Historical Events In May - 03

1982  On May - 03 president Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts  

1982  On May - 03 helmut Dantine, actor (Shadow of the Cloak), dies at 64  

1983  Soviet leader Andropov decreases nuclear weapons in Europe on May - 03.  

1983  On May - 03 uS bishops condemn nuclear weapons  

1983  On May - 03 vaughn Taylor, act (Jailhouse Rock), dies of cerebal hemmorrhage at 72  

1986  On May - 03 air Lanka crashes, killing 22  

1986  Horse racing legend Bill Shoemaker became the oldest jockey to win the the Kentucky Derby on this day in history.  

1986  NASA launches Goes-G, it failed to achieve orbit on May - 03.  

1986  On this day in history robert Alda, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain), dies at 72  

1987  Miami Herald reports a woman spent Friday &Saturday with Gary Hart on May - 03.  

1987  Dicky Fuller, cricketer (one Test for WI 1935, one run, 0-12), dies on May - 03.  

1988  On May - 03 4,200 kg Colombian cocaine in seized at Tarpon Springs FL  

1988  Jasper Johns' "Diver" sold for $4,200,000 on May - 03.  

1989  On May - 03 christine Jorgensen, 1st transsexual, dies at 62  

1990  Pimen, [Sergei Irzyekov], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 79 on May - 03.  

1991  On this day in history 356th &final episode of CBS 2nd longest running series Dallas, 2nd only to Gunsmoke  

1991  Andy Williams weds Debbie Hass on May - 03.  

1991  Brian Mulroney 1939- promises 500-job GST processing centre for Summerside to help community hard hit by closing of Canadian Forces Base on May - 03.  

1991  Gerrit Mik, child psychiatrist/Dutch MP (D66), dies on this day in history.  

1992  Beverly Hills 90210's Gabrielle Carteris marries Charles Isaacs on this day in history.  

1992  On this day in history elizabeth Lennox, radio singer, dies of heart seizure at 98  

1993  "Kiss of the Spider Woman" opens at Broadhurst NYC for 906 performances on May - 03.  

1994  On May - 03 29th Academy of Country Music Awards Garth Brooks wins  

1994  On May - 03 uS space probe Clementine launched  

1994  On this day in history gustaaf AWC baron van Hemert Dingshof, mayor of Maarn, dies at 78  

1994  On this day in history 29th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins  

1995  On May - 03 australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy  

1995  Michael Horden, actor (Fool, Green Man, Scoop), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1996  In Western Nei Mongol, China a 6.0 earthquake killed at least 18 people, 300 injured and extensive damage in the Baotou area on May - 03.  

1996  Jack Weston, actor (Ishtar, Rad, Cuba), dies of lymphoma at 71 on May - 03.  

1997  On this day in history garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue  

1998  RaiLink-MacKenzie Northern takes over the operation of the CN line from Smith, AB to Hay River, NWT on May - 03.  

2005  At least 32 people are killed and nine others injured when three two-story buildings in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore collapsed after gas cylinders stored in one of them exploded on this day in history.  

2007  Local government elections in Scotland and most of England on May - 03.  

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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 this day in history.  

1428  On May - 03 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 May - 03 birth of margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)  

1469  Niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince) was born on this day in history.  

1514  Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal was born on this day in history.  

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  Death of Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105) on May - 03.  

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

1270  On this day in history death of king Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)  

1294  On this day in history 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  Engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies on this day in history.  

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