Tukuk-OS📅 May 3
23 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on May 3? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2021 — An elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapsed, killing 26 people and injuring 98 others.
- 2007 — Three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal; she has never been found.
- 1999 — The Kargil War initiates when Indian forces detected the infiltration of Pakistani forces in Indian-administered Kargil, a city in Jammu and Kashmir.
- 1999 — A Doppler on Wheels team measured the fastest winds recorded on Earth, at 143.6 m/s (321 mph; 517 km/h), in a tornado near Bridge Creek, Oklahoma.
Doppler on Wheels1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornadoBridge Creek, Oklahoma
- 1971 — Erich Honecker became First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the governing party of East Germany.
- 1963 — Police in Birmingham, Alabama, used high-pressure water hoses and dogs against civil-rights protesters, bringing scrutiny on racial segregation in the southern United States.
- 1960 — The Off-Broadway show The Fantasticks premiered, eventually becoming the world's longest-running musical, with 17,162 performances across 42 years.
- 1947 — A new Constitution of Japan went into effect, providing for a parliamentary system of government, guaranteeing certain fundamental rights, and relegating the Japanese monarchy to a purely ceremonial role.
Constitution of JapanParliamentary systemGovernment of Japan
- 1945 — Second World War: The German ocean liner Cap Arcona, afloat in the Bay of Lübeck with thousands of concentration camp survivors on board, was attacked and sunk by the Royal Air Force.
- 1942 — Second World War: Japanese forces began an invasion of Tulagi and nearby islands in the British Solomon Islands, enabling them to threaten and intercept supply and communication routes between the United States and Australasia.
- 1939 — Subhas Chandra Bose formed the All India Forward Bloc, a faction within the Indian National Congress, in opposition to Gandhi's tactics of nonviolence.
Subhas Chandra BoseAll India Forward BlocIndian National Congress
- 1921 — Under the British Government of Ireland Act, Ireland was partitioned into two self-governing territories, Northern and Southern Ireland.
Government of Ireland Act 1920Partition of IrelandNorthern Ireland
- 1920 — Russian Civil War: Relying on Red Army troops in neighboring Azerbaijan, the Bolsheviks attempted to stage a coup d'etat in Georgia.
Russian Civil WarRed ArmyAzerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
- 1915 — The oldest Royal Air Force station in continuous operation, RAF Northolt, opened as home to No. 4 Reserve Aeroplane Squadron.
- 1913 — Raja Harishchandra, the first Indian feature-length film, was released.
- 1911 — Edith Maryon's statuette The Dance of Anitra (pictured), one of the few of her works known to survive in private hands, was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts.
- 1855 — A group of American mercenaries led by William Walker set sail from San Francisco to conquer Nicaragua.
- 1848 — Thomas Bateman excavated a high-status barrow, discovering objects including the boar-crested Benty Grange helmet, and the Benty Grange hanging bowl
- 1845 — A long-running feud between two towns in Wisconsin came to a head when a schooner crashed into a bridge; they later merged to form the city of Milwaukee.
- 1791 — The Great Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ratified the first codified national constitution in Europe.
Great SejmPolish–Lithuanian CommonwealthConstitution of 3 May 1791
- 1616 — The Treaty of Loudun was signed, ending a war that originally began as a power struggle for the French throne.
- 1491 — Nkuwu Nzinga, the ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo, was baptised as João I by Portuguese missionaries.
- 1481 — The largest of a series of earthquakes struck the island of Rhodes, causing an estimated 30,000 casualties.
Births
- 2003 — Florian Wirtz, German footballer
- 2001 — Rachel Zegler, American actress and singer
- 1999 — Tom Hartley, English cricketer
- 1999 — Ella Langley, American singer-songwriter
- 1997 — Desiigner, American rapper
- 1997 — Dwayne Haskins, American football player (died 2022)
- 1996 — Mary Cain, American runner
- 1996 — Alex Iwobi, Nigerian footballer
- 1996 — Domantas Sabonis, Lithuanian-American basketball player
- 1996 — Noah Munck, American actor
- 1995 — Ivan Bukavshin, Russian chess player (died 2016)
- 1995 — Anwar El Ghazi, Dutch footballer
Deaths
- 2024 — Dick Rutan, American military aviator and officer (born 1938)
- 2021 — Lloyd Price, American R&B vocalist (born 1933)
- 2020 — Victoria Barbă, Moldovan animated film director (born 1926)
- 2020 — Dave Greenfield, English rock keyboardist (born 1949)
- 2017 — Daliah Lavi, Israeli actress, singer and model (born 1942)
- 2016 — Ian Deans, Canadian politician (born 1937)
- 2016 — Jadranka Stojaković, Yugoslav singer-songwriter (born 1950)
- 2015 — Revaz Chkheidze, Georgian director and screenwriter (born 1926)
- 2015 — Danny Jones, Welsh rugby player (born 1986)
- 2015 — Warren Smith, American golfer and coach (born 1915)
- 2014 — Gary Becker, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1930)
- 2014 — Francisco Icaza, Mexican painter (born 1930)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Emilia Bicchieri
- Christian feast day: Juvenal of Narni
- Christian feast day: Marie-Léonie Paradis
- Christian feast day: Moura and Timothy (Catholic and Coptic Church)
- Christian feast day: Philip and James the Lesser
- Christian feast day: Pope Alexander I
- Christian feast day: Sarah the Martyr (Coptic Church)
- Christian feast day: The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland
- Christian feast day: Theodosius of Kiev (Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: 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)
- International Sun Day
- World Press Freedom Day
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