Page 7: Historical Events In May - 03

1943  Pulitzer prize awarded to Upton Sinclair (Dragon's Teeth) on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history squadron Leader, Leonard Henry Trent, 487 (NZ) Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over Amsterdam Holland   

1943  On this day in history strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed   

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

1943  Leslie Heward, composer, dies at 45 on May - 03.   

1944  On this day in history "Meet Me in St Louis" opens on Broadway   

1944  Dr. Robert Woodward and Dr. William Doering produced the first synthetic quinine on May - 03.   

1944  Meat rationing ends in US on this day in history.   

1945  On May - 03 allies arrests German nuclear physics Werner Heisenberg   

1945  On this day in history british troop join in Rangoon   

1945  On this day in history first Canadian Army takes Oldenburg, and Canadian paratroopers link up with Russians in Wismar.   

1945  On this day in history first Polish armour brigade occupies Wilhelmshafen   

1945  On this day in history german ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed   

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

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

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

1946  International military tribunal in Tokyo begins on May - 03.   

1947  On this day in history japan forms a constitutional democracy   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1954  On May - 03 pulitzer prize awarded to Charles A Lindbergh &John Patrick   

1955  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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   

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

1958  Frank Foster, cricketer (England all-rounder, 11 Tests 1911-12), dies on this day in history.   

1960  On May - 03 harvey Schmidt/Tom Jones' musical "Fantasticks" premieres in NYC   

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

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

1160  Death of Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100) on May - 03.   

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

1294  Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies on May - 03.   

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

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.