May 03

Friday 03, 1957:

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

Thursday 03, 1956:

The judo World Championships are first held.

Saturday 03, 1947:

New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.

Monday 03, 1937:

Gone with the Wind, a novel by Margaret Mitchell, wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Thursday 03, 1494:

Christopher Columbus first spots Jamaica.

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