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05/03/1942
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Johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed
Type: Death
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05/03/1943
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Upton Sinclair (Dragon's Teeth)
Type: Event
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05/03/1943
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Leslie Heward, composer, dies at 45
Type: Death
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05/03/1943
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John Costello, historian
Type: Birth
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05/03/1943
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US 1st armour division occupies Mateur Tunisia
Type: Event
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05/03/1943
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Strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed
Type: Event
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05/03/1944
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"Meet Me in St Louis" opens on Broadway
Type: Event
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05/03/1944
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Meat rationing ends in US
Type: Event
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05/03/1944
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Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist
Type: Birth
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05/03/1944
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Peter Staples, rocker (Troggs-Wild Thing)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1945
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Allies arrests German nuclear physics Werner Heisenberg
Type: Event
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05/03/1945
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Sadiq Mohammad, cricketer (attacking Pakistan opening batsman 1969-81)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1945
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1st Polish armour brigade occupies Wilhelmshafen
Type: Event
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05/03/1945
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Louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN), dies at 66
Type: Death
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05/03/1945
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German ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed
Type: Event
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05/03/1945
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British troop join in Rangoon
Type: Event
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05/03/1946
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International military tribunal in Tokyo begins
Type: Event
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05/03/1946
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Greg Gumbel, sportscaster (CBS TV, WFAN)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1947
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73rd Kentucky Derby: Eric Guerin aboard Jet Pilot wins in 2:06.8
Type: Event
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05/03/1947
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Doug Henning, Ft Garry Manitoba, magician (Broadway play-Magic)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1947
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Japan forms a constitutional democracy
Type: Event
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05/03/1948
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Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener and Tennessee Williams
Type: Event
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05/03/1949
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Albert Sacco Jr, Boston Mass, PhD/astronaut (STS 73)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1949
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1st firing of a US Viking rocket; reached 80 km
Type: Event
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05/03/1949
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Ron Wyden, (Rep-D-OR, 1981- )
Type: Birth
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05/03/1950
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Mary Hopkin, South Wales, singer (Those Were the Days)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1951
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Gil McDougald ties major league record with 6 RBIs in 1 inning
Type: Event
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05/03/1951
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Christopher Cross, [Geppert], Texas, singer (Sailing, Arthur's Theme)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1951
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NY Yankee Gil McDougald is 5th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (9th)
Type: Event
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05/03/1952
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"Call Me Madam" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 644 performances
Type: Event
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05/03/1952
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1st landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole
Type: Event
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05/03/1952
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78th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Gail wins in 2:01.6
Type: Event
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05/03/1952
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Allen Wells, England, 100m dash (Olympic-gold-1980)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1953
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Westchester conf of Amer Library Assoc proclaims "Freedom to Read"
Type: Event
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05/03/1953
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Van McLain, rocker (Shooting Star)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1953
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WTVO TV channel 17 in Rockford, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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05/03/1953
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Bruce Hall, Champaign Ill, rock bassist (Reo Speedwagon)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1954
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KTEN TV channel 10 in Ada-Ardmore, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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05/03/1954
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WHA TV channel 21 in Madison, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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05/03/1954
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Charles A Lindbergh and John Patrick
Type: Event
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05/03/1955
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Steve Jones, English pop guitarist (Sex Pistols-Mercy)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1955
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Philips C Visser, explorer/ambassador to Moscow, dies
Type: Death
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05/03/1955
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David Hookes, cricketer (dashing Australian LHB, S Aussie stalwart)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1956
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Frank Loesser's musical "Most Happy Fella," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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05/03/1956
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"Most Happy Fella" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 678 performances
Type: Event
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05/03/1956
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A new range of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13,000')
Type: Event
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05/03/1957
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Cactus Moser, Montrose Co, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1957
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Rod Langway, Formosa, NHL defenseman (Mont Canadiens, Wash Caps)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1958
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WINS suspends Alan Freed for causing a riot in Boston, he quits
Type: Event
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05/03/1958
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Frank Foster, cricketer (England all-rounder, 11 Tests 1911-12), dies
Type: Death
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