Page 8: Historical Events In May - 03

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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0612  On this day in history birth of constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641)   

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

1446  On this day in history 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  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  On May - 03 ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69   

1152  On May - 03 death of matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105)   

1160  Death of Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100) on May - 03.   

1270  Death of King Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206) on May - 03.   

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

1410  On May - 03 alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies   

1442  Engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies on May - 03.   

1481  On this day in history death of mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)