Page 7: Historical Events In May - 03

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

1943  On May - 03 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  US first armour division occupies Mateur Tunisia on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history leslie Heward, composer, dies at 45   

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

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  On May - 03 allies arrests German nuclear physics Werner Heisenberg   

1945  British troop join in Rangoon on May - 03.   

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

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

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 May - 03.   

1946  On this day in history international military tribunal in Tokyo begins   

1947  Japan forms a constitutional democracy on this day in history.   

1947  The birth of Doug Hemming, American actor on May - 03.   

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

1948  On this day in history 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 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  The first landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole on this day in history.   

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

1955  On this day in history 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  On May - 03 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   

1958  In Brockville, Ontario a Trust company is robbed of $3.3 million dollars in bonds and securities on May - 03.   

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

1960  Harvey Schmidt/Tom Jones' musical "Fantasticks" premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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0612  Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641) was born on this day in history.   

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 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  Niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince) was born on May - 03.   

1514  Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal was born on May - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On May - 03 death of king Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)   

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

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

1442  Engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies on this day in history.   

1481  Death of Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432) on this day in history.