May 3rd, 1843

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Born on May 3rd, 1843 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 3rd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 3rd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1843)

Born on May 3rd, 1843

Weekday

Wednesday

May 3rd, 1843 was a Wednesday.

Age

180

People born on May 3rd, 1843 will turn 181 this year (2024), in exactly 4 days .

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

April 21st, 1843 - May 21st, 1843

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 66,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 894 days, exactly on October 10th, 2026, people who were born on May 3rd, 1843 will be 67,000 days old!

66,106 Days

9,443 Weeks

2,171 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 3rd?

May 3rd, 2021

Twenty-six people are killed and ninety-eight are injured after an elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapses.

May 3rd, 2007

Three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal; she has never been found.

May 3rd, 1999

A Doppler on Wheels team measured the fastest winds recorded on Earth, at 301 ± 20 mph (484 ± 32 km/h), in a tornado near Bridge Creek, Oklahoma.

May 3rd, 1971

Erich Honecker became First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the governing party of East Germany.

May 3rd, 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.

May 3rd, 1960

The Off-Broadway show The Fantasticks premiered, eventually becoming the world's longest-running musical, with 17,162 performances across 42 years.

May 3rd, 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.

May 3rd, 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.

May 3rd, 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.

May 3rd, 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.

May 3rd, 1921

Under the British Government of Ireland Act, Ireland was partitioned into two self-governing territories, Northern and Southern Ireland.

May 3rd, 1920

Russian Civil War: Relying on Red Army troops in neighboring Azerbaijan, the Bolsheviks attempted to stage a coup d'etat in Georgia.

May 3rd, 1915

The oldest Royal Air Force station in continuous operation, RAF Northolt, opened as home to No. 4 Reserve Aeroplane Squadron.

May 3rd, 1913

Raja Harishchandra (scene pictured), the first Indian feature-length film, was released.

May 3rd, 1855

A group of American mercenaries led by William Walker set sail from San Francisco to conquer Nicaragua.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 3rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 3rd?

Élie Metchnikoff

Immunologist, embryologist, biologist, Nobel laureat

*May 3rd, 1845, Ivanivka †July 2nd, 1916, Paris

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

Bernhard von Bülow

German and Prussian politician

*May 3rd, 1849, Klein Flottbek †October 28th, 1929, Rome

Robert Osborne

American film historian and actor (1932–2017)

*May 3rd, 1932, Colfax †March 6th, 2017, New York City

Bing Crosby

American singer and actor (1903–1977)

*May 3rd, 1903, Tacoma †October 14th, 1977, Alcobendas

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

David H. Koch

American billionaire heir and businessman (1940–2019)

*May 3rd, 1940, Wichita †August 23rd, 2019, Southampton

Rebecca Hall

English-born British actress and filmmaker

*May 3rd, 1982, London

Jan Paweł Gawlik

*May 3rd, 1924, Lviv †March 22nd, 2017, Kraków

Amy Ryan

American actress (born 1968)

*May 3rd, 1968, Flushing

James Brown

American musician (1933–2006)

*May 3rd, 1933, Barnwell †December 25th, 2006, Atlanta

Katrin Göring-Eckardt

German politician

*May 3rd, 1966, Friedrichroda

George Paget Thomson

English physicist

*May 3rd, 1892, Cambridge †September 10th, 1975, Cambridge

Bobby Cannavale

American actor (born 1970)

*May 3rd, 1970, Union City

Gernot Erler

German politician

*May 3rd, 1944, Meissen

John Lewis

American jazz pianist, composer and arranger

*May 3rd, 1920, La Grange †March 29th, 2001, New York City

Hans Michelbach

German politician

*May 3rd, 1949, Gemünden am Main

Ben Elton

British comedian, author, playwright, actor and director

*May 3rd, 1959, Catford

Jeffrey C. Hall

American geneticist and chronobiologist

*May 3rd, 1945, Brooklyn

Same year
Born in 1843

Hermann Hitzig

Swiss classical philologist (1843-1918)

*May 9th, 1843, Zürich †August 27th, 1918, Zürich

Henry James

American and British writer (1843–1916)

*April 15th, 1843, New York City †February 28th, 1916, Chelsea

William McKinley

President of the United States from 1897 to 1901

*January 29th, 1843, Niles †September 14th, 1901, Buffalo

Robert Koch

German physician, bacteriologist

*December 11th, 1843, Clausthal †May 27th, 1910, Baden-Baden

Edvard Grieg

Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907)

