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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[752]] – Mayan king [[Yaxun Bʼalam IV|Bird Jaguar IV]] of [[Yaxchilan]] in modern-day [[Chiapas]], Mexico, assumes the throne.
*[[1481]] – The [[1481 Rhodes earthquake|largest of three earthquakes]] strikes the island of [[Rhodes]] and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties.
*[[1491]] – [[Kingdom of Kongo|Kongo]] monarch [[Nkuwu Nzinga]] is baptised by [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of [[João I of Kongo|João I]].
===1601–1900===
*[[1616]] – [[Treaty of Loudun]] ends a French civil war.
*[[1715]] – A [[solar eclipse of May 3, 1715|total solar eclipse]] is visible across northern Europe and northern Asia, as predicted by [[Edmond Halley]] to within four minutes accuracy.
*[[1791]] – The [[Constitution of May 3, 1791|Constitution of May 3]] (the first modern [[constitution]] in Europe) is proclaimed by the [[Sejm]] of [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]].
*[[1802]] – [[Washington, D.C.]] is incorporated as a city after [[United States Congress|Congress]] abolishes the Board of Commissioners, the District's founding government. The "City of Washington" is given a [[Mayor–council government|mayor-council]] form of government.<ref>{{cite book|last=Costanzo|first=Adam|title=George Washington's Washington: Visions for the National Capital in the Early American Republic|location=[[Athens, Georgia]]|publisher=[[The University of Georgia Press]]|date=2018|isbn=9780820352855|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rd5PDwAAQBAJ|pages=76–77, 200 fn. 28}}</ref>
*[[1808]] – [[Finnish War]]: Sweden loses the fortress of [[Sveaborg]] to Russia.
* 1808 – [[Peninsular War]]: The [[Madrid]] rebels who [[Dos de Mayo Uprising|rose up]] on [[May 2]] are executed near [[Príncipe Pío (hill)|Príncipe Pío]] hill.
*[[1815]] – [[Neapolitan War]]: [[Joachim Murat]], King of [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]], is defeated by the Austrians at the [[Battle of Tolentino]], the decisive engagement of the war.
*[[1830]] – The [[Canterbury and Whitstable Railway]] is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.
*[[1837]] – The [[National and Kapodistrian University of Athens|University of Athens]] is founded in [[Athens]], Greece.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rüegg |first1=Walter |title=A History of the University in Europe: Volume 3, Universities in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (1800–1945) |date=2004 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-1-139-45302-8 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=entlN4EEPUYC&pg=PA43 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1848]] – The boar-crested [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[Benty Grange helmet]] is discovered in a [[Tumulus|barrow]] on the [[Benty Grange]] farm in [[Derbyshire]].
*[[1849]] – The [[May Uprising in Dresden]] begins: The last of the German revolutions of 1848–49.
*[[1855]] – American adventurer [[William Walker (filibuster)|William Walker]] departs from [[San Francisco]] with about 60 men to conquer [[Nicaragua]].
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] – The [[Great Fire of 1901]] begins in [[Jacksonville, Florida]].
*[[1913]] – ''[[Raja Harishchandra]]'', the first full-length Indian [[feature film]], is released, marking the beginning of the [[Cinema of India|Indian film industry]].
*[[1920]] – A [[1920 Georgian coup attempt|Bolshevik coup]] fails in the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]].
*[[1921]] – [[Partition of Ireland|Ireland is partitioned]] under British law by the [[Government of Ireland Act 1920]], creating [[Northern Ireland]] and [[Southern Ireland (1921–22)|Southern Ireland]].
* 1921 – [[West Virginia]] becomes the first state to legislate a broad [[sales tax]], but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
*[[1928]] – The [[Jinan incident]] begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.<ref>{{cite book |first=C. Martin |last=Wilbur |author-link=C. Martin Wilbur |chapter=The Nationalist Revolution: from Canton to Nanking, 1923–1928 |series=[[Cambridge History of China]] |volume=12 |title=Republican China, 1912–1949 Pt I |location=[[Cambridge]] |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1983 |pages=702–706}}</ref>
*[[1939]] – The [[All India Forward Bloc]] is formed by Netaji [[Subhas Chandra Bose]].
*[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] naval troops [[Invasion of Tulagi (May 1942)|invade Tulagi]] Island in the [[Solomon Islands]] during the first part of [[Operation Mo]] that results in the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]] between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
*[[1945]] – World War II: Sinking of the [[prison ship]]s ''[[SS Cap Arcona (1927)|Cap Arcona]]'', ''[[SS Thielbek (1940)|Thielbek]]'' and ''[[SS Deutschland (1923)|Deutschland]]'' by the [[Royal Air Force]] in [[Lübeck Bay]].
*[[1947]] – New post-war [[Constitution of Japan|Japanese constitution]] goes into effect.
