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What happend on 3. May in History
In our data base we found 335 events happened on 3. May:
• 612: Constantine III, Byzantine emperor (d. 641) [category: Births]
• 1152: Matilda of Boulogne (b. 1105) [category: Deaths]
• 1160: Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c. 1100) [category: Deaths]
• 1270: Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206) [category: Deaths]
• 1294: John I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1252) [category: Deaths]
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• 1415: Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (d. 1495) [category: Births]
• 1428: Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495) [category: Births]
• 1446: Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503) [category: Births]
• 1469: Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and author (d. 1527) [category: Births]
• 1481: Mehmed II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1432) [category: Deaths]
• 1481: The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties. [category: Events]
• 1491: Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I. [category: Events]
• 1598: Anna Guarini, Italian singer (b. 1563) [category: Deaths]
• 1606: Henry Garnet, English Jesuit (b. 1555) [category: Deaths]
• 1616: William Shakespeare, English writer and actor (b. 1564) [category: Deaths]
• 1622: Pedro Páez, Spanish missionary (b. 1564) [category: Deaths]
• 1632: Catherine de Saint-Augustin, Canadian saint, founder of the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (d. 1668) [category: Births]
• 1662: Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (d. 1736) [category: Births]
• 1679: James Sharp, Scottish archbishop (b. 1613) [category: Deaths]
• 1693: Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607) [category: Deaths]
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• 1695: Henri Pitot, Italian-French engineer and inventor of the Pitot tube (d. 1771) [category: Births]
• 1704: Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Bohemian composer (b. 1644) [category: Deaths]
• 1713: Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician (d. 1765) [category: Births]
• 1724: John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, politician, and educator President of Harvard University (b. 1662) [category: Deaths]
• 1729: Florian Leopold Gassmann, German-Bohemian composer (d. 1774) [category: Births]
• 1750: John Willison, Scottish minister and writer (b. 1680) [category: Deaths]
• 1752: Samuel Ogle, English-American politician, Proprietary Governor of Maryland (b. c. 1692) [category: Deaths]
• 1758: Pope Benedict XIV (b. 1675) [category: Deaths]
• 1761: August von Kotzebue, German dramatist and author (d. 1819) [category: Births]
• 1763: George Psalmanazar, English impostor (b. 1679) [category: Deaths]
• 1764: Princess Élisabeth of France (d. 1794) [category: Births]
• 1764: Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher (b. 1712) [category: Deaths]
• 1768: Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (d. 1838) [category: Births]
• 1779: John Winthrop, American astronomer (b. 1714) [category: Deaths]
• 1791: The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. [category: Events]
• 1793: Martin Gerbert, German theologian and historian (b. 1720) [category: Deaths]
• 1802: Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city. [category: Events]
• 1808: Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia. [category: Events]
• 1808: Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill. [category: Events]
• 1814: Adams George Archibald, Canadian lawyer and politician, father of the Confederation (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1815: Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war. [category: Events]
• 1826: Charles XV of Sweden (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1830: The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened. It is the first steam hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel. [category: Events]
• 1835: Alfred Austin, English poet (d. 1913) [category: Births]
• 1837: The University of Athens is founded in Athens, Greece. [category: Events]
• 1839: Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (b. 1771) [category: Deaths]
• 1844: Richard D'Oyly Carte, English talent agent, impresario, and composer (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1849: Bernhard von Bülow, German statesman, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1849: Jacob August Riis, American journalist (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1849: The May Uprising in Dresden begins – the last of the German revolutions of 1848. [category: Events]
• 1856: Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer (b. 1803) [category: Deaths]
• 1857: George Gore, American baseball player (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1859: Andy Adams, American author (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1860: John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1860: Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1860: Charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden. [category: Events]
• 1861: Emmett Dalton, American outlaw, member of the Dalton Gang (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1867: J.T. Hearne, English cricketer (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1867: The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island. [category: Events]
• 1870: Henri Bouckaert, French rower (death date unknown) [category: Births]
• 1870: Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1873: Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian general (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1874: François Coty, French perfume manufacturer and newspaper publisher, founder of the fascist league Solidarité Française (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1874: V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1877: Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1877: Labatt Park, the oldest continually operating baseball grounds in the world has its first game. [category: Events]
• 1879: Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, aviation pioneer, and soldier, one of the founders of Qantas (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1886: Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1887: Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1888: Beulah Bondi, American actress (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1891: Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1892: George Paget Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1892: Jacob Viner, Canadian economist (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1893: Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1895: Cornelius Van Til, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and apologist (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1896: Dodie Smith, English novelist and playwright (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1896: Karl Allmenroder, German flying ace (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1897: William Joseph Browne, Canadian politician (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1898: Golda Meir, Israeli teacher and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1898: Septima Poinsette Clark, American educator and civil rights activist (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1901: Gino Cervi, Italian actor (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1901: The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida. [category: Events]
• 1902: Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1903: Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (The Rhythm Boys) (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1905: Red Ruffing, American baseball player (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1905: Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1906: Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American radio personality, daughter of Franklin D. Roosevelt (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1906: Mary Astor, American actress (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1906: René Huyghe, French historian (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1907: Dorothy Young, American actress and novelist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1910: Norman Corwin, American writer, screenwriter, producer, essayist and teacher (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1910: Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: Virgil Fox, American organist (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1913: William Inge, American playwright (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1913: Raja Harishchandra the first full-length Indian feature film is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry. [category: Events]
• 1914: Homesick James, American guitarist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1915: Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1915: The poem In Flanders Fields is written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. [category: Events]
• 1916: Léopold Simoneau, French-Canadian tenor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1916: Patrick Pearse, Irish Nationalist and Leader of the Easter Rising (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Thomas MacDonagh, Irish Nationalist and Leader of the Easter Rising (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Tom Clarke, Irish Nationalist, Leader and Organiser of the Easter Rising (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: The leaders of the Easter Rising are executed in Dublin. [category: Events]
• 1917: Betty Comden, American actress, screenwriter, and lyricist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1918: Ted Bates, English footballer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1918: Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary [category: Deaths]
• 1919: John Cullen Murphy, American illustrator (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1919: Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter, musician, and activist (The Weavers and Almanac Singers) [category: Births]
• 1920: John Lewis, American pianist, arranger, and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1920: A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia. [category: Events]
• 1921: Joe Ames, American singer (Ames Brothers) (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1921: Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1921: Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to issues surrounding its enforcement. [category: Events]
• 1922: Len Shackleton, English footballer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1923: George Hadjinikos, Greek pianist, conductor, teacher, and author [category: Births]
• 1923: Ralph Hall, American politician [category: Births]
• 1924: Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1924: Yehuda Amichai, Israeli poet (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1925: Jean Séguy, French sociologist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1928: Dave Dudley, American singer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1928: Japanese atrocities in Jinan, China. [category: Events]
• 1932: Robert Osborne, American historian [category: Births]
• 1933: Alex Cord, American actor [category: Births]
• 1933: James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1933: Steven Weinberg, American physicist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1934: Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons and The Wonder Who?) [category: Births]
• 1934: Georges Moustaki, Greek-French singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1934: Henry Cooper, English boxer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1935: Ron Popeil, American inventor and spokesman, founded the Ronco company [category: Births]
• 1936: Joe DiMaggio, familiarly referred to as Joltin' Joe and The Yankee Clipper makes his major league debut for the New York Yankees. [category: Events]
• 1937: Nélida Piñon, Brazilian writer [category: Births]
• 1937: Gone with the Wind, a novel by Margaret Mitchell, wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. [category: Events]
• 1938: Chris Cannizzaro, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1938: Omar Abdel-Rahman, Egyptian terrorist [category: Births]
• 1939: Jonathan Harvey, English composer [category: Births]
• 1939: The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. [category: Events]
• 1940: Clemens Westerhof, Dutch football manager [category: Births]
• 1940: Conny Plank, German musician and producer (Cluster and Moebius & Plank) [category: Births]
• 1940: David Koch, American businessman and politician [category: Births]
• 1941: Edward Malloy, American educator, 16th president of the University of Notre Dame [category: Births]
• 1942: C.L. Otter, American politician [category: Births]
• 1942: Dave Marash, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1942: Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast [category: Births]
• 1942: Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia. [category: Events]
• 1943: Jim Risch, American politician [category: Births]
• 1944: Pete Staples, English musician (The Troggs) [category: Births]
• 1945: Davey Lopes, American baseball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay. [category: Events]
• 1946: Greg Gumbel, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1946: Norm Chow, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1946: Silvino Francisco, South African snooker player [category: Births]
• 1947: Doug Henning, Canadian magician (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1947: New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect. [category: Events]
• 1948: Chris Mulkey, American actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish nobleman (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: The U.S. Supreme Court rules, in Shelley v. Kraemer, that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable. [category: Events]
• 1949: Ken Hom, Chinese-American chef [category: Births]
• 1949: Ron Wyden, American politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Manivannan, Indian film actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Mary Hopkin, Welsh Singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1951: Christopher Cross, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer [category: Births]
• 1951: Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian writer [category: Births]
• 1951: London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain [category: Events]
• 1951: The United States Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees begin their closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman. [category: Events]
• 1952: Allan Wells, Scottish athlete [category: Births]
• 1952: Caitlin Clarke. American actress (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1952: Chuck Baldwin, American politician, pastor, and radio host [category: Births]
• 1952: Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole. [category: Events]
• 1952: The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time on the CBS network. [category: Events]
• 1953: Bruce Hall, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (REO Speedwagon) [category: Births]
• 1953: Gary Young, American musician and singer (Pavement) [category: Births]
• 1955: David Hookes, Australian cricketer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1956: Marc Bellemare, French-Canadian lawyer and politician [category: Births]
• 1957: Alain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1957: Rod Langway, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1957: Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn, New York, to Los Angeles, California. [category: Events]
• 1958: Kevin Kilner, American actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Sandi Toksvig, Danish writer, broadcaster, and comedian [category: Births]
• 1958: Susanna Kwan, Hong Kong singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Ben Elton, English comedian and author [category: Births]
• 1959: David Ball, English musician and producer (Soft Cell and The Grid) [category: Births]
• 1959: Uma Bharati, Indian politician [category: Births]
• 1960: Amy Steel, American actress [category: Births]
• 1960: The Anne Frank House opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands. [category: Events]
• 1960: The Off-Broadway musical comedy, The Fantasticks, opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time. [category: Events]
• 1961: David Vitter, American politician [category: Births]
• 1961: Joe Murray, American cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1961: Leyla Zana, Kurdish politician [category: Births]
• 1961: Steve McClaren, English football manager [category: Births]
• 1962: Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder [category: Births]
• 1963: Jamie Reeves, English strongman and wrestler [category: Births]
• 1963: Jeff Hornacek, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1963: The police force in Birmingham, Alabama switches tactics and responds with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaign" protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, bringing newfound attention to African-American Civil Rights Movement. [category: Events]
• 1964: Ron Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1965: John Jensen, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1965: Mikhail Prokhorov, Russian businessman [category: Births]
• 1965: Nina Garcia, Colombian-American fashion director, journalist, and critic [category: Births]
• 1965: Rob Brydon, Welsh comedian [category: Births]
• 1966: Darren Morgan, Welsh snooker player [category: Births]
• 1966: Firdous Bamji, Indian-American actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Frank Dietrich, German politician (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1966: Giorgos Agorogiannis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1966: Peter Abbay, American actor [category: Births]
• 1967: André Olbrich, German guitarist and songwriter (Blind Guardian) [category: Births]
• 1968: Shane Minor, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1969: Daryl F. Mallett, American writer and editor [category: Births]
• 1969: Zakir Hussain, Indian politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Bobby Cannavale, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Jeffrey Sebelia, American fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1970: Suzi Perry, English model and columnist [category: Births]
• 1971: Damon Dash, American record executive [category: Births]
• 1971: Josey Scott, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (Saliva) [category: Births]
• 1972: Shonie Carter, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1972: Bruce Cabot, American actor (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Emil Breitkreutz, American middle distance runner (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Leslie Harvey, Scottish guitarist Stone the Crows (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Brad Martin, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1973: Rea Garvey, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Reamonn) [category: Births]
• 1973: The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1.451 feet as the world's tallest building. [category: Events]
• 1974: Peter Everitt, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Princess Haya bint Al Hussein [category: Births]
• 1975: Christina Hendricks, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Dulé Hill, American actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Maksim Mrvica, Croatian pianist [category: Births]
• 1975: Valentino Lanús, Mexican actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Willie Geist, American television host, writer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1976: Brad Scott, Australian footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1976: Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Mashima Hiro, Japanese manga artist [category: Births]
• 1977: Ryan Dempster, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Tyronn Lue, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Autumn Phillips, English royal, wife of Peter Phillips [category: Births]
• 1978: Christian Annan, Ghanaian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Lawrence Tynes, American football player [category: Births]
• 1978: Paul Banks, American singer-songwriter and musician (Interpol) [category: Births]
• 1978: Bill Downs, American journalist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: The first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States. [category: Events]
• 1979: Genevieve Nnaji, Nigerian actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Steve Mack, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1979: Margaret Thatcher is elected to her first term as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1980: Jaycee Dugard, American kidnap victim [category: Births]
• 1980: Marcel Vigneron, American chef [category: Births]
• 1980: Zuzana Ondrášková, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1981: Charlie Brooks, English actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Farrah Franklin, American singer and actress (Destiny's Child) [category: Births]
• 1981: U;Nee, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1981: Nargis. Indian Actor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Nick Stavinoha, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Joseph Addai, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Myriam Fares, Lebanese singer, producer, dancer, actress, and fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1983: Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Cheryl Burke, American dancer [category: Births]
• 1985: Ezequiel Lavezzi, Argentinian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Meagan Tandy, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Twenty-one people are killed and forty-one are injured after a bomb explodes in an airliner (Flight UL512) at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka. [category: Events]
• 1987: Lina Grinčikaitė, Lithuanian sprinter [category: Births]
• 1987: Dalida, French singer and actress (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: A crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop restrictor plate racing the following season both at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega. [category: Events]
• 1988: Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Paul Vario, American organizied crime figure (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Taylor Trensch, American actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Christine Jorgensen, American transsexual (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Edward Ochab, Polish politician (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Levi Johnston, American model, actor, and author [category: Births]
• 1990: Miranda Chartrand, Canadian singer [category: Births]
• 1991: Narita Brian, Japanese racehorse (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1991: Jerzy Kosiński, Polish writer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer and composer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: George Murphy, American dancer, actor, and politician (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Abby Rakic-Platt, English actress [category: Births]
• 1996: Noah Munck, American actor [category: Births]
• 1996: Alex Kellner, American baseball player (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist, composer, and educator (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Jack Weston, American actor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Sébastien Enjolras, French race car driver (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Godfrey Evans, English cricketer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Joe Adcock, American baseball player (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Steve Chiasson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. [category: Events]
• 2000: John Joseph O'Connor, American Archbishop (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Julia Bathory, Hungarian glass-designer (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet. [category: Events]
• 2001: Billy Higgins, American drummer and educator (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947. [category: Events]
• 2002: Barbara Castle, English politician (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Evgeny Svetlanov, Russian composer, conductor, and pianist (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: A military MiG-21 aircraft crashes into the Bank of Rajasthan in India, killing eight. [category: Events]
• 2003: Suzy Parker, American actress (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: New Hampshire's famous Old Man of the Mountain collapses. [category: Events]
• 2004: Anthony Ainley, English actor (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Darrell Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Ken Downing, English race car driver (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Earl Woods, American army officer, athlete, and writer, father of Tiger Woods (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Karel Appel, Dutch painter (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Pramod Mahajan, Indian politician (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Wally Schirra, American astronaut (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, Spanish politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Ram Shewalkar, Indian writer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Renée Morisset, Canadian pianist (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Ton Lutz, Dutch actor (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Guenter Wendt, German-American engineer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Roy Carrier, American accordion player (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Jackie Cooper, American actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Sergo Kotrikadze, Georgian footballer (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Thanasis Veggos, Greek actor (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Digby Wolfe, Australian actor and screenwriter (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Edith Bliss, Australian singer and television presenter (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Felix Werder, German-Australian composer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: František Tondra, Slovak bishop (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jorge Illueca, Panamanian politician and diplomat, President of Panama (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Lloyd Brevett, Jamaican bass player and producer (The Skatalites) (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• _: Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Antonia and Alexander [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constitution Day (Poland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constitution Memorial Day (Japan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Teacher's Day can fall, while May 9 is the latest; celebrated on the Tuesday of the first full week of May. (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Juvenal of Narni [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Moura (Coptic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Philip and James the Less [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope Alexander I [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Roodmas, or Feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross (Gallican Rite of the Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sarah the Martyr (Coptic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The Most Holy Virgin Mary Queen of Poland [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Theodosius of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Press Freedom Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]