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05/03/1890
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B Traven, writer
Type: Birth
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05/03/1892
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George Thomson, demonstrated electron diffraction (Nobel 1937)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1892
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Beulah Bondi, Chicago, actress (It's a Wonderful Life)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1893
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Josef Rudolf Zavrtal, composer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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05/03/1893
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Hope Landin, Minneapolis MN
Type: Birth
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05/03/1895
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Zoltan Korda, Hungarian/British director (Jungle Book, 4 Feathers)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1895
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Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (Le petit g‚n‚ral)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1895
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Earnest Kantorowicz, German/US historian (Laudes regiae)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1897
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V K Krishna Menon, India, minister of defense
Type: Birth
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05/03/1898
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Camp Merriman forms at Presidio (SF) (see 0517)
Type: Event
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05/03/1898
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Golda Meir, [Meyerson], Kiev Ukraine, 4th Israeli PM (1969-74)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1898
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Septima Poinsette Clark, civil rights activist/educator
Type: Birth
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05/03/1899
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Aline MacMahon, McKeesport Pa, actress (Backdoor to Heaven)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1900
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26th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Boland aboard Lieut Gibson wins in 2:06¬
Type: Event
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05/03/1901
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Gino Cervi, Bologna Italy, actor (Les Miserables, Naked Maja)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1901
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Fire destroyed 1,700 buildings in Jacksonville, Florida
Type: Event
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05/03/1902
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Hugo Friedhofer, composer
Type: Birth
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05/03/1902
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Jack Larue, NYC, actor (Lights Out, Mouthpiece, My Favorite Brunette)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1902
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Seton I Miller, Chehalis WA, writer (Pete's Dragon, Istanbul)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1902
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Walter Slezak, Vienna, actor (Bedtime for Bonzo, Inspector General)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1902
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28th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on Alan-a-Dale wins in 2:08.75
Type: Event
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05/03/1902
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David R Capriles, Cura‡aos director of psychiatric, dies at 64
Type: Death
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05/03/1903
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AVC Heracles (SC Heracles '74) soccer team forms in Almelo
Type: Event
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05/03/1903
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Bing Crosby, Tacoma Wash, singer (White Christmas, Going My Way)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1904
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John Breeden, SF CA, actor (Salute, Madame Racketeer, Joy Street)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1904
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Charles "Red" Ruffing, NY Yankee pitcher, hitter (1930-46)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1905
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Albrecht Luitpold G Ferdinand Michael Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria
Type: Birth
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05/03/1905
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Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor (High Season, Ace of Spades, Caste)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1906
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Mary Astor, Quincy IL, actress (Maltese Falcon, Dinky)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1906
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British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey
Type: Event
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05/03/1907
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Earl Wilson, Rockford Ohio, columnist (Midnight Earl)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1909
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35th Kentucky Derby: Vincent Powers on Wintergreen wins in 2:08.2
Type: Event
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05/03/1910
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Artie Shaw, bandleader
Type: Death
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05/03/1910
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Alceo Galliera, composer
Type: Birth
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05/03/1911
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John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, trumpeter
Type: Birth
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05/03/1913
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William M Inge, US playwright (Picnic-Pulitzer 1953)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1913
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Earl Blackwell, Atlanta Ga, author (Celebrity Register)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1915
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Evencio Castellanos, composer
Type: Birth
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05/03/1916
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Pierre Emmanuel, French poet (Sodome)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1916
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Henry Barbosa Gonzalez, San Antonio Tx, (Rep-D-Tx, 1961- )
Type: Birth
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05/03/1916
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P draic Pearse, Irishg nationalist, executed by British firing squad
Type: Death
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05/03/1917
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James Penberthy, composer
Type: Birth
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05/03/1917
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Norman Callaway, NSW bat, cricketer (207 in only FC innings), dies
Type: Death
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05/03/1917
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1st performance of Ernest Bloch's symphony "Israel"
Type: Event
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05/03/1919
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Afghanistan Emir Amanoellah begins war against Great Britain
Type: Event
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05/03/1919
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Betty Comden, Bkln, song writer (Comden and Green-Bells are Ringing)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1919
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Pete Seeger, NYC, folk singer (Weaver, Goodnight Irene)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1919
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America's 1st passenger flight (NY-Atlantic City)
Type: Event
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05/03/1920
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Sugar Ray Robinson, [Walter Smith], middle/welterweight boxer (champ)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1921
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Vasco dos Santos Gon‡alves, Portuguese leftist colonel
Type: Birth
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