*[[1948]] – The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rules in ''[[Shelley v. Kraemer]]'' that covenants prohibiting the sale of [[real estate]] to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.<ref>{{cite book|last=Meyer|first=Stephen Grant|title='As Long as They Don't Move Next Door': Segregation and Racial Conflict in American Neighborhoods|location=[[Lanham, Maryland]]|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|date=2000|isbn=978-0-8476-9700-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0jQtLcwuOLkC|page=265, fn. 41}}</ref>
*[[1951]] – London's [[Royal Festival Hall]] opens with the [[Festival of Britain]].
* 1951 – The [[United States Senate Committee on Armed Services]] and [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations]] begin their closed door hearings into the [[relief of Douglas MacArthur]] by U.S. President Harry Truman.
*[[1952]] – [[Lieutenant Colonel]]s [[Joseph O. Fletcher]] and [[William P. Benedict]] of the United States land a plane at the [[North Pole]].
* 1952 – The [[Kentucky Derby]] is televised nationally for the first time, on the [[CBS]] network.
*[[1957]] – [[Walter O'Malley]], the owner of the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]], agrees to move the team from [[Brooklyn]] to Los Angeles.
*[[1963]] – The police force in [[Birmingham, Alabama]] switches tactics and [[Birmingham campaign#Fire hoses and police dogs|responds with violent force]] to stop the "[[Birmingham campaign]]" protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to the [[civil rights movement]].
*[[1971]] – [[Erich Honecker]] becomes [[Leadership of East Germany#Leaders of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)|First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany]], remaining in power until 1989.<ref>{{cite book|last=Winkler|first=Heinrich August|author-link=Heinrich August Winkler|title=Germany: The Long Road West, Vol. 2: 1933–1990|pages=266–268|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref>
*[[1978]] – The first unsolicited bulk commercial [[email]] (which would later become known as "[[spam (electronic)|spam]]") is sent by a [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] marketing representative to every [[ARPANET]] address on the west coast of the United States.
*[[1979]] – [[Margaret Thatcher]] wins the [[United Kingdom]] [[1979 United Kingdom general election|general election]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=United Kingdom - The Margaret Thatcher government (1979–90)|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom|access-date=2020-09-17|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> The following day, she becomes the first female [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]].
*[[1986]] – Twenty-one people are killed and forty-one are injured after a bomb explodes on [[Air Lanka Flight 512]] at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka.
*[[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.
*[[1999]] – The southwestern portion of [[Oklahoma City]] is devastated by an [[1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado|F5 tornado]], killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the [[1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak]]. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20 mph (484 +/- 32 km/h).
* 1999 – Infiltration of Pakistani soldiers on Indian side results in the [[Kargil War]].
*[[2000]] – The sport of [[geocaching]] begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] posted on [[Usenet]].
*[[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]].
*[[2007]] – The three-year-old British girl [[Disappearance of Madeleine McCann|Madeleine McCann]] disappears in Praia da Luz, Portugal, starting "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history".
*[[2015]] – Two gunmen [[Curtis Culwell Center attack|launch an attempted attack]] on an anti-Islam event in [[Garland, Texas]], which was held in response to the [[Charlie Hebdo shooting|''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting]].
*[[2016]] – Eighty-eight thousand people are evacuated from their homes in [[Fort McMurray]], Alberta, Canada as [[2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire|a wildfire rips through the community]], destroying approximately 2,400 homes and buildings.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-05-06|title=Canada wildfire: Images show Fort McMurray devastation|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36224767|access-date=2021-05-22}}</ref>
==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[490]] – [[K'an Joy Chitam I]], ruler of [[Palenque]] (d. 565)
* [[612]] – [[Constantine III (Byzantine emperor)|Constantine III]], Byzantine emperor (d. 641)
*[[1238]] – [[Emilia Bicchieri]], Italian saint (d. 1314)
