May 3rd, 2025

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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

Birthdays and future age on May 3rd, 2025

53

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

76

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

43

Rebecca Hall

British actress and filmmaker (born 1982)

*May 3rd, 1982, Hammersmith

57

Amy Ryan

American actress (born 1968)

*May 3rd, 1968, Flushing

55

Bobby Cannavale

American actor (born 1970)

*May 3rd, 1970, Union City

59

Katrin Göring-Eckardt

German politician

*May 3rd, 1966, Friedrichroda

42

Myriam Fares

Lebanese musician and dancer

*May 3rd, 1983, Kfar Chellal

66

Ben Elton

British comedian, author, playwright, actor and director

*May 3rd, 1959, Catford

81

Gernot Erler

German politician

*May 3rd, 1944, Meissen

76

Hans Michelbach

German politician

*May 3rd, 1949, Gemünden am Main

80

Jeffrey C. Hall

American geneticist and chronobiologist

*May 3rd, 1945, Brooklyn

57

Bärbel Bas

German politician

*May 3rd, 1968, Walsum

39

Pom Klementieff

Canadian actress and model (born 1986)

*May 3rd, 1986, Quebec City

64

Steve McClaren

English association football manager and former player

*May 3rd, 1961, Fulford

65

Geraint Davies

Labour politician and MP (born 1960)

*May 3rd, 1960, Chester

40

Ezequiel Lavezzi

Argentine association football player

*May 3rd, 1985, Villa Gobernador Gálvez

41

András Ötvös

Hungarian actor

*May 3rd, 1984, Székesfehérvár

95

Luce Irigaray

Belgian-born French feminist, philosopher, linguist, psycholinguist, psychoanalyst and cultural theorist

*May 3rd, 1930, Blaton

50

Christina Hendricks

American actress (born 1975)

*May 3rd, 1975, Knoxville

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