Page 8: Historical Events In May - 03
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1961 Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53 on May - 03.
1962 On May - 03 express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train and a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan)
1963 Martin Luther King Jr delivers his "I have a dream" speech on this day in history.
1963 On May - 03 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 On May - 03 diana Wynyard, dies at 58
1965 Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US on May - 03.
1965 On this day in history in El Salvador a 6.0 earthquake left 125 persons dead, about 500 injured, and an estimated 48,000 homeless
1965 Pulitzer prize awarded to Irwin Unger (Greenback Era) on this day in history.
1965 The first use of satellite TV, Today Show on the Early Bird Satellite on this day in history.
1965 Howard Spring, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76 on this day in history.
1966 Wylie Watson, dies at 77 on May - 03.
1967 Black students seize finance building at Northwestern University on May - 03.
1968 Holland Pirate Radio Station VRON becomes Radio Veronica International on May - 03.
1968 Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer, dies at 86 on May - 03.
1969 On May - 03 imre Vincze, composer, dies at 42
1970 On May - 03 candelario Huizar, composer, dies at 82
1971 On May - 03 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 On May - 03 bruce Cabot, actor (Diamonds are Forever), dies at 68
1973 On this day in history chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 meters), topped out
1975 Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78 on May - 03.
1976 Pulitzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift) on May - 03.
1976 David Bruce, dies at 62 on May - 03.
1978 On this day in history "Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US
1978 On this day in history anderlecht wins 18th Europe Cup II
1978 On May - 03 last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston
1978 On May - 03 west Indies all set to lose cricket test vs Australia at Kingston till riots end game
1978 Wim van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 71 on May - 03.
1979 On May - 03 margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female prime minister
1979 The Yukon River submerges Dawson under more than two metres of water; downtown declared a disaster area on May - 03.
1979 On May - 03 erin O'Brien-Moore, actress (Nurse Choate-Peyton Place), dies at 76
1982 On this day in history aBC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations)
1982 New York Times reports that military will get 25% of NASA's budget on this day in history.
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