*[[1276]] – [[Louis, Count of Évreux]], son of King [[Philip III of France]] (d. 1319)
*[[1415]] – [[Cecily Neville, Duchess of York]] (d. 1495)
*[[1428]] – [[Pedro González de Mendoza]], Spanish cardinal (d. 1495)
*[[1446]] – [[Margaret of York]] (d. 1503)<ref>{{cite web |title=Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy (1446–1503) |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/odnb/9780192683120.001.0001/odnb-9780192683120-e-18051 |website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |year=2018 |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en |doi=10.1093/odnb/9780192683120.013.18051}}</ref>
*[[1461]] – [[Raffaele Riario]], Italian cardinal (d. 1521)
*[[1469]] – [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], Italian historian and philosopher (d. 1527)<ref>{{cite web |title=Niccolo Machiavelli {{!}} Biography, Books, Philosophy, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Niccolo-Machiavelli |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=3 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1479]] – [[Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg]] (d. 1552)
*[[1481]] – [[Juana de la Cruz Vázquez Gutiérrez]], Spanish abbess of the Franciscan Third Order Regular (d. 1534)
*[[1536]] – [[Stephan Praetorius]], German theologian (d. 1603)
===1601–1900===
*[[1632]] – [[Catherine of St. Augustine]], French-Canadian nurse and saint, founded the [[Hôtel-Dieu de Québec]] (d. 1668)
*[[1662]] – [[Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann]], German architect, designed the [[Pillnitz Castle]] (d. 1736)
*[[1678]] – [[Amaro Pargo]], Spanish corsair (d. 1747)
*[[1695]] – [[Henri Pitot]], French physicist and engineer, invented the [[Pitot tube]] (d. 1771)
*[[1729]] – [[Florian Leopold Gassmann]], Czech composer (d. 1774)
*[[1761]] – [[August von Kotzebue]], German playwright and author (d. 1819)
*[[1764]] – [[Princess Élisabeth of France]] (d. 1794)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Of France {{!}} princess of France |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-of-France |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1768]] – [[Charles Tennant]], Scottish chemist and businessman (d. 1838)
*[[1783]] – [[José de la Riva Agüero]], Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (d. 1858)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Century Dictionary: The Century cyclopedia ofnames ... ed. by Benjamin E. Smith ... v. 12. Atlas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oUJFAQAAMAAJ|year=1911|publisher=Century Company|page=858}}</ref>
*[[1814]] – [[Adams George Archibald]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th [[Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia]] (d. 1892)
*[[1826]] – [[Charles XV of Sweden]] (d. 1872)
*[[1844]] – [[Richard D'Oyly Carte]], English talent agent and composer (d. 1901)
*[[1849]] – [[Jacob Riis]], Danish-American journalist and photographer (d. 1914)
* 1849 – [[Bernhard von Bülow]], German soldier and politician, [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] (d. 1929)
*[[1854]] – [[George Gore]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1933)
*[[1859]] – [[August Herrmann]], American executive in [[Major League Baseball]] (d.1931)
*[[1860]] – [[Vito Volterra]], Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1940)
*[[1867]] – [[Andy Bowen]], American boxer (d. 1894)
* 1867 – [[J. T. Hearne]], English cricketer (d. 1944)
*[[1870]] – [[Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein]] (d. 1948)
*[[1871]] – [[Emmett Dalton]], American criminal (d. 1937)
*[[1873]] – [[Pavlo Skoropadskyi]], German-Ukrainian general and politician, [[Hetman of Ukraine]] (d. 1945)
*[[1874]] – [[François Coty]], French businessman and publisher, founded [[Coty, Inc.]] (d. 1934)
* 1874 – [[Vagn Walfrid Ekman]], Swedish oceanographer and academic (d. 1954)<ref>{{cite web |title=V. Walfrid Ekman {{!}} Swedish scientist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/V-Walfrid-Ekman |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1877]] – [[Karl Abraham]], German psychoanalyst and author (d. 1925)
*[[1879]] – [[Fergus McMaster]], Australian businessman and soldier, co-founded [[Qantas]] (d. 1950)
*[[1886]] – [[Marcel Dupré]], French organist and composer (d. 1971)
*[[1887]] – [[Marika Kotopouli]], Greek actress (d. 1954)
*[[1889]] – [[Beulah Bondi]], American actress (d. 1981)
* 1889 – [[Gottfried Fuchs]], German-Canadian Olympic soccer player (d. 1972)
*[[1891]] – [[Tadeusz Peiper]], Polish poet and critic (d. 1969)
* 1891 – [[Eppa Rixey]], American baseball pitcher (d. 1963)
*[[1892]] – [[George Paget Thomson]], English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1975)
* 1892 – [[Jacob Viner]], Canadian-American economist and academic (d. 1970)
*[[1893]] – [[Konstantine Gamsakhurdia]], Georgian author (d. 1975)
