Page 7: Historical Events In May - 03

1943  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Upton Sinclair (Dragon's Teeth)   

1943  Squadron Leader, Leonard Henry Trent, 487 (NZ) Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over Amsterdam Holland on May - 03.   

1943  Strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 03 uS first armour division occupies Mateur Tunisia   

1943  Leslie Heward, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1944  On May - 03 "Meet Me in St Louis" opens on Broadway   

1944  Dr. Robert Woodward and Dr. William Doering produced the first synthetic quinine on this day in history.   

1944  On May - 03 meat rationing ends in US   

1945  Allies arrests German nuclear physics Werner Heisenberg on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history british troop join in Rangoon   

1945  First Canadian Army takes Oldenburg, and Canadian paratroopers link up with Russians in Wismar on May - 03.   

1945  First Polish armour brigade occupies Wilhelmshafen on May - 03.   

1945  German ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed on this day in history.   

1945  Rangoon taken by 26th Indian Division on May - 03.   

1945  On this day in history 1st Polish armour brigade occupies Wilhelmshafen   

1945  Louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN), dies at 66 on May - 03.   

1946  On May - 03 international military tribunal in Tokyo begins   

1947  On May - 03 japan forms a constitutional democracy   

1947  On this day in history the birth of Doug Hemming, American actor   

1947  73rd Kentucky Derby: Eric Guerin aboard Jet Pilot wins in 2:06.8 on this day in history.   

1948  Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener &Tennessee Williams on May - 03.   

1948  Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener & Tennessee Williams on May - 03.   

1949  A ten nations conference in London forms the Council of Europe on May - 03.   

1949  The first firing of a US Viking rocket; reached 80 km on May - 03.   

1952  "Call Me Madam" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 644 performances on this day in history.   

1952  The first airplane to land at the geographic location of the North Pole did so on this day on May - 03.   

1952  The first landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole on this day in history.   

1954  Pulitzer prize awarded to Charles A Lindbergh &John Patrick on this day in history.   

1955  On May - 03 philips C Visser, explorer/ambassador to Moscow, dies   

1956  On this day in history a new range of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13,000')   

1957  Brooklyn Dodgers’ owner Walter O’ Malley agreed to move the team from Flatbush to sunny Los Angeles. Initially, only exhibition games were held at the L.A. Coliseum on May - 03.   

1958  On May - 03 in Brockville, Ontario a Trust company is robbed of $3.3 million dollars in bonds and securities.   

1958  On this day in history frank Foster, cricketer (England all-rounder, 11 Tests 1911-12), dies   

1960  Harvey Schmidt/Tom Jones' musical "Fantasticks" premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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0612  On May - 03 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  Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.   

1446  On May - 03 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  On this day in history birth of niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince)   

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

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

1010  On May - 03 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  Death of Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100) on May - 03.   

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

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  On May - 03 engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies   

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