May 3

"The Third of May" redirects here. For the Goya painting, see The Third of May 1808.

May 3 in recent years

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May 3 is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 242 days remain until the end of the year.

Khalil Bradberry's B-day

Births

• 612 – Constantine III, Byzantine emperor (d. 641)
• 1415 – Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (d. 1495)
• 1428 – Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal (d. 1495)
• 1446 – Margaret of York (d. 1503)
• 1469 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and philosopher (d. 1527)
• 1632 – Catherine of St. Augustine, French-Canadian nurse and saint, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (d. 1668)
• 1662 – Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect, designed the Pillnitz Castle (d. 1736)
• 1695 – Henri Pitot, French physicist and engineer, invented the Pitot tube (d. 1771)
• 1729 – Florian Leopold Gassmann, Czech composer (d. 1774)
• 1761 – August von Kotzebue, German playwright and author (d. 1819)
• 1764 – Princess Élisabeth of France (d. 1794)
• 1768 – Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (d. 1838)
• 1814 – Adams George Archibald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d. 1892)
• 1826 – Charles XV of Sweden (d. 1872)
• 1844 – Richard D'Oyly Carte, English talent agent and composer (d. 1901)
• 1849 – Jacob Riis, Danish-American journalist and photographer (d. 1914)
• 1849 – Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)
• 1857 – George Gore, American baseball player and manager (d. 1933)
• 1860 – Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1940)
• 1867 – J. T. Hearne, English cricketer (d. 1944)
• 1870 – Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1948)
• 1871 – Emmett Dalton, American criminal (d. 1937)
• 1873 – Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (d. 1945)
• 1874 – François Coty, French businessman and publisher, founded Coty, Inc. (d. 1934)
• 1874 – Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (d. 1954)
• 1877 – Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (d. 1925)
• 1879 – Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman and soldier, co-founded Qantas (d. 1950)
• 1886 – Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (d. 1971)
• 1887 – Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (d. 1954)
• 1889 – Beulah Bondi, American actress (d. 1981)
• 1891 – Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet and critic (d. 1969)
• 1891 – Eppa Rixey, American baseball pitcher (d. 1963)
• 1892 – George Paget Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
• 1892 – Jacob Viner, Canadian-American economist and academic (d. 1970)
• 1893 – Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (d. 1975)
• 1895 – Cornelius Van Til, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and apologist (d. 1987)
• 1896 – Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (d. 1917)
• 1896 – V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Indian Minister of Defence (d. 1974)
• 1896 – Dodie Smith, English author and playwright (d. 1990)
• 1897 – William Joseph Browne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Solicitor General of Canada (d. 1989)
• 1898 – Septima Poinsette Clark, American educator and activist (d. 1987)
• 1898 – Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1978)
• 1902 – Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
• 1903 – Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (d. 1977)
• 1905 – Edmund Black, American hammer thrower (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1988)
• 1905 – Red Ruffing, American baseball pitcher and coach (d. 1986)
• 1906 – Mary Astor, American actress (d. 1987)
• 1906 – René Huyghe, French historian and author (d. 1997)
• 1906 – Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist and author (d. 1975)
• 1906 – Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2005)
• 1910 – Norman Corwin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011)
• 1912 – Virgil Fox, American organist and composer (d. 1980)
• 1912 – May Sarton, Belgian-American author and poet (d. 1995)
• 1913 – William Inge, AAmerican playwright and novelist (d. 1973)
• 1914 – Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, French journalist, author, and poet
• 1915 – Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer, founded Stampede Wrestling (d. 2003)
