What are the important events that happened on May 3? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 3: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 3 is the 124th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 242 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 20, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 476,304 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaicosatetragon’ day.
Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 271 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,151 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
Do people and celebrities interest you? Discover all the May 3 famous birthdays who share your special day. Learn some fun facts about your birthday! (Sponsored link)
May 3 Historical Events
- 1877 –Labatt Park, the oldest continually operating baseball grounds in the world has its first game.
- 1920 –A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
- 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.
- 1951 –London’s Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain
- 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.
- 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 the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2002 –A military MiG-21 aircraft crashes into the Bank of Rajasthan in India, killing eight.
Who were born on May 3?
- 1428 –Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)
- 1849 –Jacob August Riis, American journalist (d. 1914)
- 1898 –Septima Poinsette Clark, American educator and civil rights activist (d. 1987)
- 1907 –Dorothy Young, American entertainer (d. 2011)
- 1933 –James Brown, American singer and dancer (d. 2006)
- 1934 –Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons)
- 1948 –Chris Mulkey, American actor
- 1966 –Giorgos Agorogiannis, Greek footballer
- 1978 –Paul Banks, American vocalist (Interpol)
- 1983 –Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer
Who died on May 3?
- 1622 –Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1564)
- 1679 –James Sharp, Scottish archbishop (b. 1613)
- 1752 –Samuel Ogle, British provincial Governor of Maryland (b. c. 1692)
- 1764 –Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher (b. 1712)
- 1942 –Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
- 1958 –Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)
- 1991 –Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer and composer (b. 1907)
- 1996 –Alex Kellner, American baseball player (b. 1924)
- 1999 –Steve Chiasson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967)
- 2000 –John Joseph O'Connor, Cardinal Archbishop of New York (b. 1920)
Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters YAYNBIEHSOYJ? Check your answers here: Make words with these letters YAYNBIEHSOYJ. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)