*[[1895]] – [[Cornelius Van Til]], Dutch philosopher, theologian, and apologist (d. 1987)
*[[1896]] – [[Karl Allmenröder]], German soldier and pilot (d. 1917)
* 1896 – [[V. K. Krishna Menon]], Indian lawyer, jurist, and politician, [[Minister of Defence (India)|Indian Minister of Defence]] (d. 1974)
* 1896 – [[Dodie Smith]], English author and playwright (d. 1990)
*[[1897]] – [[William Joseph Browne]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th [[Solicitor General of Canada]] (d. 1989)
*[[1898]] – [[Septima Poinsette Clark]], American educator and activist (d. 1987)
* 1898 – [[Golda Meir]], Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (d. 1978)<ref>{{cite web |title=Golda Meir |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/golda-meir |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=29 July 2021 |language=en |date=16 February 2019}}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] – [[Alfred Kastler]], German-French physicist and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1984)
*[[1903]] – [[Bing Crosby]], American singer and actor (d. 1977)
*[[1905]] – [[Edmund Black]], American hammer thrower (d. 1996)
* 1905 – [[Werner Fenchel]], German-Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1988)
* 1905 – [[Red Ruffing]], American baseball pitcher and coach (d. 1986)
*[[1906]] – [[Mary Astor]], American actress (d. 1987)
* 1906 – [[René Huyghe]], French historian and author (d. 1997)
* 1906 – [[Anna Roosevelt Halsted]], American journalist and author (d. 1975)
* 1906 – [[Enrique Laguerre]], Puerto Rican journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2005)
*[[1910]] – [[Norman Corwin]], American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011)
*[[1912]] – [[Virgil Fox]], American organist and composer (d. 1980)
* 1912 – [[May Sarton]], American poet, novelist and memoirist (d. 1995)
*[[1913]] – [[William Inge]], American playwright and novelist (d. 1973)
*[[1914]] – [[Georges-Emmanuel Clancier]], French journalist, author, and poet (d. 2018))<ref>{{cite news |title=L'écrivain et poète limougeaud Georges-Emmanuel Clancier est décédé |url=https://www.lepopulaire.fr/limoges/loisirs/art-litterature/2018/07/04/l-ecrivain-et-poete-limougeaud-georges-emmanuel-clancier-est-decede_12912156.html |access-date=4 July 2018 |publisher=Le Populaire du Centre |date=4 July 2018 |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1915]] – [[Stu Hart]], Canadian wrestler and trainer, founded [[Stampede Wrestling]] (d. 2003)
* 1915 – [[Richard Lippold]], American sculptor and academic (d. 2002)
*[[1916]] – [[Léopold Simoneau]], Canadian tenor and actor (d. 2006)
*[[1917]] – [[Betty Comden]], American screenwriter and librettist (d. 2006)
* 1917 – [[George Gaynes]], Finnish-American actor (d. 2016)
*[[1918]] – [[Ted Bates (footballer)|Ted Bates]], English footballer and manager (d. 2003)
*[[1919]] – [[John Cullen Murphy]], American soldier and illustrator (d. 2004)
* 1919 – [[Pete Seeger]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (d. 2014)
*[[1920]] – [[John Lewis (pianist)|John Lewis]], American pianist and composer (d. 2001)
*[[1921]] – [[Sugar Ray Robinson]], American boxer (d. 1989)
*[[1922]] – [[Len Shackleton]], English footballer and journalist (d. 2000)
*[[1923]] – [[George Hadjinikos]], Greek pianist, conductor, and educator (d. 2015)
* 1923 – [[Ralph Hall]], American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 2019)
*[[1924]] – [[Yehuda Amichai]], German-Israeli author and poet (d. 2000)
* 1924 – [[Ken Tyrrell]], English race car driver, founded [[Tyrrell Racing]] (d. 2001)
*[[1925]] – [[Jean Séguy]], French sociologist and author (d. 2007)
*[[1926]] – [[Matt Baldwin]], Canadian curler and engineer
*[[1928]] – [[Dave Dudley]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
* 1928 – [[Jacques-Louis Lions]], French mathematician (d. 2001)
*[[1929]] – [[Denise Lor]], American singer and actress (d. 2015)
*[[1930]] – [[Juan Gelman]], Argentinian poet and author (d. 2014)
* 1930 – [[David Harrison (academic)|David Harrison]], English chemist and academic
*[[1931]] – [[Vasily Rudenkov]], Belarusian hammer thrower (d. 1982)
* 1931 – [[Sait Maden]], Turkish translator, poet, painter and graphic designer (d. 2013)
*[[1932]] – [[Robert Osborne]], American actor and historian (d. 2017)
*[[1933]] – [[James Brown]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2006)
* 1933 – [[Steven Weinberg]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2021)
*[[1934]] – [[Henry Cooper]], English boxer and sportscaster (d. 2011)
* 1934 – [[Georges Moustaki]], Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
* 1934 – [[Frankie Valli]], American singer and actor
*[[1935]] – [[Ron Popeil]], American businessman, founded the [[Ronco|Ronco Company]]
*[[1937]] – [[Nélida Piñon]], Brazilian author and academic
*[[1938]] – [[Omar Abdel-Rahman]], Egyptian terrorist
