388 Historic Events for May 3
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| 1942 |
Death |
Johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed
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| 1943 |
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Upton Sinclair (Dragon's Teeth)
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| 1943 |
Death |
Leslie Heward, composer, dies at 45
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| 1943 |
Birth |
John Costello, historian
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| 1943 |
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US 1st armour division occupies Mateur Tunisia
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| 1943 |
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Strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed
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| 1944 |
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"Meet Me in St Louis" opens on Broadway
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| 1944 |
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Meat rationing ends in US
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Peter Staples, rocker (Troggs-Wild Thing)
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| 1945 |
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Allies arrests German nuclear physics Werner Heisenberg
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Sadiq Mohammad, cricketer (attacking Pakistan opening batsman 1969-81)
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| 1945 |
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1st Polish armour brigade occupies Wilhelmshafen
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| 1945 |
Death |
Louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN), dies at 66
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| 1945 |
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German ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed
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| 1945 |
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British troop join in Rangoon
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| 1946 |
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International military tribunal in Tokyo begins
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Greg Gumbel, sportscaster (CBS TV, WFAN)
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| 1947 |
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73rd Kentucky Derby: Eric Guerin aboard Jet Pilot wins in 2:06.8
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| 1947 |
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Doug Henning, Ft Garry Manitoba, magician (Broadway play-Magic)
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| 1947 |
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Japan forms a constitutional democracy
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| 1948 |
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Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener and Tennessee Williams
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| 1949 |
Birth |
Albert Sacco Jr, Boston Mass, PhD/astronaut (STS 73)
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| 1949 |
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1st firing of a US Viking rocket; reached 80 km
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| 1949 |
Birth |
Ron Wyden, (Rep-D-OR, 1981- )
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