May 3rd, 1974

Born on May 3rd, 1974

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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

Born on May 3rd, 1974

49

Gwen Sebastian

American singer

*May 3rd, 1974, Hebron

49

Princess Haya bint Al-Hussein of Jordan

Jordanian Royal

*May 3rd, 1974, Amman

49

Joseph Kosinski

American film director

*May 3rd, 1974, Marshalltown

49

Fernando Morillo

Basque writer

*May 3rd, 1974, Eibar

49

Jukka Hentunen

Ice hockey player

*May 3rd, 1974, Joroinen

49

Lucia Ocone

Italian impressionist and actor

*May 3rd, 1974, Albano Laziale

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

51

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

53

Bobby Cannavale

American actor (born 1970)

*May 3rd, 1970, Union City

55

Amy Ryan

American actress (born 1968)

*May 3rd, 1968, Flushing

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

41

Rebecca Hall

English-born British actress and filmmaker

*May 3rd, 1982, London

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

57

Katrin Göring-Eckardt

German politician

*May 3rd, 1966, Friedrichroda

84

Robert Osborne

American film historian and actor (1932–2017)

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

48

Christina Hendricks

American actress (born 1975)

*May 3rd, 1975, Knoxville

40

Myriam Fares

Lebanese musician, actress, and dancer

*May 3rd, 1983, Kfar Chellal

55

Bärbel Bas

German politician

*May 3rd, 1968, Walsum

64

Ben Elton

British comedian, author, playwright, actor and director

*May 3rd, 1959, Catford

74

Bing Crosby

American singer and actor (1903–1977)

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

74

Hans Michelbach

German politician

*May 3rd, 1949, Gemünden am Main

79

David H. Koch

American billionaire heir and businessman (1940–2019)

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

79

Gernot Erler

German politician

*May 3rd, 1944, Meissen

48

Willie Geist

American television personality (born 1975)

*May 3rd, 1975, Evanston

78

Jeffrey C. Hall

American geneticist and chronobiologist

*May 3rd, 1945, Brooklyn

46

Maria Magdalena Dumitrache

Romanian rower

*May 3rd, 1977, Târgoviște

47

Alexander Gerst

German ESA astronaut and geophysicist

*May 3rd, 1976, Künzelsau

Same year
Born in 1974

49

Arianne Zucker

American actress and model

*June 3rd, 1974, Northridge

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

49

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

49

Yoo Yong-sung

Badminton player

*October 25th, 1974, Dangjin

49

Michelle Edwards

Badminton player

*July 11th, 1974, Durban

49

Kenneth Jonassen

Badminton player

*July 3rd, 1974, Herning

49

Markus Weinzierl

German association football player and manager

*December 28th, 1974, Straubing

49

Marina Andrievskaia

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1974, Moscow

49

Florentine Lahme

TV and film actress

*July 21st, 1974, Berlin

50

Anna Grisebach

German actress

*March 20th, 1974, Göttingen

49

Leonardo DiCaprio

American actor and film producer (born 1974)

*November 11th, 1974, Los Angeles

50

Adrian Holmes

Welsh-Canadian actor

*March 31st, 1974, Wrexham

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

50

Alyson Hannigan

American actress and television presenter

*March 24th, 1974, Washington, D.C.

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

49

Ye Zhaoying

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1974, Hangzhou

49

Kim Ji-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 10th, 1974, Busan

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No: With 365 days 1974 is a normal year and no leap year.

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