Historical Events In May - 03

1982  On this day in history president Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts  

1982  Helmut Dantine, actor (Shadow of the Cloak), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1983  On May - 03 soviet leader Andropov decreases nuclear weapons in Europe  

1983  US bishops condemn nuclear weapons on May - 03.  

1983  Vaughn Taylor, act (Jailhouse Rock), dies of cerebal hemmorrhage at 72 on this day in history.  

1986  Air Lanka crashes, killing 22 on May - 03.  

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

1986  On this day in history nASA launches Goes-G, it failed to achieve orbit  

1986  On May - 03 robert Alda, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain), dies at 72  

1987  On this day in history miami Herald reports a woman spent Friday &Saturday with Gary Hart  

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1987  On May - 03 dicky Fuller, cricketer (one Test for WI 1935, one run, 0-12), dies  

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

1988  Jasper Johns' "Diver" sold for $4,200,000 on this day in history.  

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

1990  On May - 03 pimen, [Sergei Irzyekov], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 79  

1991  356th &final episode of CBS 2nd longest running series Dallas, 2nd only to Gunsmoke on May - 03.  

1991  On this day in history andy Williams weds Debbie Hass  

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

1991  Gerrit Mik, child psychiatrist/Dutch MP (D66), dies on May - 03.  

1992  Beverly Hills 90210's Gabrielle Carteris marries Charles Isaacs on May - 03.  

1992  Elizabeth Lennox, radio singer, dies of heart seizure at 98 on May - 03.  

1993  On this day in history "Kiss of the Spider Woman" opens at Broadhurst NYC for 906 performances  

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

1994  On May - 03 uS space probe Clementine launched  

1994  On May - 03 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  On this day in history in Western Nei Mongol, China a 6.0 earthquake killed at least 18 people, 300 injured and extensive damage in the Baotou area.  

1996  On this day in history jack Weston, actor (Ishtar, Rad, Cuba), dies of lymphoma at 71  

1997  Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue on May - 03.  

1998  On this day in history raiLink-MacKenzie Northern takes over the operation of the CN line from Smith, AB to Hay River, NWT.  

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 May - 03.  

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

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0612  Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal  

1535  On this day in history birth of alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer  

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

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

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.