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What happened in history on this day: May 3?
On May 3 in ...
- 1802 - Washington, District of Columbia, incorporates as a city.
- 1802 - All foreign gold and silver coins cease to be legal tender in the USA for three years.
- 1805 - Spanish milled dollar coins resume legal tender status in the USA.
- 1846 - Mexican army surrounds fort in Texas.
- 1851 - Most of San Francisco, California destroyed by fire; 30 die.
- 1861 - General Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan.
- 1861 - US President Abraham Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers and another 18,000 seamen.
- 1863 - Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at age 35.
- 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville - Beaten USA army withdraws.
- 1863 - Battle of Fredricksburg, Virginia (Marye's Heights).
- 1863 - Battle of Salem Church, Virginia.
- 1864 - Third day in Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana: Confederate assault.
- 1865 - The US purchases the site of the future Carson City Mint.
- 1898 - Camp Merriman is established at the Presidio (San Francisco).
- 1901 - Fire destroys 1,700 buildings in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
- 1919 - America's first passenger flight (New York to Atlantic City).
- 1921 - West Virginia imposes first state sales tax.
- 1923 - First nonstop transcontinental flight (New York-San Diego) completed.
- 1926 - US marines land in Nicaragua (9 months after leaving), stay until 1933.
- 1933 - Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes director of the US Mint.
- 1943 - US first armour division occupies Mateur Tunisia.
- 1944 - Meat rationing ends in US.
- 1949 - First firing of a US Viking rocket; reaches 80 km.
- 1953 - Westchester conference of American Library Association proclaims "Freedom to Read".
- 1958 - WINS suspends Alan Freed for causing a riot in Boston; he quits.
- 1965 - First use of satellite TV, Today Show on the Early Bird Satellite.
- 1965 - Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US.
- 1967 - Black students seize finance building at Northwestern University.
- 1971 - National Public Radio begins programming; 112 NPR stations premiere All Things Considered.
- 1971 - US federal administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in three days.
- 1973 - Chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 metres), tops out.
- 1978 - "Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US.
- 1982 - New York Times reports that military will get 25 percent of NASA's budget.
- 1982 - US President Ronald Reagan begins five-minute weekly radio broadcasts.
- 1983 - US bishops condemn nuclear weapons.
- 1986 - NASA launches Geos-G; it fails to achieve orbit.
- 1988 - 4,200kg Colombian cocaine is seized at Tarpon Springs, Florida.
- 1994 - The Walt Disney Company announces plans to start a cruise ship venture.
- 1994 - 29th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins.
- 1994 - US space probe Clementine launched.
- 1999 - A Force 5 tornado slams into Moore, Oklahoma, killing 38 people - the second strongest tornado ever recorded in United States history.
- 1999 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 (11,014.70) for the first time.
- 2000 - In San Antonio, Texas, computer pioneer Datapoint files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- 2003 - The Old Man of the Mountain, a rock formation in New Hampshire, USA, crumbles after heavy rain.
- 2008 - At Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby is held. Race favorite Big Brown wins by nearly five lengths. Second place finisher Eight Belles broke both front ankles, and was immediately euthanized. Race attendance was 157,770, the second-largest in history of the race.
- 2016 - Donald Trump wins Indiana primary, securing Republican nomination for President.
- 2018 - The lower Puna eruption causes destruction of structures and forces many citizens of Hawaii to evacuate as lava floods the land.
- 2020 - Venezuelan dissidents and an American-based private military company, Silvercorp USA, unsuccessfully attempt to infiltrate Venezuela and forcibly remove President Nicolás Maduro from office.
Births on May 3
- 1892 - Birth of Beulah Bondi in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (It's a Wonderful Life).
- 1899 - Birth of Aline MacMahon in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Backdoor to Heaven).
- 1902 - Birth of Jack Larue in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Lights Out, Mouthpiece, My Favorite Brunette).
- 1902 - Birth of Seton I Miller in Chehalis, Washington, USA; writer (Pete's Dragon, Istanbul).
- 1903 - Birth of Bing Crosby AKA Harry Lillis Crosby in Tacoma, Washington, USA; singer (The Bing Crosby Show, Hollywood Palace).
- 1904 - Birth of John Breeden in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Salute, Madame Racketeer, Joy Street).
- 1906 - Birth of Mary Astor in Quincy, Illinois, USA; actress (The Maltese Falcon, Dinky, Across the Pacific).
- 1907 - Birth of Earl Wilson in Rockford, Ohio, USA; columnist (Midnight Earl).
- 1913 - Birth of Earl Blackwell in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; author (Celebrity Register).
- 1919 - Birth of Betty Comden in Brooklyn, New York, USA; song writer (Comden and Green - "Bells are Ringing").
- 1919 - Birth of Pete Seeger in New York City, New York, USA; folk singer ("Weaver", "Goodnight Irene").
- 1924 - Birth of Mary Carver in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Cecilia - Simon and Simon).
- 1928 - Birth of James Brown in Augusta, Georgia, USA; singer/jail bird, soul brother #1 ("Hot Pants").
- 1928 - Birth of Jeanne Bal in Santa Monica, California, USA; actress (Pat - Love and Marriage).
- 1935 - Birth of Donald P Hodel in Portland, Oregon, USA; US Secretary of Interior (1985-89).
- 1937 - Birth of Frankie Valli [Castelluccio] in Newark, New Jersey, USA; singer (Four Seasons - "Sherry").
- 1949 - Birth of Albert Sacco Junior in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; PhD/astronaut (STS 73).
- 1951 - Birth of Christopher Cross [Geppert] in San Antonio, Texas, USA; singer ("Sailing", "Arthur's Theme").
- 1953 - Birth of Bruce Hall in Champaign, Illinois, USA; rock bassist (Reo Speedwagon - "Take It On The Run").
- 1957 - Birth of Cactus Moser in Montrose, Colorado, USA; country singer (Highway 101 - "Cry Cry Cry").
- 1969 - Birth of Karen Kraft in San Mateo, California, USA; rower (Olympics-silver-1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Ted Crowley in Concord, Massachusetts, USA; American hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994).
- 1980 - Birth of Marcel Vigneron; American chef (Top Chef TV show).
Deaths on May 3
- 1863 - Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at age 35.
- 1934 - Death of William Hartman Woodin in New York, USA; US Treasury Secretary (1933).
- 1976 - Ernie Nevers, college fullback (Stanford), dies at age 72.
- 1992 - George Murphy, American politician (Senator-Republican-California, 1965-71), actor, dies of Leukemia at age 89.
- 1994 - Richard McClure Scarry, American author/illustrator of children's books, dies at age 74.
- 2007 - Death of Wally Schirra, American astronaut (born 1923).
- 2014 - Death of Gary Becker, American Nobel economist (born 1930).
- 2023 - Death of Tori Bowie at age 32; American runner (2016 Olympic Games, 100m relay (gold)).
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