May 3rd, 1957

Born on May 3rd, 1957

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What happened on May 3rd, 1957?

May 3rd, 1957

Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_O'Malley

What else 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.

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

Born on May 3rd, 1957

66

François Kermoal

French journalist

*May 3rd, 1957, Caen

66

Marc Dugain

French writer

*May 3rd, 1957, Dakar

66

Rod Langway

American ice hockey player

*May 3rd, 1957, Taipei

66

Alain Côté

Ice hockey player, born 1957

*May 3rd, 1957, Matane

66

Claus Hormel

German handball player

*May 3rd, 1957, Frankfurt

66

William Clay Ford

American businessman

*May 3rd, 1957, Detroit

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

51

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

64

Ben Elton

British comedian, author, playwright, actor and director

*May 3rd, 1959, Catford

84

Robert Osborne

American film historian and actor (1932–2017)

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

57

Katrin Göring-Eckardt

German politician

*May 3rd, 1966, Friedrichroda

55

Amy Ryan

American actress (born 1968)

*May 3rd, 1968, Flushing

65

Kevin Kilner

American actor

*May 3rd, 1958, Baltimore

74

Hans Michelbach

German politician

*May 3rd, 1949, Gemünden am Main

53

Bobby Cannavale

American actor (born 1970)

*May 3rd, 1970, Union City

79

Gernot Erler

German politician

*May 3rd, 1944, Meissen

63

Geraint Davies

Labour politician and MP (born 1960)

*May 3rd, 1960, Chester

65

Robert Cuccioli

American actor

*May 3rd, 1958, Hempstead

78

Jeffrey C. Hall

American geneticist and chronobiologist

*May 3rd, 1945, Brooklyn

79

David H. Koch

American billionaire heir and businessman (1940–2019)

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

74

Bing Crosby

American singer and actor (1903–1977)

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

41

Rebecca Hall

English-born British actress and filmmaker

*May 3rd, 1982, London

62

Steve McClaren

English association football manager and former player

*May 3rd, 1961, Fulford

73

James Brown

American musician (1933–2006)

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

40

Myriam Fares

Lebanese musician, actress, and dancer

*May 3rd, 1983, Kfar Chellal

Same year
Born in 1957

66

Julian Cope

Welsh musician, author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator

*October 21st, 1957, Deri

66

John Kassir

American actor and comedian

*October 24th, 1957, Baltimore

67

Lars Brygmann

Danish actor

*February 17th, 1957, Copenhagen

66

Stephen Morris

British drummer

*October 28th, 1957, Macclesfield

67

Kristin Clemet

Norwegian politician

*April 20th, 1957, Harstad Municipality

54

Osama bin Laden

Saudi terrorist and co-founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)

*March 10th, 1957, Riyadh †May 2nd, 2011, Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad

66

Dagfinn Høybråten

Norwegian politician

*December 2nd, 1957, Oslo

67

Peter Aude

Danish actor

*January 19th, 1957, Copenhagen

66

Klaus Augenthaler

German association football player and manager

*September 26th, 1957, Fürstenzell

66

Frances McDormand

American actress

*June 23rd, 1957, Gibson City

41

Adrian Borland

English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer (1957–1999)

*December 6th, 1957, London †April 26th, 1999, Wimbledon

66

Stephen Fry

British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

*August 24th, 1957, Hampstead

67

Henning Krautmacher

German singer and actor

*March 5th, 1957, Leverkusen

60

Alain Defossé

French writer and translator (1957-2017)

*February 11th, 1957, Nantes †May 14th, 2017, 19th arrondissement of Paris

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

67

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

67

Timothy Spall

English actor

*February 27th, 1957, London

66

Matthias Klinghardt

German Protestant theologian

*August 24th, 1957, Waldshut-Tiengen

66

Christian Michelides

Austrian psychotherapist

*July 19th, 1957, Graz

66

Daniel Day-Lewis

British-Irish actor

*April 29th, 1957, Kensington

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No: With 365 days 1957 is a normal year and no leap year.

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