Page 8: Historical Events In May - 03

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

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

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

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  Diana Wynyard, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1965  Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US on this day in history.   

1965  On May - 03 in El Salvador a 6.0 earthquake left 125 persons dead, about 500 injured, and an estimated 48,000 homeless   

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 this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history howard Spring, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76   

1966  On this day in history wylie Watson, dies at 77   

1967  Black students seize finance building at Northwestern University on this day in history.   

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  Imre Vincze, composer, dies at 42 on May - 03.   

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  On May - 03 bruce Cabot, actor (Diamonds are Forever), dies at 68   

1973  Chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 meters), topped out on May - 03.   

1975  Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78 on May - 03.   

1976  On May - 03 pulitzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift)   

1976  On May - 03 david Bruce, dies at 62   

1978  On May - 03 "Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US   

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 this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history wim van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 71   

1979  On May - 03 margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female prime minister   

1979  On this day in history the Yukon River submerges Dawson under more than two metres of water; downtown declared a disaster area.   

1979  On May - 03 erin O'Brien-Moore, actress (Nurse Choate-Peyton Place), dies at 76   

1982  On May - 03 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 May - 03.   

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0612  On May - 03 birth of constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641)   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 May - 03.   

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  On May - 03 jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies   

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.