May 3 in history
Events on May 3
Notable events that happened on May 3 in past years.
- 2023
Nine students and a security guard are killed in the Belgrade school shooting, the first attack of its kind in Serbia.
Wikipedia article: Belgrade school shooting - 2015
Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting.
Wikipedia article: 2015 Curtis Culwell Center attack - 2001
The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.
Wikipedia article: United Nations Commission on Human Rights - 1987
A crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop the restrictor plate for the following season both at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega.
Wikipedia article: Bobby Allison - 1971
Erich Honecker becomes First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, remaining in power until 1989.
Wikipedia article: Erich Honecker - 1953
Two men are rescued from a semitrailer that crashed over the side of the Pit River Bridge before it fell into the Sacramento River. Amateur photographer Virginia Schau photographs "Rescue on Pit River Bridge", the first and only winning submission for the Pulitzer Prize for Photography to have been taken by a woman.
Wikipedia article: Semi-trailer - 1951
London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.
Wikipedia article: Royal Festival Hall - 1945
World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay, resulting in more than 7,000 deaths.
Wikipedia article: Prison ship - 1921
Ireland is partitioned under British law by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, creating Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
Wikipedia article: Partition of Ireland - 1913
Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
Wikipedia article: Raja Harishchandra - 1848
The boar-crested Anglo-Saxon Benty Grange helmet is discovered in a barrow on the Benty Grange farm in Derbyshire.
Wikipedia article: Anglo-Saxons - 1811
The Anglo-Portuguese army under Lord Wellington tries to halt a larger French army under Marshal Masséna marching to relieve Almeida in the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro. After intense fighting, the French are repulsed.
Wikipedia article: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington - 1791
The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Wikipedia article: Constitution of 3 May 1791 - 1568
Angered by the brutal onslaught of Spanish troops at Fort Caroline, a French force burns the San Mateo fort and massacres hundreds of Spaniards.
- 752
Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne.
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