• 1915 – Richard Lippold, American sculptor and academic (d. 2002)
• 1916 – Léopold Simoneau, Canadian tenor and actor (d. 2006)
• 1917 – Betty Comden, American screenwriter and librettist (d. 2006)
• 1918 – Ted Bates, English footballer and manager (d. 2003)
• 1919 – John Cullen Murphy, American soldier and illustrator (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (The Weavers and Almanac Singers) (d. 2014)
• 1920 – John Lewis, American pianist and composer (d. 2001)
• 1921 – Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989)
• 1922 – Len Shackleton, English footballer and journalist (d. 2000)
• 1923 – George Hadjinikos, Greek pianist, conductor, and educator (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Ralph Hall, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician
• 1924 – Yehuda Amichai, German-Israeli author and poet (d. 2000)
• 1924 – Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver, founded Tyrrell Racing (d. 2001)
• 1925 – Jean Séguy, French sociologist and author (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Matt Baldwin, Canadian curler and engineer
• 1926 – Herbert Blau, American engineer and academic (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Dave Dudley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
• 1928 – Jacques-Louis Lions, French mathematician (d. 2001)
• 1929 – Denise Lor, American singer and actress (d. 2015)
• 1930 – Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author (d. 2014)
• 1930 – David Harrison, English chemist and academic
• 1931 – Vasily Rudenkov, Belarusian hammer thrower (d. 1982)
• 1932 – Robert Osborne, American actor and historian
• 1933 – James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Famous Flames and The J.B.'s) (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Brother Stair, American minister and radio host
• 1933 – Steven Weinberg, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1934 – Henry Cooper, English boxer and sportscaster (d. 2011)
• 1934 – Georges Moustaki, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Frankie Valli, American singer and actor (The Four Seasons and The Wonder Who?)
• 1935 – Ron Popeil, American businessman, founded the Ronco Company
• 1937 – Nélida Piñon, Brazilian author and academic
• 1938 – Omar Abdel-Rahman, Egyptian terrorist
• 1938 – Chris Cannizzaro, American baseball player
• 1939 – Jonathan Harvey, English composer and educator (d. 2012)
• 1940 – David H. Koch, American engineer, businessman, and philanthropist
• 1940 – Conny Plank, German DJ and producer (Cluster and Moebius & Plank) (d. 1987)
• 1940 – Clemens Westerhof, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1941 – Alexander Harley, English general
• 1941 – Edward Malloy, American priest and academic
• 1942 – Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast and coach
• 1942 – Dave Marash, American journalist and sportscaster
• 1942 – Butch Otter, American soldier and politician, 32nd Governor of Idaho
• 1943 – Jim Risch, American lawyer and politician, 31st Governor of Idaho
• 1944 – Peter Doyle, English bishop
• 1944 – Pete Staples, English bass player (The Troggs)
• 1945 – Jörg Drehmel, German triple jumper and coach
• 1945 – Davey Lopes, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1946 – Norm Chow, American football player and coach
• 1946 – Silvino Francisco, South African snooker player
• 1946 – Greg Gumbel, American sportscaster
• 1947 – Doug Henning, Canadian magician (d. 2000)
• 1949 – Liam Donaldson, English physician and academic
• 1949 – Ruth Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett, English academic and politician
• 1949 – Ron Wyden, American academic and politician
• 1950 – Mary Hopkin, Welsh singer-songwriter
• 1950 – Dag Arnesen, Norwegian pianist and composer
• 1951 – Alan Clayson, English singer-songwriter and journalist
• 1951 – Christopher Cross, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1951 – Ashok Gehlot, Indian politician, 21st Chief Minister of Rajasthan
• 1951 – Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian author and publicist
• 1952 – Chuck Baldwin, American pastor and politician
• 1952 – Caitlin Clarke. American actress (d. 2004)
• 1953 – Bruce Hall, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (REO Speedwagon)
• 1953 – Jake Hooker, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (Arrows) (d. 2014)
• 1953 – Gary Young, American drummer (Pavement)
