May 03

Saturday 03, 2003:

Funny Cide becomes the first New York-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby.

Wednesday 03, 2000:

The sport of Geocaching begins with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS are posted on Usenet.

Monday 03, 1999:

1999 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time in its history at 11,014.70.

Saturday 03, 1997:

In Dublin, Ireland, Katrina and the Waves win the forty-second Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom singing "Love Shine a Light".

Friday 03, 1991:

The last episode of the soap opera Dallas airs.

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).

Monday 03, 1971:

All Things Considered, National Public Radio's flagship news program, broadcasts for the first time.

Tuesday 03, 1960:

The Off-Broadway musical comedy, The Fantasticks, opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.

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, 1952:

U.S. lieutenant colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict land a plane at the geographic North Pole.

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.

Saturday 03, 1947:

New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.

Friday 03, 1946:

World War II: The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo against 28 Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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.

Wednesday 03, 1933:

Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first woman to head the United States Mint.

Friday 03, 1867:

The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.

Thursday 03, 1860:

Charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.

Thursday 03, 1849:

the last of the German revolutions of 1848.

Thursday 03, 1810:

Lord Byron swims the Hellespont.

Tuesday 03, 1808:

Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are fired upon near Príncipe Pío hill.

Tuesday 03, 1791:

The May Constitution of Poland (first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Polish Diet.

Thursday 03, 1494:

Christopher Columbus first spots Jamaica.

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