Page 8: Historical Events In May - 03

1961  Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1962  Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train and a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan) on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history martin Luther King Jr delivers his "I have a dream" speech   

1963  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 on this day in history.   

1964  On May - 03 diana Wynyard, dies at 58   

1965  Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US on May - 03.   

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 May - 03.   

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  On May - 03 black students seize finance building at Northwestern University   

1968  On this day in history holland Pirate Radio Station VRON becomes Radio Veronica International   

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  Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader on this day in history.   

1971  Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days on this day in history.   

1971  Pulitzer prize awarded to John Toland (Rising Sun) on this day in history.   

1972  On May - 03 bruce Cabot, actor (Diamonds are Forever), dies at 68   

1973  On this day in history chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 meters), topped out   

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

1976  Pulitzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift) on this day in history.   

1976  David Bruce, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history "Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US   

1978  Anderlecht wins 18th Europe Cup II on this day in history.   

1978  Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston on this day in history.   

1978  On May - 03 west Indies all set to lose cricket test vs Australia at Kingston till riots end game   

1978  On May - 03 wim van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 71   

1979  Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female prime minister on this day in history.   

1979  The Yukon River submerges Dawson under more than two metres of water; downtown declared a disaster area on May - 03.   

1979  On this day in history erin O'Brien-Moore, actress (Nurse Choate-Peyton Place), dies at 76   

1982  On May - 03 aBC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations)   

1982  New York Times reports that military will get 25% of NASA's budget on May - 03.   

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0612  Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641) was born on May - 03.   

1415  On May - 03 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 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 May - 03.   

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

1514  On May - 03 birth of bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal   

1535  Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 03 death of peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100)   

1270  On May - 03 death of king Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)   

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  Engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies on May - 03.   

1481  On this day in history death of mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)