388 Historic Events for May 3
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| 1921 |
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West Virginia imposes 1st state sales tax
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| 1922 |
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Mayor Hylan closes streets for building of Yankee Stadium
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| 1922 |
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Salt layer find at Winterswijk
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Marina Svetlova, ballerina/choreographer (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo)
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| 1923 |
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1st nonstop transcontinental flight (NY-San Diego) completed
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Ralph M Hall, (Rep-D-TX, 1981- )
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Mary Carver, LA Calif, actress (Cecilia-Simon and Simon)
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Nina Bara, Buenos Aires Arg, actress (Tonga-Space Patrol)
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| 1925 |
Death |
Cl‚ment Ader, French engineer (steam engine airplane), dies at 84
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| 1926 |
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British general strike-3 million workers support miners
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| 1926 |
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Sinclair Lewis (Arrowsmith)
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| 1926 |
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US marines land in Nicaragua (9-mo after leaving), stay until 1933
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| 1926 |
Death |
Napoleon V Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne, dies at 63
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Jeanne Bal, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Pat-Love and Marriage)
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| 1928 |
Birth |
James Brown, Augusta Ga, singer/jail bird, soul brother #1 (Hot Pants)
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch vice-admiral
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| 1929 |
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Prussia bans anti-fascists
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Jaharna Imam, Bangladeshi writer/political activist
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| 1930 |
Birth |
David Evatt Tunley, composer
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| 1931 |
Death |
Frank Hoyt Losey, composer, dies at 59
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| 1931 |
Death |
Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer, dies at 93
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Joseph Lichtman Layton, dancer
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| 1932 |
Death |
Anton Wildgans, Austr writer (Dies Irae)/dir Burgtheater, dies at 51
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| 1932 |
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24 tourists begin 1st air-charter holiday (London-Basle, Switz)
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Collie Smith, cricketer (exciting WI all-rounder all too briefly)
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