Page 8: Historical Events In May - 03

1961  On May - 03 maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53   

1962  On May - 03 express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train and a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan)   

1963  On May - 03 martin Luther King Jr delivers his "I have a dream" speech   

1963  On this day in history over 1,600 residents of Hay River and Fort Simpson airlifted to safety after towns struck by flooding; the townsites will be moved to higher ground.   

1964  Diana Wynyard, dies at 58 on May - 03.   

1965  On this day in history cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US   

1965  In El Salvador a 6.0 earthquake left 125 persons dead, about 500 injured, and an estimated 48,000 homeless on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Irwin Unger (Greenback Era)   

1965  The first use of satellite TV, Today Show on the Early Bird Satellite on May - 03.   

1965  Howard Spring, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76 on May - 03.   

1966  On May - 03 wylie Watson, dies at 77   

1967  On this day in history black students seize finance building at Northwestern University   

1968  Holland Pirate Radio Station VRON becomes Radio Veronica International on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer, dies at 86   

1969  Imre Vincze, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1970  On May - 03 candelario Huizar, composer, dies at 82   

1971  On this day in history erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader   

1971  Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days on May - 03.   

1971  Pulitzer prize awarded to John Toland (Rising Sun) on this day in history.   

1972  Bruce Cabot, actor (Diamonds are Forever), dies at 68 on May - 03.   

1973  On May - 03 chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 meters), topped out   

1975  Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1976  Pulitzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift) on this day in history.   

1976  David Bruce, dies at 62 on May - 03.   

1978  "Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US on this day in history.   

1978  Anderlecht wins 18th Europe Cup II on May - 03.   

1978  Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston on this day in history.   

1978  West Indies all set to lose cricket test vs Australia at Kingston till riots end game on May - 03.   

1978  On May - 03 wim van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 71   

1979  Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female prime minister on this day in history.   

1979  The Yukon River submerges Dawson under more than two metres of water; downtown declared a disaster area on May - 03.   

1979  Erin O'Brien-Moore, actress (Nurse Choate-Peyton Place), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1982  ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations) on this day in history.   

1982  On May - 03 new York Times reports that military will get 25% of NASA's budget   

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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 this day in history.   

1428  On May - 03 birth of pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)   

1446  On this day in history birth of margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie   

1446  On May - 03 birth of margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)   

1469  On May - 03 birth of niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince)   

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 May - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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