*June 15th, 1843, Bergen †September 4th, 1907, Bergen

Camillo Golgi

Italian physician, pathologist, scientist, and Nobel laureate (1843-1926)

*July 7th, 1843, Corteno Golgi †January 21st, 1926, Pavia

Bertha von Suttner

Austrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor

*June 9th, 1843, Prague †June 21st, 1914, Vienna

Stefan Drzewiecki

Polish inventor and engineer

*July 26th, 1843, Kunka †April 23rd, 1938, Paris

Benito Pérez Galdós

Spanish realist novelist (1843–1920)

*May 10th, 1843, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria †January 4th, 1920, calle de Hilarión Eslava

Charles Albert Gobat

Swiss politician and lawyer (1843-1914)

*May 21st, 1843, Tramelan †March 16th, 1914, Bern

Louis Renault

French jurist (1843–1918)

*May 21st, 1843, Autun †February 8th, 1918, Barbizon

Richard Avenarius

German philosopher (1843-1896)

*November 19th, 1843, Paris †August 18th, 1896, Zürich

Victor Schlegel

German mathematician (1843-1905)

*March 4th, 1843, Frankfurt (Oder) †November 22nd, 1905, Hagen

Lydia Koidula

Estonian poet

*December 12th, 1843, Vändra †July 30th, 1886, Kronstadt

Georg Treu

German archaeologist (1843-1921)

*March 29th, 1843, Saint Petersburg †October 5th, 1921, Dresden

William Forbes Gatacre

British Army general (1843–1906)

*December 3rd, 1843, Herbertshire Castle †January 18th, 1906, Gambela

Karl Koester

German pathologist

*April 2nd, 1843, Bad Dürkheim †November 30th, 1903, Bonn

Mauro Fernández Acuña

Government minister of Costa Rica (1843–1905)

*December 19th, 1843, San José †July 16th, 1905, San José

Heinrich Schaumberger

German writer (1843-1874)

*December 15th, 1843, Neustadt bei Coburg †March 16th, 1874, Davos

John Downer

Australian politician

*July 6th, 1843, Adelaide †August 2nd, 1915, North Adelaide

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Finding of the Holy Cross-related observances) which are celebrated on May 3rd.

Fiesta de las Cruces (Spain and Hispanic America)

Finding of the Holy Cross-related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_de_las_Cruces

International Sun Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Day

World Press Freedom Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

III.V.MDCCCXLIII

3.5.1843

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1843 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
May 1843

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May 3rd, 1843

Born on May 3rd, 1843

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 66,000 days old!

66,106 Days

9,443 Weeks

2,171 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 3rd?

Twenty-six people are killed and ninety-eight are injured after an elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapses.

Three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal; she has never been found.

A Doppler on Wheels team measured the fastest winds recorded on Earth, at 301 ± 20 mph (484 ± 32 km/h), in a tornado near Bridge Creek, Oklahoma.

Erich Honecker became First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the governing party of East Germany.

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.

The Off-Broadway show The Fantasticks premiered, eventually becoming the world's longest-running musical, with 17,162 performances across 42 years.

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.

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.

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.

Subhas Chandra Bose formed the All India Forward Bloc, a faction within the Indian National Congress, in opposition to Gandhi's tactics of nonviolence.

Under the British Government of Ireland Act, Ireland was partitioned into two self-governing territories, Northern and Southern Ireland.

Russian Civil War: Relying on Red Army troops in neighboring Azerbaijan, the Bolsheviks attempted to stage a coup d'etat in Georgia.

The oldest Royal Air Force station in continuous operation, RAF Northolt, opened as home to No. 4 Reserve Aeroplane Squadron.

Raja Harishchandra (scene pictured), the first Indian feature-length film, was released.

A group of American mercenaries led by William Walker set sail from San Francisco to conquer Nicaragua.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 3rd

Same Day Who's birthday is on May 3rd?

Same year Born in 1843

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 3rd

Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Antonia and Alexander

Juvenal of Narni

Moura (Coptic Church)

Philip and James the Lesser

Pope Alexander I

Sarah the Martyr (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)

Constitution Day (Poland)

Fiesta de las Cruces (Spain and Hispanic America)

International Sun Day

World Press Freedom Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

3.5.1843

Legend

Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 66,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 3rd

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Same year
Born in 1843

Calendar
May 1843

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
18	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
19	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
20	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
22	29	30	31