• 1954 – Angela Bofill, American singer-songwriter
• 1954 – Jean-Marc Roberts, French author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1955 – Stephen D. M. Brown, British geneticist
• 1955 – Colin Deans, Scottish rugby player
• 1955 – David Hookes, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2004)
• 1956 – Marc Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1957 – Alain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1957 – Rod Langway, Taiwanese-American ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 – Bill Sienkiewicz, American author and illustrator
• 1958 – Sandi Toksvig, Danish-English comedian, author, and radio host
• 1959 – David Ball, English keyboard player and producer (Soft Cell and The Grid)
• 1959 – Uma Bharti, Indian activist and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
• 1959 – Ben Elton, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1960 – Geraint Davies, English businessman and politician
• 1960 – Kathy Smallwood-Cook, English sprinter and educator
• 1961 – Steve McClaren, English footballer and manager
• 1961 – Joe Murray, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 – David Vitter, American lawyer and politician
• 1961 – Leyla Zana, Kurdish activist and politician
• 1962 – Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder
• 1963 – Jeff Hornacek, American basketball player and coach
• 1963 – Marco Mendoza, American guitarist (The Dead Daisies)
• 1963 – Mona Siddiqui, Pakistani-Scottish journalist and academic
• 1964 – Sterling Campbell, American drummer and songwriter (Duran Duran and Soul Asylum)
• 1964 – Ron Hextall, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
• 1965 – Ignatius Aphrem II, Syrian patriarch
• 1965 – John Jensen, Danish footballer and coach
• 1965 – Mikhail Prokhorov, Russian businessman
• 1966 – Giorgos Agorogiannis, Greek footballer
• 1966 – Frank Dietrich, German politician (d. 2011)
• 1967 – Adam Hughes, American author and illustrator
• 1967 – André Olbrich, German guitarist and songwriter (Blind Guardian)
• 1969 – Daryl F. Mallett, American author and actor
• 1969 – Bruce Reyes-Chow, American minister and author
• 1969 – Amy Ryan, American actress
• 1970 – Bobby Cannavale, American actor
• 1970 – Jeffrey Sebelia, American fashion designer
• 1971 – Douglas Carswell, English politician
• 1971 – Josey Scott, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Saliva)
• 1972 – Stephen Barclay, English lawyer and politician
• 1973 – Jamie Baulch, English sprinter and television host
• 1974 – Princess Haya bint Al Hussein of Jordan
• 1975 – Willie Geist, American television journalist and host
• 1975 – Christina Hendricks, American actress
• 1975 – Dulé Hill, American actor, dancer, and producer
• 1976 – Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player
• 1976 – Brad Scott, Australian footballer and coach
• 1976 – Chris Scott, Australian footballer and coach
• 1977 – Ryan Dempster, Canadian baseball player and sportscaster
• 1977 – Tyronn Lue, American basketball player and coach
• 1978 – Christian Annan, Ghanaian-Hong Kong footballer
• 1978 – Paul Banks, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Interpol)
• 1978 – Lawrence Tynes, American football player
• 1979 – Steve Mack, American wrestler
• 1979 – Genevieve Nnaji, Nigerian actress and singer
• 1979 – Anastasiya Shvedova, Belarusian pole vaulter
• 1980 – Zuzana Ondrášková, Czech tennis player
• 1980 – Marcel Vigneron, American chef
• 1981 – J. Tillman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fleet Foxes and Saxon Shore)
• 1982 – Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-American football player
• 1982 – Nick Stavinoha, American baseball player
• 1983 – Joseph Addai, American football player
• 1983 – Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer
• 1983 – Jérôme Clavier, French pole vaulter
• 1983 – Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer (d. 2015)
• 1984 – Cheryl Burke, American dancer and model
• 1985 – Ezequiel Lavezzi, Argentinian footballer
• 1985 – Kadri Lehtla, Estonian biathlete
• 1985 – Miko Mälberg, Estonian swimmer
• 1987 – Lina Grinčikaitė, Lithuanian sprinter
• 1988 – Ben Revere, American baseball player
• 1995 – Ivan Bukavshin, Russian chess player (d. 2016)
• 1996 – Mary Cain, American runner
• 1996 – Domantas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1997 – Ivana Jorović, Serbian tennis player

