bradman scores 206 Aust v Worcestershire, 210 mins, 27 fours   

1936  In this year, French People's Front claims elections.   

1937  In this year, Margaret Mitchell claims Pulitzer Prize for "Gone With the Wind".   

1938  Vatican recognizes Franco-Spain.   

1938  Viewers of W2XBS-TV (now WCBS-TV) watched the inaugural book review show   

1938  Concentration camp at Flossenburg goes into use.   

1939  Belly up to the bar for this one. " Beer Barrel Polka", one of the standards of American music, was recorded by The Andrews Sisters for Decca Records. Patti, Maxine and LaVerne turned this song into a giant hit   

1939  The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.   

1939  [Karl Eduard] Wilhelm Groener, German general, dies at 71.   

1941  German air raid on Liverpool.   

1941  -4] German air raid on Liverpool.   

1942  Japanese troop attack Tulagi, Gavutu and Tanambogo, Solomon Islands.   

1942  Luftwaffe bombs Exeter   

1942  Nazis execute 72 OD'ers in reprisial in Sachsenhausen, Netherlands   

1942  Johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed.   

1943  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   

1943  Strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed   

1943  US inaugural armour division occupies Mateur Tunisia   

1943  Leslie Heward, composer, dies at 45.   

1944  "Meet Me in St Louis" opens on Broadway   

1944  Dr. Robert Woodward and Dr. William Doering produced the inaugural synthetic quinine.   

1944  Meat rationing ends in US.   

1945  Allies arrests German nuclear physics Werner Heisenberg   

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