* 1938 – [[Chris Cannizzaro]], American baseball player
* 1938 – [[Napoleon XIV]], American singer, songwriter and record producer
*[[1939]] – [[Jonathan Harvey (composer)|Jonathan Harvey]], English composer and educator (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Harvey, Jonathan Dean (1939–2012), composer |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-105876 |year=2016 |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/105876|last1=Venn |first1=Edward }}</ref>
*[[1940]] – [[David Koch]], American engineer, businessman, and philanthropist (d. 2019)
* 1940 – [[Clemens Westerhof]], Dutch footballer and manager
*[[1941]] – [[Alexander Harley]], English general
* 1941 – [[Edward Malloy]], American priest and academic
*[[1942]] – [[Věra Čáslavská]], Czech gymnast and coach (d. 2016)
* 1942 – [[Dave Marash]], American journalist and sportscaster
* 1942 – [[Butch Otter]], American soldier and politician, 32nd [[Governor of Idaho]]
*[[1943]] – [[Yukio Hashi]], Japanese singer and actor
* 1943 – [[Jim Risch]], American lawyer and politician, 31st [[Governor of Idaho]]
* 1943 – [[Vicente Saldivar]], Mexican boxer (d. 1985)
*[[1944]] – [[Peter Doyle (bishop)|Peter Doyle]], English bishop
* 1944 – [[Pete Staples]], English bass player
*[[1945]] – [[Jörg Drehmel]], German triple jumper and coach
* 1945 – [[Davey Lopes]], American baseball player, coach, and manager
*[[1946]] – [[Norm Chow]], American football player and coach
* 1946 – [[Silvino Francisco]], South African snooker player
* 1946 – [[Greg Gumbel]], American sportscaster
*[[1947]] – [[Doug Henning]], Canadian magician (d. 2000)
*[[1948]] – [[Denis Cosgrove]], British-American academic and geographer (d. 2008)
* 1948 – [[Chris Mulkey]], American actor
*[[1949]] – [[Liam Donaldson]], English physician and academic
* 1949 – [[Ruth Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett]], English academic and politician
* 1949 – [[Ron Wyden]], American academic and politician
*[[1950]] – [[Mary Hopkin]], Welsh singer-songwriter
* 1950 – [[Dag Arnesen]], Norwegian pianist and composer
*[[1951]] – [[Alan Clayson]], English singer-songwriter and journalist
* 1951 – [[Christopher Cross]], American singer-songwriter and producer
* 1951 – [[Ashok Gehlot]], Indian politician, 21st [[Chief Minister of Rajasthan]]
* 1951 – [[Tatyana Tolstaya]], Russian author and publicist
*[[1952]] – [[Chuck Baldwin]], American pastor and politician
* 1952 – [[Caitlin Clarke]], American actress (d. 2004)
* 1952 – [[Joseph W. Tobin]], American cardinal
*[[1953]] – [[Bruce Hall (musician)|Bruce Hall]], American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
* 1953 – [[Jake Hooker (musician)|Jake Hooker]], Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2014)
*[[1954]] – [[Angela Bofill]], American singer-songwriter
* 1954 – [[Jean-Marc Roberts]], French author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
*[[1955]] – [[Stephen D. M. Brown]], British geneticist
* 1955 – [[Colin Deans]], Scottish rugby player
* 1955 – [[David Hookes]], Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2004)
* 1955 – [[Seishirō Nishida]], Japanese actor
*[[1956]] – [[Marc Bellemare]], Canadian lawyer and politician
*[[1957]] – [[Alain Côté (ice hockey, born 1957)|Alain Côté]], Canadian ice hockey player
* 1957 – [[Rod Langway]], Taiwanese-American ice hockey player and coach
*[[1958]] – [[Bill Sienkiewicz]], American author and illustrator
* 1958 – [[Sandi Toksvig]], Danish-English comedian, writer, and broadcaster
*[[1959]] – [[David Ball (electronic musician)|David Ball]], English keyboard player and producer
* 1959 – [[Uma Bharti]], Indian activist and politician, 16th [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh]]
* 1959 – [[Ben Elton]], English actor, director, and screenwriter
*[[1960]] – [[Kathy Smallwood-Cook]], English sprinter and educator
*[[1961]] – [[Steve McClaren]], English footballer and manager
* 1961 – [[David Vitter]], American lawyer and politician<ref>{{CongLinks | congbio=v000127 | votesmart=4615 | fec=S4LA00057 | congress=david-vitter/1609 }}</ref>
* 1961 – [[Leyla Zana]], Kurdish activist and politician
*[[1962]] – [[Anders Graneheim]], Swedish bodybuilder
*[[1963]] – [[Jeff Hornacek]], American basketball player and coach
* 1963 – [[Mona Siddiqui]], Pakistani-Scottish journalist and academic
*[[1964]] – [[Sterling Campbell]], American drummer and songwriter
* 1964 – [[Ron Hextall]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
*[[1965]] – [[Ignatius Aphrem II]], Syrian patriarch
* 1965 – [[Mark Cousins (film critic)|Mark Cousins]], Northern Irish director, writer, cinematographer
* 1965 – [[John Jensen]], Danish footballer and coach
* 1965 – [[Mikhail Prokhorov]], Russian businessman
*[[1966]] – [[Giorgos Agorogiannis]], Greek footballer
* 1966 – [[Frank Dietrich (politician)|Frank Dietrich]], German politician (d. 2011)
