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05/03/1921
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West Virginia imposes 1st state sales tax
Type: Event
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05/03/1922
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Mayor Hylan closes streets for building of Yankee Stadium
Type: Event
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05/03/1922
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Salt layer find at Winterswijk
Type: Event
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05/03/1922
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Marina Svetlova, ballerina/choreographer (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1923
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1st nonstop transcontinental flight (NY-San Diego) completed
Type: Event
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05/03/1923
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Ralph M Hall, (Rep-D-TX, 1981- )
Type: Birth
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05/03/1924
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Mary Carver, LA Calif, actress (Cecilia-Simon and Simon)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1925
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Nina Bara, Buenos Aires Arg, actress (Tonga-Space Patrol)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1925
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Cl‚ment Ader, French engineer (steam engine airplane), dies at 84
Type: Death
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05/03/1926
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British general strike-3 million workers support miners
Type: Event
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05/03/1926
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Sinclair Lewis (Arrowsmith)
Type: Event
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05/03/1926
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US marines land in Nicaragua (9-mo after leaving), stay until 1933
Type: Event
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05/03/1926
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Napoleon V Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne, dies at 63
Type: Death
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05/03/1928
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Jeanne Bal, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Pat-Love and Marriage)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1928
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James Brown, Augusta Ga, singer/jail bird, soul brother #1 (Hot Pants)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1929
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Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch vice-admiral
Type: Birth
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05/03/1929
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Prussia bans anti-fascists
Type: Event
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05/03/1929
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Jaharna Imam, Bangladeshi writer/political activist
Type: Birth
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05/03/1930
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David Evatt Tunley, composer
Type: Birth
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05/03/1931
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Frank Hoyt Losey, composer, dies at 59
Type: Death
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05/03/1931
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Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer, dies at 93
Type: Death
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05/03/1931
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Joseph Lichtman Layton, dancer
Type: Birth
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05/03/1932
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Anton Wildgans, Austr writer (Dies Irae)/dir Burgtheater, dies at 51
Type: Death
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05/03/1932
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24 tourists begin 1st air-charter holiday (London-Basle, Switz)
Type: Event
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05/03/1933
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Collie Smith, cricketer (exciting WI all-rounder all too briefly)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1933
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1st female director (Nellie T Ross) of US Mint takes office
Type: Event
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05/03/1934
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Bradman scores 206 Aust v Worcestershire, 210 mins, 27 fours
Type: Event
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05/03/1934
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Georg Kroll, composer
Type: Birth
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05/03/1935
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Donald P Hodel, Portland Ore, US Secretary of Interior (1985-89)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1936
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French People's Front wins elections
Type: Event
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05/03/1936
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NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits
Type: Event
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05/03/1936
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Engelbert Humperdinck, [Arnolde Dorsey], India, singer (EH Show)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1937
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Frankie Valli, [Castelluccio], Newark NJ, singer (Four Seasons-Sherry)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1937
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Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for "Gone With the Wind"
Type: Event
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05/03/1938
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Vatican recognizes Franco-Spain
Type: Event
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05/03/1938
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Lefty Grove defeats Tigers 4-3 for 1st of record 20 consecutive wins at his home field Fenway Park; he doesn't lose there until May 12 1941
Type: Event
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05/03/1938
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Concentration camp at Flossenburg goes into use
Type: Event
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05/03/1939
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Jonathan David Harvey, English composer (Bhakti, Music of Stockhausen)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1939
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Samantha Eggar, London England, actress (Collector)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1939
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Jos‚ Torres, US, boxer (Olympics)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1939
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[Karl Eduard] Wilhelm Groener, German general, dies at 71
Type: Death
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05/03/1941
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-4] German air raid on Liverpool
Type: Event
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05/03/1941
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67th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway wins in 2:01.4
Type: Event
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05/03/1941
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Nona Gaprindasvili, USSR, world women's chess champ (1962-78)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1942
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Vera C…slavsk…-Odlozilova, Czech, gymnast (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1942
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Japanese troop attack Tulagi, Gavutu and Tanambogo, Solomon Islands
Type: Event
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05/03/1942
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Nazi's execute 72 OD'ers in reprisial in Sachsenhausen, Netherlands
Type: Event
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05/03/1942
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Luftwaffe bombs Exeter
Type: Event
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05/03/1942
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Lynn Farleigh, Bristol England, actress (Lovers of Their Time)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1942
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Nazi's require Dutch Jews to wear a Jewish star
Type: Event
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