May 03

Saturday 03, 1986:

In Bergen, Norway, Sandra Kim wins the thirty-first Eurovision Song Contest for Belgium singing "J'aime la vie" (I love life).

Thursday 03, 1956:

The judo World Championships are first held.

Thursday 03, 1951:

The United States Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees begin their closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry S. Truman.

Thursday 03, 1945:

World War II: Sinking of the floating-jails Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the RAF in the Lübeck Bay.

Monday 03, 1937:

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

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