Page 8: Historical Events In May - 03

1961  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1965  Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US on May - 03.   

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  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 May - 03.   

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

1966  On May - 03 wylie Watson, dies at 77   

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

1969  On May - 03 imre Vincze, composer, dies at 42   

1970  Candelario Huizar, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to John Toland (Rising Sun)   

1972  Bruce Cabot, actor (Diamonds are Forever), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 meters), topped out   

1975  On this day in history samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78   

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 May - 03.   

1978  Anderlecht wins 18th Europe Cup II on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history aBC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations)   

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

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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 May - 03.   

1446  Margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie was born on May - 03.   

1446  Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503) was born on this day in history.   

1469  Niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince) was born on May - 03.   

1514  Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal was born on May - 03.   

1535  Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer was born on this day in history.   

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 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  On this day in history alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies   

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

1481  Death of Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432) on this day in history.