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

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

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

1944  On May - 03 meat rationing ends in US  

1945  Allies arrests German nuclear physics Werner Heisenberg on May - 03.  

1945  On May - 03 british troop join in Rangoon  

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

1945  On May - 03 rangoon taken by 26th Indian Division  

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  International military tribunal in Tokyo begins on May - 03.  

1947  On this day in history japan forms a constitutional democracy  

1947  On this day in history the birth of Doug Hemming, American actor  

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

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

1948  Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener & Tennessee Williams on May - 03.  

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

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 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  Frank Foster, cricketer (England all-rounder, 11 Tests 1911-12), dies on May - 03.  

1960  Harvey Schmidt/Tom Jones' musical "Fantasticks" premieres in NYC on May - 03.  

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0612  Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641) was born on May - 03.  

1415  Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495) was born on May - 03.  

1428  On this day in history birth of pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1514  On May - 03 birth of bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal  

1535  Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer was born on May - 03.  

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

1152  Death of Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105) on this day in history.  

1160  Death of Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100) on this day in history.  

1270  Death of King Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206) on this day in history.  

1294  Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies on May - 03.  

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