388 Historic Events for May 3
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| 1851 |
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Most of SF destroyed by fire; 30 die
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| 1854 |
Death |
William Beale, composer, dies at 70
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| 1855 |
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Antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens
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| 1856 |
Death |
Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer/critic (Giselle), dies at 52
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| 1856 |
Death |
Adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27
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| 1859 |
Birth |
Andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy)
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| 1861 |
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Gen Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan
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| 1861 |
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Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers and another 18,000 seamen
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| 1861 |
Death |
Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80
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| 1863 |
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Battle of Fredricksburg, VA (Marye's Heights)
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| 1863 |
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Battle of Salem Church, VA
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| 1863 |
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Battle of Chancellorsville-Beaten Union army withdraws
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| 1863 |
Death |
Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, US Confederate brig-gen, dies at 35
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| 1864 |
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3rd day in Battle at Alexandria Louisiana: Confederate assault
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| 1867 |
Birth |
ValŠre-Gille, Belgian playwright (La Corbeille d'Octobre)
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| 1867 |
Birth |
Jack Hearne, cricketer (cousin of George and Alec 12 Tests for Eng)
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| 1868 |
Death |
Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer, dies at 68
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| 1873 |
Birth |
[Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Kvinnen og Den)
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| 1873 |
Birth |
Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs [OS]
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| 1874 |
Birth |
Fran‡ois Coty, Corsica, Corsican senator/perfume maker
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| 1876 |
Birth |
John Elicius Benedict B P Quick Carrington Dwyer, cricketer (Sussex)
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| 1876 |
Birth |
Bert Hopkins, cricketer (Australian pace bowler of the 1900's)
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| 1881 |
Death |
Josip Jurcic, Slovic writer (Schone Vida), dies
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| 1886 |
Birth |
Marcel Dupr‚, French organist/composer
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| 1886 |
Event |
M A Maclean elected 1st mayor of Vancouver, BC
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