Page 7: Historical Events In May - 03

1943  Pulitzer prize awarded to Upton Sinclair (Dragon's Teeth) on this day in history.   

1943  Squadron Leader, Leonard Henry Trent, 487 (NZ) Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over Amsterdam Holland on May - 03.   

1943  On May - 03 strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed   

1943  US first armour division occupies Mateur Tunisia on this day in history.   

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

1944  On this day in history meat rationing ends in US   

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

1945  On this day in history british troop join in Rangoon   

1945  First Canadian Army takes Oldenburg, and Canadian paratroopers link up with Russians in Wismar on this day in history.   

1945  First Polish armour brigade occupies Wilhelmshafen on May - 03.   

1945  On May - 03 german ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed   

1945  On this day in history rangoon taken by 26th Indian Division   

1945  On May - 03 1st Polish armour brigade occupies Wilhelmshafen   

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 this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history japan forms a constitutional democracy   

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

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

1949  A ten nations conference in London forms the Council of Europe on May - 03.   

1949  On this day in history the first firing of a US Viking rocket; reached 80 km   

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

1952  On May - 03 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 this day in history birth of constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641)   

1415  On May - 03 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 May - 03.   

1446  Margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie was born on May - 03.   

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 May - 03.   

1514  On this day in history birth of bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal   

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

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 May - 03.   

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 this day in history jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies   

1410  Alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies on May - 03.   

1442  On this day in history engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies   

1481  On May - 03 death of mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)