388 Historic Events for May 3
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Charles "Red" Ruffing, NY Yankee pitcher, hitter (1930-46)
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| 1905 |
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Albrecht Luitpold G Ferdinand Michael Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria
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| 1905 |
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Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor (High Season, Ace of Spades, Caste)
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Mary Astor, Quincy IL, actress (Maltese Falcon, Dinky)
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| 1906 |
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British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey
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| 1907 |
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Earl Wilson, Rockford Ohio, columnist (Midnight Earl)
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| 1909 |
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35th Kentucky Derby: Vincent Powers on Wintergreen wins in 2:08.2
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| 1910 |
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Artie Shaw, bandleader
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| 1910 |
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Alceo Galliera, composer
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| 1911 |
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John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, trumpeter
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| 1913 |
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William M Inge, US playwright (Picnic-Pulitzer 1953)
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| 1913 |
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Earl Blackwell, Atlanta Ga, author (Celebrity Register)
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| 1915 |
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Evencio Castellanos, composer
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| 1916 |
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Pierre Emmanuel, French poet (Sodome)
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Henry Barbosa Gonzalez, San Antonio Tx, (Rep-D-Tx, 1961- )
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| 1916 |
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P draic Pearse, Irishg nationalist, executed by British firing squad
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| 1917 |
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James Penberthy, composer
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| 1917 |
Death |
Norman Callaway, NSW bat, cricketer (207 in only FC innings), dies
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| 1917 |
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1st performance of Ernest Bloch's symphony "Israel"
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| 1919 |
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Afghanistan Emir Amanoellah begins war against Great Britain
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| 1919 |
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Betty Comden, Bkln, song writer (Comden and Green-Bells are Ringing)
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| 1919 |
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Pete Seeger, NYC, folk singer (Weaver, Goodnight Irene)
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| 1919 |
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America's 1st passenger flight (NY-Atlantic City)
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| 1920 |
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Sugar Ray Robinson, [Walter Smith], middle/welterweight boxer (champ)
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| 1921 |
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Vasco dos Santos Gon‡alves, Portuguese leftist colonel
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