Deaths

• 1152 – Matilda of Boulogne (b. 1105)
• 1270 – Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)
• 1294 – John I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1252)
• 1481 – Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman sultan (b. 1432)
• 1524 – Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent, English peer (b. 1481)
• 1598 – Anna Guarini, Italian singer (b. 1563)
• 1606 – Henry Garnet, English priest and author (b. 1555)
• 1679 – James Sharp, Scottish archbishop (b. 1613)
• 1693 – Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607)
• 1704 – Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Czech-Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1644)
• 1724 – John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, academic, and politician (b. 1662)
• 1750 – John Willison, Scottish minister and author (b. 1680)
• 1752 – Samuel Ogle, English-American captain and politician, 5th Governor of Restored Proprietary Government (b. 1692)
• 1758 – Pope Benedict XIV (b. 1675)
• 1763 – George Psalmanazar, French-English author (b. 1679)
• 1764 – Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1712)
• 1779 – John Winthrop, American mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1714)
• 1793 – Martin Gerbert, German historian and theologian (b. 1720)
• 1839 – Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (b. 1771)
• 1856 – Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic (b. 1803)
• 1910 – Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (b. 1871)
• 1916 – Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (b. 1858)
• 1916 – Thomas MacDonagh, Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)
• 1916 – Patrick Pearse, Irish teacher and rebel leader (b. 1879)
• 1918 – Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1921 – Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
• 1932 – Charles Fort, American journalist and author (b. 1874)
• 1939 – Madeleine Desroseaux, French author and poet (b. 1873)
• 1942 – Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
• 1943 – Harry Miller, American engineer (b. 1875)
• 1948 – Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (b. 1876)
• 1949 – Fanny Walden, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1888)
• 1958 – Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1969 – Zakir Hussain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897)
• 1970 – Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk, Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1972 – Kenneth Bailey, Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (b. 1898)
• 1972 – Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (b. 1883)
• 1972 – Bruce Cabot, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1978 – Bill Downs, American journalist (b. 1914)
• 1981 – Nargis, Indian actress (b. 1929)
• 1986 – Robert Alda, American theatrical and film actor (b. 1914)
• 1988 – Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1908)
• 1988 – Paul Vario, American mobster (b. 1914)
• 1989 – Christine Jorgensen, American trans woman (b. 1926)
• 1991 – Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American author (b. 1933)
• 1992 – George Murphy, American actor, dancer, and politician (b. 1902)
• 1996 – Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist, composer, and educator (b. 1921)
• 1996 – Alex Kellner, American baseball player (b. 1924)
• 1997 – Sébastien Enjolras, French race car driver (b. 1976)
• 1997 – Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1927)
• 1998 – Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1999 – Joe Adcock, American baseball player and manager (b. 1927)
• 1999 – Blue Corn, San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) potter (b. ca. 1920)
• 1999 – Steve Chiasson, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1967)
• 1999 – Godfrey Evans, English cricketer (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Júlia Báthory, Hungarian glass designer (b. 1901)
• 2000 – John Joseph O'Connor, American cardinal (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, English politician, First Secretary of State (b. 1910)
• 2002 – Yevgeny Svetlanov, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
• 2003 – Suzy Parker, American model and actress (b. 1932)
• 2004 – Anthony Ainley, English actor (b. 1932)
• 2004 – Ken Downing, English race car driver (b. 1917)
• 2004 – Darrell Johnson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1928)
• 2006 – Karel Appel, Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Pramod Mahajan, Indian politician (b. 1949)
• 2006 – Earl Woods, American colonel, baseball player, and author (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (b. 1913)
• 2007 – Wally Schirra, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)
• 2007 – Knock Yokoyama, Japanese politician (b. 1932)
• 2008 – Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Spanish engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1926)
• 2009 – Renée Morisset, Canadian pianist (b. 1928)
• 2009 – Ram Balkrushna Shewalkar, Indian author and critic (b. 1931)
• 2010 – Roy Carrier, American accordion player (b. 1947)
• 2010 – Peter O'Donnell, English soldier and author (b. 1920)
• 2010 – Guenter Wendt, German-American engineer (b. 1923)
• 2011 – Jackie Cooper, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1922)
• 2011 – Sergo Kotrikadze, Georgian footballer and manager (b. 1936)
• 2011 – Thanasis Veggos, Greek actor and director (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Jorge Illueca, Panamanian politician, 30th President of Panama (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Felix Werder, German-Australian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Joe Astroth, American baseball player (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Herbert Blau, American engineer and academic (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Cedric Brooks, Jamaican-American saxophonist and flute player (The Skatalites and The Sound Dimensions) (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Keith Carter, American swimmer and soldier (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Brad Drewett, Australian tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1958)
• 2013 – David Morris Kern, American pharmacist, co-invented Orajel (b. 1909)
• 2013 – Curtis Rouse, American football player (b. 1960)
• 2013 – Branko Vukelić, Croatian politician, 11th Minister of Defence for Croatia (b. 1958)
• 2014 – Gary Becker, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Francisco Icaza, Mexican painter (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Jim Oberstar, American educator and politician (b. 1934)
• 2015 – Revaz Chkheidze, Georgian director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2015 – Danny Jones, Welsh rugby player (b. 1986)
• 2015 – Warren Smith, American golfer and coach (b. 1915)
• 2015 – Abdul Basit Usman, Filipino criminal (b. 1974)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church)
  • Antonia and Alexander
  • Juvenal of Narni
  • Moura (Coptic Church)
  • Philip and James the Lesser
  • Pope Alexander I
  • Sarah the Martyr (Coptic Church)
  • The Most Holy Virgin Mary Queen of Poland
  • Theodosius of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • May 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Constitution Memorial Day (Japan)
• Constitution Day (Poland)
• Finding of the Holy Cross-related observances:
  • Fiesta de las Cruces (Spain and Hispanic America)
  • Roodmas, or Feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross (Gallican Rite of the Catholic Church)
• World Press Freedom Day (International)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada