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{{redirect|The Third of May|the Goya painting|The Third of May 1808}} {{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[752]] – Mayan king [[Yaxun Bʼalam IV|Bird Jaguar IV]] of [[Yaxchilan]] in modern-day [[Chiapas]], Mexico, assumes the throne. *[[1481]] – The [[1481 Rhodes earthquake|largest of three earthquakes]] strikes the island of [[Rhodes]] and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties. *[[1491]] – [[Kingdom of Kongo|Kongo]] monarch [[Nkuwu Nzinga]] is baptised by [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of [[João I of Kongo|João I]]. *[[1568]] – Angered by the brutal onslaught of Spanish troops at [[Fort Caroline]], a French force burns the San Mateo fort and massacres hundreds of Spaniards.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=33|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1616]] – [[Treaty of Loudun]] ends a French civil war. *[[1715]] – A [[solar eclipse of May 3, 1715|total solar eclipse]] is visible across northern Europe and northern Asia, as predicted by [[Edmond Halley]] to within four minutes accuracy. *[[1791]] – The [[Constitution of May 3, 1791|Constitution of May 3]] (the first modern [[constitution]] in Europe) is proclaimed by the [[Sejm]] of [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]]. *[[1802]] – [[Washington, D.C.]] is incorporated as a city after [[United States Congress|Congress]] abolishes the Board of Commissioners, the District's founding government. The "City of Washington" is given a [[Mayor–council government|mayor-council]] form of government.<ref>{{cite book|last=Costanzo|first=Adam|title=George Washington's Washington: Visions for the National Capital in the Early American Republic|location=[[Athens, Georgia]]|publisher=[[The University of Georgia Press]]|date=2018|isbn=9780820352855|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rd5PDwAAQBAJ|pages=76–77, 200 fn. 28}}</ref> *[[1808]] – [[Finnish War]]: Sweden loses the fortress of [[Sveaborg]] to Russia. * 1808 – [[Peninsular War]]: The [[Madrid]] rebels who [[Dos de Mayo Uprising|rose up]] on [[May 2]] are executed near [[Príncipe Pío (hill)|Príncipe Pío]] hill. *[[1815]] – [[Neapolitan War]]: [[Joachim Murat]], King of [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]], is defeated by the Austrians at the [[Battle of Tolentino]], the decisive engagement of the war. *[[1830]] – The [[Canterbury and Whitstable Railway]] is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel. *[[1837]] – The [[National and Kapodistrian University of Athens|University of Athens]] is founded in [[Athens]], Greece.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rüegg |first1=Walter |title=A History of the University in Europe: Volume 3, Universities in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (1800–1945) |date=2004 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-1-139-45302-8 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=entlN4EEPUYC&pg=PA43 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1848]] – The boar-crested [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[Benty Grange helmet]] is discovered in a [[Tumulus|barrow]] on the [[Benty Grange]] farm in [[Derbyshire]]. *[[1849]] – The [[May Uprising in Dresden]] begins: The last of the German revolutions of 1848–49. *[[1855]] – American adventurer [[William Walker (filibuster)|William Walker]] departs from [[San Francisco]] with about 60 men to conquer [[Nicaragua]]. ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – The [[Great Fire of 1901]] begins in [[Jacksonville, Florida]]. *[[1913]] – ''[[Raja Harishchandra]]'', the first full-length Indian [[feature film]], is released, marking the beginning of the [[Cinema of India|Indian film industry]]. *[[1920]] – A [[1920 Georgian coup attempt|Bolshevik coup]] fails in the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]]. *[[1921]] – [[Partition of Ireland|Ireland is partitioned]] under British law by the [[Government of Ireland Act 1920]], creating [[Northern Ireland]] and [[Southern Ireland (1921–22)|Southern Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Torrance |first1=David |title=100 years since the Government of Ireland Act 1920 |url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/100-years-since-the-government-of-ireland-act-1920/ |website=commonslibrary.parliament.uk |access-date=26 March 2025 |date=21 December 2020}}</ref> * 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 enforcement issues. *[[1928]] – The [[Jinan incident]] begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.<ref>{{cite book |first=C. Martin |last=Wilbur |author-link=C. Martin Wilbur |chapter=The Nationalist Revolution: from Canton to Nanking, 1923–1928 |series=[[Cambridge History of China]] |volume=12 |title=Republican China, 1912–1949 Pt I |location=[[Cambridge]] |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1983 |pages=702–706}}</ref> *[[1939]] – The [[All India Forward Bloc]] is formed by Netaji [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]. *[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] naval troops [[Invasion of Tulagi (May 1942)|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. *[[1945]] – World War II: Sinking of the [[prison ship]]s ''[[SS Cap Arcona (1927)|Cap Arcona]]'', ''[[SS Thielbek (1940)|Thielbek]]'' and ''[[SS Deutschland (1923)|Deutschland]]'' by the [[Royal Air Force]] in [[Lübeck Bay]]. *[[1947]] – New post-war [[Constitution of Japan|Japanese constitution]] goes into effect. *[[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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Meyer|first=Stephen Grant|title='As Long as They Don't Move Next Door': Segregation and Racial Conflict in American Neighborhoods|location=[[Lanham, Maryland]]|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|date=2000|isbn=978-0-8476-9700-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0jQtLcwuOLkC|page=265, fn. 41}}</ref> *[[1951]] – London's [[Royal Festival Hall]] opens with the [[Festival of Britain]]. * 1951 – The [[United States Senate Committee on Armed Services]] and [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations]] begin their closed door hearings into the [[relief of Douglas MacArthur]] by U.S. President Harry Truman. *[[1952]] – [[Lieutenant Colonel]]s [[Joseph O. Fletcher]] and [[William P. Benedict]] of the United States land a plane at the [[North Pole]]. * 1952 – The [[Kentucky Derby]] is televised nationally for the first time, on the [[CBS]] network. *[[1953]] – Two men are rescued from a [[semitrailer]] that crashed over the side of the [[Pit River Bridge]] before it fell into the [[Sacramento River]]. Amateur photographer [[Virginia Schau]] photographs "Rescue on Pit River Bridge", the first and only winning submission for the [[Pulitzer Prize for Photography]] to have been taken by a woman.<ref name="Fischer2011">{{cite book|author=Heinz Dietrich Fischer|title=Picture Coverage of the World: Pulitzer Prize Winning Photos|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dw0Gx8XsWdUC&pg=PA30|accessdate=9 April 2012|date=June 2011|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|isbn=978-3-643-10844-9|pages=30–31}}</ref> *[[1957]] – [[Walter O'Malley]], the owner of the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]], agrees to move the team from [[Brooklyn]] to Los Angeles. *[[1963]] – The police force in [[Birmingham, Alabama]] switches tactics and [[Birmingham campaign#Fire hoses and police dogs|responds with violent force]] to stop the "[[Birmingham campaign]]" protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to the [[civil rights movement]]. *[[1968]] – Eighty-five people are killed when [[Braniff International Airways Flight 352]] crashes near [[Dawson, Texas]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-188A Electra N9707C Dawson, TX |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19680503-0 |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Erich Honecker]] becomes [[Leadership of East Germany#Leaders of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)|First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany]], remaining in power until 1989.<ref>{{cite book|last=Winkler|first=Heinrich August|author-link=Heinrich August Winkler|title=Germany: The Long Road West, Vol. 2: 1933–1990|pages=266–268|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> *[[1978]] – The first unsolicited bulk commercial [[email]] (which would later become known as "[[spam (electronic)|spam]]") is sent by a [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] marketing representative to every [[ARPANET]] address on the west coast of the United States. *[[1979]] – [[Margaret Thatcher]] wins the United Kingdom [[1979 United Kingdom general election|general election]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=United Kingdom - The Margaret Thatcher government (1979–90)|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom|access-date=2020-09-17|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> The following day, she becomes the first female [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]]. *[[1986]] – Twenty-one people are killed and forty-one are injured after a bomb explodes on [[Air Lanka Flight 512]] at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka. *[[1987]] – A crash by [[Bobby Allison]] at the [[Talladega Superspeedway]], [[Alabama]] fencing at the start-finish line would lead [[NASCAR]] to develop the [[restrictor plate]] for the following season both at [[Daytona International Speedway]] and Talladega. *[[1999]] – The southwestern portion of [[Oklahoma City]] is devastated by an [[1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado|F5 tornado]], killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the [[1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak]]. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at {{convert|301 +/- 20|mph|km/h|order=flip}}. In meteorology, the term "May 3" is synonymous with the F5 tornado.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morgan |first1=Mike |date=20 May 2013 |title=Moore, OK Deadly Tornado from KFOR live broadcast (May 20, 2013) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga7niHGgSN4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101055339/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga7niHGgSN4 |archive-date=1 November 2023 |access-date=1 November 2023 |website=[[YouTube]] |publisher=[[KFOR-TV]] |format=[[Video]] (13:19-13:36) |quote=Folks, this is essentially, and you never want to say it, but we're going to say it right now. This is May 3rd all over again as far as the intensity of this tornado, where it is heading, and something has to change fast or it is going to be very close to a May 3rd event.}}</ref> * 1999 – Infiltration of Pakistani soldiers on Indian side results in the [[Kargil War]]. *[[2000]] – The sport of [[geocaching]] begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] posted on [[Usenet]]. *[[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]]. *[[2006]] – [[Armavia Flight 967]] crashes into the [[Black Sea]] near [[Sochi International Airport]] in [[Sochi]], Russia, killing 113 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A320-211 EK32009 Adler/Sochi Airport (AER)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20060503-0|access-date=2022-01-31|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[2007]] – The three-year-old British girl [[Disappearance of Madeleine McCann|Madeleine McCann]] disappears in Praia da Luz, Portugal, starting "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history". *[[2015]] – Two gunmen [[Curtis Culwell Center attack|launch an attempted attack]] on an anti-Islam event in [[Garland, Texas]], which was held in response to the [[Charlie Hebdo shooting|''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting]]. *[[2016]] – Eighty-eight thousand people are evacuated from their homes in [[Fort McMurray]], Alberta, Canada as [[2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire|a wildfire rips through the community]], destroying approximately 2,400 homes and buildings.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-05-06|title=Canada wildfire: Images show Fort McMurray devastation|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36224767|access-date=2021-05-22}}</ref> *[[2021]] – Twenty-six people are killed and ninety-eight are injured after an elevated section of the [[Mexico City Metro]] [[Mexico City Metro overpass collapse|collapses]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/06/12/world/americas/mexico-city-train-crash.html|title=Why the Mexico City Metro Collapsed|work=The New York Times|date=2021-06-13|access-date=2025-05-02|first1=Natalie|last1=Kitroeff|first2=Maria|last2=Abi-Habib|first3=James|last3=Glanz|first4=Oscar|last4=Lopez|first5=Wiyi|last5=Cai|first6=Evan|last6=Grothjan|first7=Miles|last7=Peyton|first8=Alejandro|last8=Cegarra|url-access=limited|archive-date=20 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620233905/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/06/12/world/americas/mexico-city-train-crash.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2023]] – Nine students and a security guard are killed in the [[Belgrade school shooting]], the first attack of its kind in [[Serbia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-65469813|title=At least nine dead in Serbia school shooting|work=BBC News|last=Lee|first=Dulcie|date=3 May 2023|access-date=3 May 2023}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[490]] – [[Kʼan Joy Chitam I]], ruler of [[Palenque]] (died 565) * [[612]] – [[Constantine III (Byzantine emperor)|Constantine III]], Byzantine emperor (died 641) *[[1238]] – [[Emilia Bicchieri]], Italian saint (died 1314) *[[1276]] – [[Louis, Count of Évreux]], son of King [[Philip III of France]] (died 1319) *[[1415]] – [[Cecily Neville, Duchess of York]] (died 1495) *[[1428]] – [[Pedro González de Mendoza]], Spanish cardinal (died 1495) *[[1446]] – [[Margaret of York]] (died 1503)<ref>{{cite web |title=Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy (1446–1503) |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/odnb/9780192683120.001.0001/odnb-9780192683120-e-18051 |website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |year=2018 |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en |doi=10.1093/odnb/9780192683120.013.18051}}</ref> *[[1461]] – [[Raffaele Riario]], Italian cardinal (died 1521) *[[1469]] – [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], Italian historian and philosopher (died 1527)<ref>{{cite web |title=Niccolo Machiavelli {{!}} Biography, Books, Philosophy, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Niccolo-Machiavelli |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=3 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1479]] – [[Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg]] (died 1552) *[[1481]] – [[Juana de la Cruz Vázquez Gutiérrez]], Spanish abbess of the Franciscan Third Order Regular (died 1534) *[[1536]] – [[Stephan Praetorius]], German theologian (died 1603) ===1601–1900=== *[[1632]] – [[Catherine of St. Augustine]], French-Canadian nurse and candidate for sainthood, founded the [[Hôtel-Dieu de Québec]] (died 1668) *[[1662]] – [[Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann]], German architect, designed the [[Pillnitz Castle]] (died 1736) *[[1678]] – [[Amaro Pargo]], Spanish corsair (died 1747) *[[1695]] – [[Henri Pitot]], French physicist and engineer, invented the [[Pitot tube]] (died 1771) *[[1729]] – [[Florian Leopold Gassmann]], Czech composer (died 1774) *[[1761]] – [[August von Kotzebue]], German playwright and author (died 1819) *[[1764]] – [[Princess Élisabeth of France]] (died 1794)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Of France {{!}} princess of France |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-of-France |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1768]] – [[Charles Tennant]], Scottish chemist and businessman (died 1838) *[[1783]] – [[José de la Riva Agüero]], Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (died 1858)<ref>{{cite book|first=Benjamin Eli|last=Smith|title=The Century cyclopedia of names: a pronouncing and etymological dictionary of names in geography, biography, mythology, history, ethnology, art, archaeology, fiction, etc., etc., etc.|url=https://archive.org/details/centurycyclopedi00smit/page/858/mode/2up|year=1903|publisher=The Century Company|location=New York|page=858}}</ref> *[[1814]] – [[Adams George Archibald]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th [[Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia]] (died 1892) *[[1826]] – [[Charles XV of Sweden]] (died 1872) *[[1844]] – [[Richard D'Oyly Carte]], English talent agent and composer (died 1901) *[[1849]] – [[Jacob Riis]], Danish-American journalist and photographer (died 1914) * 1849 – [[Bernhard von Bülow]], German soldier and politician, [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] (died 1929) *[[1854]] – [[George Gore]], American baseball player and manager (died 1933) *[[1859]] – [[August Herrmann]], American executive in [[Major League Baseball]] (died 1931) *[[1860]] – [[Vito Volterra]], Italian mathematician and physicist (died 1940) *[[1867]] – [[Andy Bowen]], American boxer (died 1894) * 1867 – [[J. T. Hearne]], English cricketer (died 1944) *[[1870]] – [[Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein]] (died 1948) *[[1871]] – [[Emmett Dalton]], American criminal (died 1937) *[[1873]] – [[Pavlo Skoropadskyi]], German-Ukrainian general and politician, [[Hetman of Ukraine]] (died 1945) *[[1874]] – [[François Coty]], French businessman and publisher, founded [[Coty]] (died 1934) * 1874 – [[Vagn Walfrid Ekman]], Swedish oceanographer and academic (died 1954)<ref>{{cite web |title=V. Walfrid Ekman {{!}} Swedish scientist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/V-Walfrid-Ekman |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1877]] – [[Karl Abraham]], German psychoanalyst and author (died 1925) *[[1879]] – [[Fergus McMaster]], Australian businessman and soldier, co-founded [[Qantas]] (died 1950) *[[1886]] – [[Marcel Dupré]], French organist and composer (died 1971) *[[1887]] – [[Marika Kotopouli]], Greek actress (died 1954) *[[1889]] – [[Beulah Bondi]], American actress (died 1981) * 1889 – [[Gottfried Fuchs]], German-Canadian Olympic soccer player (died 1972) *[[1891]] – [[Tadeusz Peiper]], Polish poet and critic (died 1969) * 1891 – [[Eppa Rixey]], American baseball pitcher (died 1963) *[[1892]] – [[George Paget Thomson]], English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1975) * 1892 – [[Jacob Viner]], Canadian-American economist and academic (died 1970) *[[1893]] – [[Konstantine Gamsakhurdia]], Georgian author (died 1975) *[[1895]] – [[Cornelius Van Til]], Dutch philosopher, theologian, and apologist (died 1987) *[[1896]] – [[Karl Allmenröder]], German soldier and pilot (died 1917) * 1896 – [[V. K. Krishna Menon]], Indian lawyer, jurist, and politician, [[Minister of Defence (India)|Indian Minister of Defence]] (died 1974) * 1896 – [[Dodie Smith]], English author and playwright (died 1990) *[[1897]] – [[William Joseph Browne]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th [[Solicitor General of Canada]] (died 1989) *[[1898]] – [[Septima Poinsette Clark]], American educator and activist (died 1987) * 1898 – [[Golda Meir]], Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (died 1978)<ref>{{cite web |title=Golda Meir |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/golda-meir |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=29 July 2021 |language=en |date=16 February 2019}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Alfred Kastler]], German-French physicist and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1984) *[[1903]] – [[Bing Crosby]], American singer and actor (died 1977) * 1905 – [[Red Ruffing]], American baseball pitcher and coach (died 1986) *[[1906]] – [[Mary Astor]], American actress (died 1987) * 1906 – [[Anna Roosevelt Halsted]], American journalist and author (died 1975) *[[1910]] – [[Norman Corwin]], American screenwriter and producer (died 2011) *[[1912]] – [[Virgil Fox]], American organist and composer (died 1980) * 1912 – [[May Sarton]], American poet, novelist and memoirist (died 1995) *[[1913]] – [[William Inge]], American playwright and novelist (died 1973) *[[1914]] – [[Georges-Emmanuel Clancier]], French journalist, author, and poet (died 2018)<ref>{{cite news |title=L'écrivain et poète limougeaud Georges-Emmanuel Clancier est décédé |url=https://www.lepopulaire.fr/limoges/loisirs/art-litterature/2018/07/04/l-ecrivain-et-poete-limougeaud-georges-emmanuel-clancier-est-decede_12912156.html |access-date=4 July 2018 |publisher=Le Populaire du Centre |date=4 July 2018 |language=fr}}</ref> *[[1915]] – [[Stu Hart]], Canadian wrestler and trainer, founded [[Stampede Wrestling]] (died 2003) *[[1917]] – [[Betty Comden]], American screenwriter and librettist (died 2006) * 1917 – [[George Gaynes]], Finnish-American actor (died 2016) *1917 – [[Kiro Gligorov]], Macedonian politician and first president of the Republic of Macedonia (died 2012)<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Kofman |editor1-first=Jan |editor2-last=Roszkowski |editor2-first=Wojciech |title=Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century |date=2016 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9781317475941 |page=296}}</ref> *[[1918]] – [[Ted Bates (footballer)|Ted Bates]], English footballer and manager (died 2003) * [[1919]] – [[Pete Seeger]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (died 2014) *[[1920]] – [[John Lewis (pianist)|John Lewis]], American pianist and composer (died 2001) *[[1921]] – [[Sugar Ray Robinson]], American boxer (died 1989) *[[1922]] – [[Len Shackleton]], English footballer and journalist (died 2000) *[[1923]] – [[Ralph Hall]], American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (died 2019) *[[1924]] – [[Yehuda Amichai]], German-Israeli author and poet (died 2000) * 1924 – [[Ken Tyrrell]], English race car driver, founded [[Tyrrell Racing]] (died 2001) *[[1928]] – [[Dave Dudley]], American singer-songwriter (died 2003) * 1928 – [[Jacques-Louis Lions]], French mathematician (died 2001) *[[1929]] – [[Helen Walulik]], American baseball player (died 2012)<ref>{{cite web |title=Helen (Walulik) Kiely |url=https://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/helen-walulik-kiely-hensky/98 |website=www.aagpbl.org |access-date=26 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[Juan Gelman]], Argentinian poet and author (died 2014) *[[1932]] – [[Robert Osborne]], American actor and historian (died 2017) *[[1933]] – [[James Brown]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2006) * 1933 – [[Steven Weinberg]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2021) *[[1934]] – [[Henry Cooper]], English boxer and sportscaster (died 2011) * 1934 – [[Georges Moustaki]], Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013) * 1934 – [[Frankie Valli]], American singer and actor *[[1935]] – [[Ron Popeil]], American businessman, founded the [[Ronco|Ronco Company]] (died 2021) *[[1938]] – [[Omar Abdel-Rahman]], Egyptian terrorist (died 2017) *[[1940]] – [[David Koch]], American engineer, businessman, and philanthropist (died 2019) * 1940 – [[Clemens Westerhof]], Dutch footballer and manager *[[1941]] – [[Nona Gaprindashvili]], Georgian chess player, [[women's world chess champion|Women's World Champion]], 1962-1978<ref>{{cite web |title=Nona Gaprindashvili – the legendary fifth world champion |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/nona-gaprindashvili-the-legendary-fifth-world-champion/13 |website=Chessbase India |access-date=3 May 2024 |date=4 May 2006}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Věra Čáslavská]], Czech gymnast and coach (died 2016) * 1942 – [[Butch Otter]], American soldier and politician, 32nd [[Governor of Idaho]] *[[1943]] – [[Jim Risch]], American lawyer and politician, 31st [[Governor of Idaho]] * 1943 – [[Vicente Saldivar]], Mexican boxer (died 1985) *[[1945]] – [[Davey Lopes]], American baseball player, coach, and manager *[[1946]] – [[Norm Chow]], American football player and coach * 1946 – [[Greg Gumbel]], American sportscaster (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saperstein |first=Pat |date=December 27, 2024 |title=Greg Gumbel, Longtime CBS Sports Broadcaster, Dies at 78 |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/greg-gumbel-dead-cbs-sports-1236261024/ |access-date=December 27, 2024 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Doug Henning]], Canadian magician (died 2000) *[[1948]] – [[Denis Cosgrove]], British-American academic and geographer (died 2008) *[[1949]] – [[Liam Donaldson]], English physician and academic * 1949 – [[Ron Wyden]], American academic and politician *[[1950]] – [[Mary Hopkin]], Welsh singer-songwriter *[[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 – [[Joseph W. Tobin]], American cardinal *[[1954]] – [[Angela Bofill]], American singer-songwriter (died 2024) *[[1955]] – [[Stephen D. M. Brown]], British geneticist * 1955 – [[David Hookes]], Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (died 2004) *[[1957]] – [[Rod Langway]], Taiwanese-American ice hockey player and coach *[[1958]] – [[Bill Sienkiewicz]], American author and illustrator * 1958 – [[Sandi Toksvig]], Danish-English comedian, writer, and broadcaster *[[1959]] – [[Uma Bharti]], Indian activist and politician, 16th [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh]] * 1959 – [[Ben Elton]], English actor, director, and screenwriter *[[1960]] – [[Kathy Smallwood-Cook]], English sprinter and educator *[[1961]] – [[Steve McClaren]], English footballer and manager * 1961 – [[David Vitter]], American lawyer and politician<ref>{{CongLinks | congbio=v000127 | votesmart=4615 | fec=S4LA00057 | congress=david-vitter/1609 }}</ref> * 1961 – [[Leyla Zana]], Kurdish activist and politician *[[1963]] – [[Jeff Hornacek]], American basketball player and coach * 1963 – [[Mona Siddiqui]], Pakistani-Scottish journalist and academic *[[1964]] – [[Sterling Campbell]], American drummer and songwriter * 1964 – [[Ron Hextall]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager *[[1965]] – [[Ignatius Aphrem II]], Syrian patriarch * 1965 – [[Mark Cousins (film critic)|Mark Cousins]], Northern Irish director, writer, cinematographer * 1965 – [[John Jensen]], Danish footballer and coach * 1965 – [[Mikhail Prokhorov]], Russian businessman *[[1967]] – [[Daniel Anderson (rugby league)|Daniel Anderson]], Australian rugby league coach and manager * 1967 – [[Kenny Hotz]], Canadian producer, writer, director, actor, and comedian *[[1971]] – [[Douglas Carswell]], British politician, the first elected MP for the [[UK Independence Party]]<ref>[https://www.politics.co.uk/reference/john-douglas-wilson-carswell Douglas Carswell<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Steve Barclay]], English lawyer and politician *[[1973]] – [[Jamie Baulch]], Welsh sprinter and television host *[[1975]] – [[Willie Geist]], American television journalist and host * 1975 – [[Christina Hendricks]], American actress and model<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cusumano |first1=Josephine |title=Christina Hendricks Turns 41! Relive Her Best Beauty Moments |url=https://www.instyle.com/news/christina-hendricks-age-birthday-beauty-transformation-hair-makeup |publisher=[[InStyle]] |access-date=26 April 2023 |date=3 May 2016}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Sanath Nishantha]], Sri Lankan politician (died 2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=A notice about the vacant MP post after Sanath Nishantha |url=https://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news/192545 |website=Ada Derana|access-date=27 January 2024 |language=si |date=25 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Jeff Halpern]], American ice hockey player * 1976 – [[Brad Scott (Australian footballer)|Brad Scott]], Australian footballer and coach * 1976 – [[Chris Scott (Australian footballer)|Chris Scott]], Australian footballer and coach *[[1977]] – [[Eric Church]], American country music singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web| url = https://tasteofcountry.com/eric-church-pictures-through-the-years/| title = See Eric Church Through the Years, and Not Always in Sunglasses| date = 3 May 2020}}</ref> * 1977 – [[Ryan Dempster]], Canadian baseball player and sportscaster * 1977 – [[Tyronn Lue]], American basketball player and coach * 1977 – [[Ben Olsen]], American soccer player and coach *[[1978]] – [[Paul Banks (musician, born 1978)|Paul Banks]], English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1978 – [[Lawrence Tynes]], American football player *[[1982]] – [[Igor Olshansky]], Ukrainian-American football player *[[1983]] – [[Joseph Addai]], American football player * 1983 – [[Romeo Castelen]], Dutch footballer * 1983 – [[Márton Fülöp]], Hungarian footballer (died 2015) *[[1985]] – [[Ezequiel Lavezzi]], Argentinian footballer * 1985 – [[Robin Tonniau]], Belgian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=De Kamerleden: Robin Tonniau |url=https://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=nl&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=07911&lactivity=56 |publisher=[[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]] |access-date=4 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=nl}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Homer Bailey]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Homer Bailey Stats |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/homer-bailey-456701 |website=mlb.com |publisher=MLB |access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Pom Klementieff]], French actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sheridan |first1=Wade |title=Chris Pratt wishes 'Guardians' co-star Pom Klementieff happy birthday |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Movies/2018/05/04/Chris-Pratt-wishes-Guardians-co-star-Pom-Klementieff-happy-birthday/3921525431160/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=26 April 2023 |date=4 May 2018}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Damla Sönmez]], Turkish actress<ref>{{Cite web|last=Beyazperde|title=Damla Sönmez|url=https://www.beyazperde.com/sanatcilar/sanatci-499414/biyografi/|access-date=2021-08-08|website=Beyazperde|language=tr}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Ben Revere]], American baseball player * 1988 – [[Paddy Holohan]], Irish mixed martial artist *[[1989]] – [[Jesse Bromwich]], New Zealand rugby league player * 1989 – [[Katinka Hosszú]], Hungarian swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Katinka HOSSZU - Olympic Swimming {{!}} Hungary |url=https://www.olympic.org/katinka-hosszu |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en |date=16 January 2021}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Harvey Guillén]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Guillén |first1=Harvey |title=Had a amazing time celebrating my bday last night |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BxAa1eynAFu/ |website=instagram.com |publisher=Instagram |access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Brooks Koepka]], American golfer<ref>{{cite web |title=Brooks Koepka |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/player/results/_/id/6798/brooks-koepka |website=ESPN |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref> * 1990 – [[James Pattinson]], Australian cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|title=James Pattinson {{!}} Stats, Bio, Facts and Career Info|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/players/james-pattinson/PkX1Un6FOUOPl663t_gQvw|access-date=2021-05-03|website=www.cricket.com.au|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=James Pattinson profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/james-pattinson-272465|access-date=2021-05-03|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Samuel Seo]], South Korean musician *[[1995]] – [[Ivan Bukavshin]], Russian chess player (died 2016) * 1995 – [[Anwar El Ghazi]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Anwar El Ghazi: Overview |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/11033/Anwar-El-Ghazi/overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=17 August 2019}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Austin Meadows]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Austin Meadows Stats |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/austin-meadows-640457 |website=mlb.com |publisher=MLB |access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Mary Cain (athlete)|Mary Cain]], American runner<ref>{{cite web |title=Mary CAIN {{!}} Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/mary-cain-263803 |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Alex Iwobi]], Nigerian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Alex Iwobi |url=https://www.arsenal.com/historic/players/alex-iwobi |website=www.arsenal.com |access-date=3 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Domantas Sabonis]], Lithuanian-American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Domantas Sabonis Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/player/_/id/3155942/domantas-sabonis |website=ESPN |access-date=3 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Noah Munck]], American actor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Noah Munck Booking Agency {{!}} Appearances {{!}} Request Fee Info |url=https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/booking-request/Noah-Munck/433323 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=www.allamericanspeakers.com}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Desiigner]], American rapper<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7341870/desiigner-panda-billboard-hot-100-number-1 | title=Desiigner's 'Panda' Claws to No. 1 on Hot 100, Bringing Americans Back to the Top | magazine=Billboard | date=April 25, 2016 | access-date=April 26, 2016 | last=Trust | first=Gary | quote=Desiigner is 18 years and 11 months old; he'll turn 19 on May 3.}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Dwayne Haskins]], American football player (died 2022)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Greenstein |first1=Teddy |title=Heisman Trophy finalist Dwayne Haskins was destined to select Ohio State. Next up: Become the next Peyton Manning |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-spt-dwayne-haskins-silver-football-heisman-nfl-20181207-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |date=7 December 2018 |access-date=7 August 2019}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Tom Hartley (cricketer)|Tom Hartley]], English cricketer<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom Hartley Profile |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/tom-hartley-1150772 |website=espncricinfo.com |publisher=ESPN |access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Ella Langley]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{Cite Instagram |postid=C6kdu_kN6MX |user=ellalangleymusic |title=Had the best day #25 🤍 |date=May 4, 2024 |first=Ella |last=Langley |access-date=July 18, 2024}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Rachel Zegler]], American actress and singer<ref>{{blist|{{Cite tweet |number=1256965605745463296 |user=rachelzegler |title=it is my birthday. |date=May 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/Vf85l |archive-date=May 17, 2023 |url-status=live}}|{{Cite tweet |number=1517082526212247553 |user=rachelzegler |title=turning 21 in less than 2 weeks and i still don't know what to do with my hands in photos or social situations |date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/lA9Qp |archive-date=May 17, 2023 |url-status=live}}}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Florian Wirtz]], German footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Florian Wirtz Person profile |url=https://datencenter.dfb.de/en/profile/378835 |website=datencenter.dfb |publisher=German Football Association |access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[678]] – [[Princess Tōchi|Tōchi]], Japanese princess * [[738]] – [[Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil]], Mayan ruler (''[[ajaw]]'') *[[1152]] – [[Matilda of Boulogne]] (born 1105)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Panton |first1=James |title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7497-8 |page=343 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&pg=PA343 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1270]] – [[Béla IV of Hungary]] (born 1206)<ref>{{cite web |title=Béla IV {{!}} king of Hungary |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bela-IV |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1294]] – [[John I, Duke of Brabant]] (born 1252) *[[1330]] – [[Alexios II of Trebizond|Alexios II Megas Komnenos]], [[Empire of Trebizond|Emperor of Trebizond]] (born 1282) *[[1410]] – [[Antipope Alexander V]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander (V) {{!}} antipope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-V |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1481]] – [[Mehmed the Conqueror]], Ottoman sultan (born 1432) *[[1501]] – [[John Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley]], English Baron (born 1463) *[[1524]] – [[Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent]], English peer (born 1481) *[[1534]] – [[Juana de la Cruz Vazquez Gutierrez]], Spanish [[Roman Catholic]] nun and venerable (born 1481) *[[1589]] – [[Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] (born 1528) ===1601–1900=== *[[1606]] – [[Henry Garnet]], English priest and author (born 1555) *[[1621]] – [[Elizabeth Bacon (died 1621)|Elizabeth Bacon]], English Tudor gentlewoman (born 1541) *[[1679]] – [[James Sharp (bishop)|James Sharp]], Scottish archbishop (born 1613) *[[1693]] – [[Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon]], French courtier (born 1607) *[[1704]] – [[Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber]], Czech-Austrian violinist and composer (born 1644) *[[1724]] – [[John Leverett the Younger]], American lawyer, academic, and politician (born 1662) *[[1750]] – [[John Willison]], Scottish minister and author (born 1680) *[[1752]] – [[Samuel Ogle]], English-American captain and politician, 5th [[List of colonial governors of Maryland|Governor of Restored Proprietary Government]] (born 1692) *[[1758]] – [[Pope Benedict XIV]] (born 1675) *[[1763]] – [[George Psalmanazar]], French-English author (born 1679) *[[1764]] – [[Francesco Algarotti]], Italian philosopher, poet, and critic (born 1712) *[[1779]] – [[John Winthrop (educator)|John Winthrop]], American mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (born 1714) *[[1793]] – [[Martin Gerbert]], German historian and theologian (born 1720) *[[1839]] – [[Ferdinando Paer]], Italian composer (born 1771) *[[1856]] – [[Adolphe Adam]], French composer and critic (born 1803) * 1856 – [[Louis-Étienne Saint-Denis]], Arab-French servant to Napoleon I (born 1788) *[[1882]] – [[Leonidas Smolents]], Austrian–Greek general and army minister (born 1806)<ref name="Enc">{{Great Military and Naval Encyclopaedia|volume=6|page = 86}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1910]] – [[Howard Taylor Ricketts]], American pathologist (born 1871) *[[1916]] – [[Tom Clarke (Irish republican)|Tom Clarke]], Irish rebel (born 1858) * 1916 – [[Thomas MacDonagh]], Irish poet and rebel (born 1878) * 1916 – [[Patrick Pearse]], Irish teacher and rebel leader (born 1879) *[[1918]] – [[Charlie Soong]], Chinese businessman and missionary (born 1863) *[[1919]] – [[Elizabeth Almira Allen]], American educator (born 1854) *[[1921]] – [[Théodore Pilette]], Belgian race car driver (born 1883) *[[1925]] – [[Clément Ader]], French engineer, designed the [[Ader Avion III]] (born 1841) *[[1932]] – [[Charles Fort]], American journalist and author (born 1874) *[[1935]] – [[Jessie Willcox Smith]], American [[illustrator]] (born 1863) *[[1939]] – [[Madeleine Desroseaux]], French author and poet (born 1873) *[[1942]] – [[Thorvald Stauning]], Danish politician, 24th [[Prime Minister of Denmark]] (born 1873) *[[1943]] – [[Harry Miller (auto racing)|Harry Miller]], American engineer (born 1875) *[[1948]] – [[Ernst Tandefelt]], Finnish assassin of [[Heikki Ritavuori]] (born 1876) *[[1949]] – [[Fanny Walden]], English footballer and cricketer (born 1888) *[[1958]] – [[Frank Foster (cricketer)|Frank Foster]], English cricketer (born 1889) *[[1969]] – [[Zakir Husain (politician)|Zakir Husain]], Indian academic and politician, 3rd President of India (born 1897) *[[1970]] – [[Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk]], Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (born 1918) *[[1972]] – [[Kenneth Bailey (lawyer)|Kenneth Bailey]], Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (born 1898) * 1972 – [[Emil Breitkreutz]], American runner and coach (born 1883) * 1972 – [[Bruce Cabot]], American actor (born 1904) *[[1978]] – [[Bill Downs]], American journalist (born 1914) *[[1981]] – [[Nargis]], Indian actress (born 1929)<ref>{{cite news |title=Sanjay Dutt Remembers Mom Nargis On Her Death Anniversary: "Your Love And Warmth Continue To Guide Me Every Day" |work=NDTV |date=3 May 2023 |access-date=5 May 2023 |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/sanjay-dutt-remembers-mom-nargis-on-her-death-anniversary-your-love-and-warmth-continue-to-guide-me-every-day-4002265 |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Richa}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Robert Alda]], American actor (born 1914) *[[1987]] – [[Dalida]], Italian singer, actress, dancer, and model (born 1933)<ref>{{cite news |title=Dalida |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/05/obituaries/dalida.html|work=The New York Times |date=5 May 1987 | access-date =28 February 2008}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Lev Pontryagin]], Russian mathematician and academic (born 1908) *[[1989]] – [[Christine Jorgensen]], American [[transgender|trans woman]] (born 1926) *[[1991]] – [[Jerzy Kosiński]], Polish-American novelist and screenwriter (born 1933) *[[1992]] – [[George Murphy]], American actor, dancer, and politician (born 1902) *[[1996]] – [[Dimitri Fampas]], Greek guitarist, composer, and educator (born 1921) * 1996 – [[Alex Kellner]], American baseball player (born 1924) * 1996 – [[Jack Weston]], American actor (born 1924) * 1996 – [[Keith Daniel Williams]], American rapist and triple murderer (born 1947)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/capital-punishment/inmates-executed-1978-to-present/keith-daniel-williams/ | title=Executed Inmate Summary - Keith Daniel Williams }}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Sébastien Enjolras]], French race car driver (born 1976) * 1997 – [[Narciso Yepes]], Spanish guitarist and composer (born 1927) *[[1998]] – [[Gene Raymond]], American actor (born 1908) *[[1999]] – [[Joe Adcock]], American baseball player and manager (born 1927) * 1999 – [[Steve Chiasson]], Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1967) * 1999 – [[Godfrey Evans]], English cricketer (born 1920) *[[2000]] – [[Júlia Báthory]], Hungarian glass designer (born 1901) * 2000 – [[John O'Connor (cardinal)|John Joseph O'Connor]], American cardinal (born 1920) *[[2002]] – [[Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn]], English politician, [[First Secretary of State]] (born 1910) * 2002 – [[Yevgeny Svetlanov]], Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1928) *[[2003]] – [[Suzy Parker]], American model and actress (born 1932) *[[2004]] – [[Ken Downing]], English race car driver (born 1917) * 2004 – [[Darrell Johnson]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1928) *[[2006]] – [[Karel Appel]], Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet (born 1921) * 2006 – [[Pramod Mahajan]], Indian politician (born 1949) * 2006 – [[Earl Woods]], American colonel, baseball player, and author (born 1932) *[[2007]] – [[Warja Honegger-Lavater]], Swiss illustrator (born 1913) * 2007 – [[Wally Schirra]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1923) * 2007 – [[Knock Yokoyama]], Japanese politician (born 1932) *[[2008]] – [[Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo]], Spanish engineer and politician, [[Prime Minister of Spain]] (born 1926) *[[2009]] – [[Renée Morisset]], Canadian pianist (born 1928) * 2009 – [[Ram Balkrushna Shewalkar]], Indian author and critic (born 1931) *[[2010]] – [[Roy Carrier]], American accordion player (born 1947) * 2010 – [[Peter O'Donnell]], English soldier and author (born 1920) * 2010 – [[Guenter Wendt]], German-American engineer (born 1923) *[[2011]] – [[Jackie Cooper]], American actor, television director, producer and executive (born 1922) * 2011 – [[Sergo Kotrikadze]], Georgian footballer and manager (born 1936) * 2011 – [[Thanasis Veggos]], Greek actor and director (born 1927) *[[2012]] – [[Jorge Illueca]], Panamanian politician, 30th [[President of Panama]] (born 1918) * 2012 – [[Felix Werder]], German-Australian composer, conductor, and critic (born 1922) *[[2013]] – [[Joe Astroth]], American baseball player (born 1922) * 2013 – [[Herbert Blau]], American engineer and academic (born 1926) * 2013 – [[Cedric Brooks]], Jamaican-American saxophonist and flute player (born 1943) * 2013 – [[Keith Carter (swimmer)|Keith Carter]], American swimmer and soldier (born 1924) * 2013 – [[Brad Drewett]], Australian tennis player and sportscaster (born 1958) * 2013 – [[David Morris Kern]], American pharmacist, co-invented [[Orajel]] (born 1909) * 2013 – [[Curtis Rouse]], American football player (born 1960) * 2013 – [[Branko Vukelić]], Croatian politician, 11th [[Ministry of Defence (Croatia)|Minister of Defence for Croatia]] (born 1958) *[[2014]] – [[Gary Becker]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1930) * 2014 – [[Francisco Icaza]], Mexican painter (born 1930) * 2014 – [[Jim Oberstar]], American educator and politician (born 1934) *[[2015]] – [[Revaz Chkheidze]], Georgian director and screenwriter (born 1926) * 2015 – [[Danny Jones (rugby league)|Danny Jones]], Welsh rugby player (born 1986)<ref>{{cite web |title=Danny Jones: Rugby league half-back who became an accomplished |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/danny-jones-rugby-league-half-back-who-became-accomplished-goal-kicker-and-was-loved-effervescent-presence-10265184.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/danny-jones-rugby-league-half-back-who-became-accomplished-goal-kicker-and-was-loved-effervescent-presence-10265184.html |archive-date=2022-05-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en |date=20 May 2015}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Warren Smith (golfer)|Warren Smith]], American golfer and coach (born 1915) *[[2016]] – [[Ian Deans]], Canadian politician (born 1937) * 2016 – [[Jadranka Stojaković]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] singer-songwriter (born 1950) *[[2017]] – [[Daliah Lavi]], Israeli actress, singer and model (born 1942) *[[2020]] – [[Victoria Barbă]], Moldovan animated film director (born 1926)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/EnciclopediaIdentitatiiRomanesti.Personalitati/page/n59/mode/2up?view=theater|title=Enciclopedia Identității Românești|first=Ecaterina|last=Țarălungă|publisher=Litera|page=60|year=2011|language=ro|isbn=978-606-600-246-2}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Dave Greenfield]], English rock keyboardist (born 1949)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Magra |first=Iliana |date=2020-05-07 |title=Dave Greenfield, Keyboardist of the Stranglers, Dies at 71 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/obituaries/dave-greenfield-dead-coronavirus.html |access-date=2025-05-03 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Lloyd Price]], American R&B vocalist (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite web|last=McCarthy|first=Tyler|date=2021-05-09|title=Lloyd Price, early rock legend behind 'Stagger Lee,' dead at 88|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/lloyd-price-early-rock-legend-behind-stagger-lee-dead-at-88|access-date=2021-05-09|website=Fox News|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Dick Rutan]], American military aviator and officer (born 1938)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-04 |title=Dick Rutan, co-pilot of historic round-the-world flight, dies at 85 |url=https://apnews.com/article/dick-rutan-voyager-pilot-plane-d4fa2130f81ea3a9dfd95bb8ea1285d7 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== * Christian [[feast day]]: ** [[Abhai (saint)|Abhai]] ([[Syriac Orthodox Church]]) ** [[Antonia and Alexander]] ** [[Juvenal of Narni]] ** [[Saint Moura|Moura]] ([[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Church]]) ** [[Philip the Apostle|Philip]] and [[James, son of Alphaeus|James the Lesser]] ** [[Pope Alexander I]] ** [[Sarah the Martyr]] ([[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|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) * [[May 3rd Constitution Day|Constitution Day (Poland)]] * [[Feast of the Cross#May 3|Finding of the Holy Cross]]-related observances: ** [[Fiesta de las Cruces]] (Spain and [[Hispanic America]]) * [[Sun Day|International Sun Day]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Sun Day |date=27 May 2022 |url=https://nationaltoday.com/sun-day/}}</ref> * [[World Press Freedom Day]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/3 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=3}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/3 Historical Events on May 3] {{months}} [[Category:Days of May]]
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