Historical Events In May - 03

1943  On May - 03 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 this day in history.  

1943  On this day in history strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed  

1943  On May - 03 uS first armour division occupies Mateur Tunisia  

1943  Leslie Heward, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1944  On this day in history "Meet Me in St Louis" opens on Broadway  

1944  On this day in history dr. Robert Woodward and Dr. William Doering produced the first synthetic quinine  

1944  Meat rationing ends in US on May - 03.  

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

1945  British troop join in Rangoon on this day in history.  

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1945  On May - 03 first Canadian Army takes Oldenburg, and Canadian paratroopers link up with Russians in Wismar.  

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  Rangoon taken by 26th Indian Division on May - 03.  

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 May - 03.  

1947  Japan forms a constitutional democracy on May - 03.  

1947  The birth of Doug Hemming, American actor on this day in history.  

1947  On May - 03 73rd Kentucky Derby: Eric Guerin aboard Jet Pilot wins in 2:06.8  

1948  On May - 03 pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener &Tennessee Williams  

1948  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener & Tennessee Williams  

1949  On this day in history a ten nations conference in London forms the Council of Europe  

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

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

1952  On this day in history the first airplane to land at the geographic location of the North Pole did so on this day.  

1952  The first landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole on this day in history.  

1954  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Charles A Lindbergh &John Patrick  

1955  On May - 03 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 this day in history.  

1958  On this day in history frank Foster, cricketer (England all-rounder, 11 Tests 1911-12), dies  

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

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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 May - 03.  

1446  Margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie was born on this day in history.  

1446  Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503) was born on May - 03.  

1469  On this day in history birth of niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince)  

1514  Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal was born on this day in history.  

1535  Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer was born on this day in history.  

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

1152  Death of Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105) on May - 03.  

1160  Death of Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100) on May - 03.  

1270  On May - 03 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 May - 03 alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies  

1442  On May - 03 engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies  

1481  Death of Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432) on May - 03.