*[[1967]] – [[Daniel Anderson (rugby league)|Daniel Anderson]], Australian rugby league coach and manager
* 1967 – [[Kenny Hotz|Kenneth Joel Hotz]], Canadian producer, writer, director, actor, and comedian
*[[1968]] – [[Viliami Ofahengaue]], Tongan-Australian rugby player
*[[1971]] – [[Douglas Carswell]], British politician, the first elected MP for the [[UK Independence Party]]<ref>[https://www.politics.co.uk/reference/john-douglas-wilson-carswell Douglas Carswell<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*[[1972]] – [[Stephen Barclay]], English lawyer and politician
*[[1973]] – [[Jamie Baulch]], Welsh sprinter and television host
*[[1975]] – [[Willie Geist]], American television journalist and host
*[[1976]] – [[Jeff Halpern]], American ice hockey player
* 1976 – [[Brad Scott (Australian footballer)|Brad Scott]], Australian footballer and coach
* 1976 – [[Chris Scott (Australian footballer)|Chris Scott]], Australian footballer and coach
*[[1977]] – [[Eric Church]], American country music singer-songwriter<ref>https://tasteofcountry.com/eric-church-pictures-through-the-years/</ref>
* 1977 – [[Ryan Dempster]], Canadian baseball player and sportscaster
* 1977 – [[Tyronn Lue]], American basketball player and coach
* 1977 – [[Maryam Mirzakhani]], Iranian mathematician (d. 2017)
* 1977 – [[Ben Olsen]], American soccer player and coach
*[[1978]] – [[Christian Annan]], Ghanaian-Hong Kong footballer
* 1978 – [[Paul Banks (musician, born 1978)|Paul Banks]], English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1978 – [[Dai Tamesue]], Japanese hurdler
* 1978 – [[Lawrence Tynes]], American football player
*[[1979]] – [[Steve Mack]], American wrestler
* 1979 – [[Anastasiya Shvedova]], Belarusian pole vaulter
*[[1980]] – [[Zuzana Ondrášková]], Czech tennis player
*[[1982]] – [[Igor Olshansky]], Ukrainian-American football player
* 1982 – [[Nick Stavinoha]], American baseball player
*[[1983]] – [[Joseph Addai]], American football player
* 1983 – [[Romeo Castelen]], Dutch footballer
* 1983 – [[Jérôme Clavier]], French pole vaulter
* 1983 – [[Márton Fülöp]], Hungarian footballer (d. 2015)
*[[1984]] – [[Jacqui Dunn]], Australian artistic gymnast<ref>{{cite web |title=Jacqui Dunn |url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=2133 |website=m2002.thecgf.com |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[1985]] – [[Ezequiel Lavezzi]], Argentinian footballer
* 1985 – [[Kadri Lehtla]], Estonian biathlete
* 1985 – [[Miko Mälberg]], Estonian swimmer
*[[1986]] – [[Moon Byung-woo]], South Korean footballer
*[[1987]] – [[Lina Grinčikaitė]], Lithuanian sprinter
*[[1988]] – [[Ben Revere]], American baseball player
* 1988 – [[Paddy Holohan]], Irish mixed martial artist
*[[1989]] – [[Jesse Bromwich]], New Zealand rugby league player
* 1989 – [[Katinka Hosszú]], Hungarian swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Katinka HOSSZU - Olympic Swimming {{!}} Hungary |url=https://www.olympic.org/katinka-hosszu |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en |date=16 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[1990]] – [[Brooks Koepka]], American golfer<ref>{{cite web |title=Brooks Koepka |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/player/results/_/id/6798/brooks-koepka |website=ESPN |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref>
* 1990 – [[James Pattinson]], Australian cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|title=James Pattinson {{!}} Stats, Bio, Facts and Career Info|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/players/james-pattinson/PkX1Un6FOUOPl663t_gQvw|access-date=2021-05-03|website=www.cricket.com.au|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=James Pattinson profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/james-pattinson-272465|access-date=2021-05-03|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1991]] – [[Samuel Seo]], South Korean musician
*[[1992]] – [[Aaron Whitchurch]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1995]] – [[Ivan Bukavshin]], Russian chess player (d. 2016)
*[[1996]] – [[Mary Cain (athlete)|Mary Cain]], American runner<ref>{{cite web |title=Mary CAIN {{!}} Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/mary-cain-263803 |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref>
* 1996 – [[Alex Iwobi]], Nigerian football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alex Iwobi |url=https://www.arsenal.com/historic/players/alex-iwobi |website=www.arsenal.com |access-date=3 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* 1996 – [[Domantas Sabonis]], Lithuanian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Domantas Sabonis Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/player/_/id/3155942/domantas-sabonis |website=ESPN |access-date=3 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1997]] – [[Desiigner]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7341870/desiigner-panda-billboard-hot-100-number-1 | title=Desiigner's 'Panda' Claws to No. 1 on Hot 100, Bringing Americans Back to the Top | work=Billboard | date=April 25, 2016 | access-date=April 26, 2016 | last=Trust | first=Gary | quote=Desiigner is 18 years and 11 months old; he'll turn 19 on May 3.}}</ref>
