May 3rd, 1952

Born on May 3rd, 1952

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What happened on May 3rd, 1952?

May 3rd, 1952

The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.

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What else happened on May 3rd?

May 3rd, 2021

An elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapsed, killing 26 people and injuring 98 others.

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 143.6 m/s (321 mph; 517 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, the first Indian feature-length film, was released.

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

Born on May 3rd, 1952

74

Aruna Irani

Indian actress (b. 1946)

*May 3rd, 1952, Mumbai

74

Christian Schramm

German politician

*May 3rd, 1952, Burgstädt

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Born in 1952

73

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)

*October 7th, 1952, V.F. Snegiryov Maternity Hospital No.6

74

Larry Elder

American talk radio host and attorney (born 1952)

*April 27th, 1952, Los Angeles

74

Matti Geschonneck

German film director

*May 8th, 1952, Potsdam

73

Joachim Kaps

German actor and voice actor

*November 3rd, 1952, Görlitz

64

Ina-Maria Federowski

German singer (1952-2017)

*September 28th, 1952, Freital †July 13th, 2017, Berlin

49

Douglas Adams

English author and humourist (1952–2001)

*March 11th, 1952, Cambridge †May 11th, 2001, Santa Barbara

74

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

73

Udo Schmuck

German association football player and manager

*October 29th, 1952, Frankenthal

74

Wolfgang Kubicki

German politician

*March 3rd, 1952, Brunswick

74

Lorenz-Günther Köstner

German association football player and manager

*January 30th, 1952, Wallenfels

74

Steven Seagal

American actor, martial artist, and film producer

*April 10th, 1952, Lansing

64

Reinhard Häfner

German association football player and manager (1952–2016)

*February 2nd, 1952, Sonneberg †October 24th, 2016, Dresden

74

Hans-Jürgen Irmer

German politician

*February 20th, 1952, Limburg an der Lahn

74

Liam Neeson

Northern Irish actor (born 1952)

*June 7th, 1952, Ballymena

27

Reid Blackburn

American photographer (1952-1980)

*August 11th, 1952, Washington, D.C. †May 18th, 1980, Washington

64

Alejandro Atchugarry

Uruguayan politician (1952–2017)

*July 31st, 1952, Montevideo †February 19th, 2017, Montevideo

73

Andreas Aigmüller

German musician

*November 9th, 1952, Magdeburg

74

Orhan Pamuk

Turkish novelist

*June 7th, 1952, Istanbul

73

Mandy Patinkin

American actor and singer

*November 30th, 1952, Chicago

74

John Goodman

American actor

*June 20th, 1952, Affton

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Leap year

Yes: 1952 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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