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  Martin Luther King Jr delivers his "I have a dream" speech on May - 03.   

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  On May - 03 cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US   

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  On this day in history the first use of satellite TV, Today Show on the Early Bird Satellite   

1965  On May - 03 howard Spring, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76   

1966  Wylie Watson, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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  Candelario Huizar, composer, dies at 82 on May - 03.   

1971  On May - 03 erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader   

1971  On this day in history nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days   

1971  Pulitzer prize awarded to John Toland (Rising Sun) on May - 03.   

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

1973  Chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 meters), topped out on this day in history.   

1975  On May - 03 samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78   

1976  On this day in history 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  On this day in history anderlecht wins 18th Europe Cup II   

1978  On this day in history last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston   

1978  West Indies all set to lose cricket test vs Australia at Kingston till riots end game on this day in history.   

1978  Wim van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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  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  New York Times reports that military will get 25% of NASA's budget on this day in history.   

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

1446  On May - 03 birth of margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie   

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

1152  On this day in history death of matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105)   

1160  On this day in history death of peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100)   

1270  Death of King Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206) on this day in history.   

1294  On May - 03 jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies   

1410  On this day in history alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies   

1442  On this day in history engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies   

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