* 1997 – [[Dwayne Haskins]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |last1=Greenstein |first1=Teddy |title=Heisman Trophy finalist Dwayne Haskins was destined to select Ohio State. Next up: Become the next Peyton Manning |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-spt-dwayne-haskins-silver-football-heisman-nfl-20181207-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=7 August 2019}}</ref>
* 1997 – [[Ivana Jorović]], Serbian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tennis Ivana Jorovic - ESPN |url=http://m.espn.com/general/tennis/playercard?playerId=2620&src=desktop |website=m.espn.com |access-date=3 May 2020 |language=EN}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[678]] – [[Princess Tōchi|Tōchi]], Japanese princess
* [[738]] – [[Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil]], Mayan ruler (''[[ajaw]]'')
*[[1152]] – [[Matilda of Boulogne]] (b. 1105)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Panton |first1=James |title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7497-8 |page=343 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&pg=PA343 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1270]] – [[Béla IV of Hungary]] (b. 1206)<ref>{{cite web |title=Béla IV {{!}} king of Hungary |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bela-IV |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1294]] – [[John I, Duke of Brabant]] (b. 1252)
*[[1330]] – [[Alexios II of Trebizond|Alexios II Megas Komnenos]], [[Empire of Trebizond|Emperor of Trebizond]] (b. 1282)
*[[1410]] – [[Antipope Alexander V]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander (V) {{!}} antipope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-V |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1481]] – [[Mehmed the Conqueror]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1432)
*[[1501]] – [[John Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley]], English Baron (b. 1463)
*[[1524]] – [[Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent]], English peer (b. 1481)
*[[1534]] – [[Juana de la Cruz Vazquez Gutierrez]], Spanish [[Roman Catholic]] nun and venerable (b. 1481)
*[[1589]] – [[Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] (b. 1528)
===1601–1900===
*[[1606]] – [[Henry Garnet]], English priest and author (b. 1555)
*[[1621]] – [[Elizabeth Bacon (died 1621)|Elizabeth Bacon]], English Tudor gentlewoman (b. 1541)
*[[1679]] – [[James Sharp (bishop)|James Sharp]], Scottish archbishop (b. 1613)
*[[1693]] – [[Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon]], French courtier (b. 1607)
*[[1704]] – [[Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber]], Czech-Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1644)
*[[1724]] – [[John Leverett the Younger]], American lawyer, academic, and politician (b. 1662)
*[[1750]] – [[John Willison]], Scottish minister and author (b. 1680)
*[[1752]] – [[Samuel Ogle]], English-American captain and politician, 5th [[List of colonial governors of Maryland|Governor of Restored Proprietary Government]] (b. 1692)
*[[1758]] – [[Pope Benedict XIV]] (b. 1675)
*[[1763]] – [[George Psalmanazar]], French-English author (b. 1679)
*[[1764]] – [[Francesco Algarotti]], Italian philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1712)
*[[1779]] – [[John Winthrop (educator)|John Winthrop]], American mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1714)
*[[1793]] – [[Martin Gerbert]], German historian and theologian (b. 1720)
*[[1839]] – [[Ferdinando Paer]], Italian composer (b. 1771)
*[[1856]] – [[Adolphe Adam]], French composer and critic (b. 1803)
* 1856 – [[Louis-Étienne Saint-Denis]], Arab-French servant to Napoleon I (b. 1788)
*[[1882]] – [[Leonidas Smolents]], Austrian–Greek general and army minister (b. 1806)<ref name="Enc">{{Great Military and Naval Encyclopaedia|volume=6|page = 86}}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1910]] – [[Howard Taylor Ricketts]], American pathologist (b. 1871)
*[[1916]] – [[Tom Clarke (Irish republican)|Tom Clarke]], Irish rebel (b. 1858)
* 1916 – [[Thomas MacDonagh]], Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)
* 1916 – [[Patrick Pearse]], Irish teacher and rebel leader (b. 1879)
*[[1918]] – [[Charlie Soong]], Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)
*[[1919]] – [[Elizabeth Almira Allen]], American educator (b. 1854)
*[[1921]] – [[Théodore Pilette]], Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
*[[1925]] – [[Clément Ader]], French engineer, designed the [[Ader Avion III]] (b. 1841)
