3rd May anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1469
  • Italy
  • "Birth of Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian political writer" more
  • 1903
  • United States
  • "Birth of Bing Crosby, American singer and film actor" more
  • 1907
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Edgar Lustgarten author and broadcaster, who for two decades from 1952 presented popular crime dramas on the wireless, voicing all the characters himself." more
  • 1928
  • United States
  • "Birth of James Brown, American singer ‘The Godfather of Soul’."
• event
  • 1802
  • United States
  • "The federal territory of Washington, D.C. was incorporated as a city" more
  • 1830
  • "The opening of the Canterbury and Whitstable railway, the first rail company in the world to issue season tickets." more
  • 1913
  • India
  • "The first full length Indian film, Raja Harishchandra, is released." more
  • 1926
  • Great Britain
  • The Great General Strike Begins
  • 1929
  • United States
  • The first Marx Brothers movie The Cocoanuts was released more
  • 1951
  • Great Britain
  • The Festival of Britain opens
  • 1966
  • Great Britain
  • The Times begins to print news on its front page in place of classified advertisements
  • 1988
  • United States
  • The White House admitted that first lady Nancy Reagan had used astrological advice when scheduling her husband’s activities.
• Death
  • 1758
  • Italy
  • Death of Pope Benedict XIV . more
  • 1758
  • Italy
  • Death of Pope Benedict XIV more
  • 1808
  • France
  • "The first ever duel was fought from two hot-air balloons over Paris. One of the participants, Monsieur Le Pique, was shot dead."