Historical Events In May - 03

1943  On May - 03 pulitzer prize awarded to Upton Sinclair (Dragon's Teeth)   

1943  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history uS first armour division occupies Mateur Tunisia   

1943  Leslie Heward, composer, dies at 45 on May - 03.   

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

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

1944  On this day in history meat rationing ends in US   

1945  On May - 03 allies arrests German nuclear physics Werner Heisenberg   

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 May - 03.   

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

1945  On this day in history german ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed   

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  On May - 03 louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN), dies at 66   

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 May - 03.   

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

1948  Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener &Tennessee Williams on this day in history.   

1948  Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener & Tennessee Williams on this day in history.   

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

1949  The first firing of a US Viking rocket; reached 80 km on this day in history.   

1952  "Call Me Madam" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 644 performances on this day in history.   

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

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

1954  Pulitzer prize awarded to Charles A Lindbergh &John Patrick on this day in history.   

1955  Philips C Visser, explorer/ambassador to Moscow, dies on May - 03.   

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  On May - 03 frank Foster, cricketer (England all-rounder, 11 Tests 1911-12), dies   

1960  On May - 03 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  On this day in history birth of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495)   

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

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  Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69 on May - 03.   

1152  On this day in history death of matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105)   

1160  On May - 03 death of peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100)   

1270  Death of King Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206) on May - 03.   

1294  Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.