*[[1932]] – [[Charles Fort]], American journalist and author (b. 1874)
*[[1935]] – [[Jessie Willcox Smith]], American [[illustrator]] (b. 1863)
*[[1939]] – [[Madeleine Desroseaux]], French author and poet (b. 1873)
*[[1942]] – [[Thorvald Stauning]], Danish politician, 24th [[Prime Minister of Denmark]] (b. 1873)
*[[1943]] – [[Harry Miller (auto racing)|Harry Miller]], American engineer (b. 1875)
*[[1948]] – [[Ernst Tandefelt]], Finnish assassin of [[Heikki Ritavuori]] (b. 1876)
*[[1949]] – [[Fanny Walden]], English footballer and cricketer (b. 1888)
*[[1958]] – [[Frank Foster (cricketer)|Frank Foster]], English cricketer (b. 1889)
*[[1969]] – [[Zakir Husain (politician)|Zakir Husain]], Indian academic and politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897)
*[[1970]] – [[Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk]], Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (b. 1918)
*[[1972]] – [[Kenneth Bailey (lawyer)|Kenneth Bailey]], Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (b. 1898)
* 1972 – [[Emil Breitkreutz]], American runner and coach (b. 1883)
* 1972 – [[Bruce Cabot]], American actor (b. 1904)
*[[1978]] – [[Bill Downs]], American journalist (b. 1914)
*[[1981]] – [[Nargis]], Indian actress (b. 1929)
*[[1986]] – [[Robert Alda]], American actor (b. 1914)
*[[1987]] – [[Dalida]], Italian singer, actress, dancer, and model (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite news |title=Dalida |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/05/obituaries/dalida.html|work=The New York Times |date=5 May 1987 | access-date =28 February 2008}}</ref>
*[[1988]] – [[Lev Pontryagin]], Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1908)
*[[1989]] – [[Christine Jorgensen]], American [[transgender|trans woman]] (b. 1926)
*[[1991]] – [[Jerzy Kosiński]], Polish-American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1933)
*[[1992]] – [[George Murphy]], American actor, dancer, and politician (b. 1902)
*[[1996]] – [[Dimitri Fampas]], Greek guitarist, composer, and educator (b. 1921)
* 1996 – [[Alex Kellner]], American baseball player (b. 1924)
* 1996 – [[Jack Weston]], American actor (b. 1924)
*[[1997]] – [[Sébastien Enjolras]], French race car driver (b. 1976)
* 1997 – [[Narciso Yepes]], Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1927)
*[[1998]] – [[Gene Raymond]], American actor (b. 1908)
*[[1999]] – [[Joe Adcock]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1927)
* 1999 – [[Steve Chiasson]], Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1967)
* 1999 – [[Godfrey Evans]], English cricketer (b. 1920)
*[[2000]] – [[Júlia Báthory]], Hungarian glass designer (b. 1901)
* 2000 – [[John O'Connor (cardinal)|John Joseph O'Connor]], American cardinal (b. 1920)
*[[2002]] – [[Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn]], English politician, [[First Secretary of State]] (b. 1910)
* 2002 – [[Yevgeny Svetlanov]], Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
*[[2003]] – [[Suzy Parker]], American model and actress (b. 1932)
*[[2004]] – [[Ken Downing]], English race car driver (b. 1917)
* 2004 – [[Darrell Johnson]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1928)
*[[2006]] – [[Karel Appel]], Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet (b. 1921)
* 2006 – [[Pramod Mahajan]], Indian politician (b. 1949)
* 2006 – [[Earl Woods]], American colonel, baseball player, and author (b. 1932)
*[[2007]] – [[Warja Honegger-Lavater]], Swiss illustrator (b. 1913)
* 2007 – [[Wally Schirra]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)
* 2007 – [[Knock Yokoyama]], Japanese politician (b. 1932)
*[[2008]] – [[Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo]], Spanish engineer and politician, [[Prime Minister of Spain]] (b. 1926)
*[[2009]] – [[Renée Morisset]], Canadian pianist (b. 1928)
* 2009 – [[Ram Balkrushna Shewalkar]], Indian author and critic (b. 1931)
*[[2010]] – [[Roy Carrier]], American accordion player (b. 1947)
* 2010 – [[Peter O'Donnell]], English soldier and author (b. 1920)
* 2010 – [[Guenter Wendt]], German-American engineer (b. 1923)
*[[2011]] – [[Jackie Cooper]], American actor, television director, producer and executive (b. 1922)
* 2011 – [[Sergo Kotrikadze]], Georgian footballer and manager (b. 1936)
* 2011 – [[Thanasis Veggos]], Greek actor and director (b. 1927)
*[[2012]] – [[Jorge Illueca]], Panamanian politician, 30th [[President of Panama]] (b. 1918)
* 2012 – [[Felix Werder]], German-Australian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1922)
*[[2013]] – [[Joe Astroth]], American baseball player (b. 1922)
* 2013 – [[Herbert Blau]], American engineer and academic (b. 1926)
* 2013 – [[Cedric Brooks]], Jamaican-American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1943)
* 2013 – [[Keith Carter (swimmer)|Keith Carter]], American swimmer and soldier (b. 1924)
* 2013 – [[Brad Drewett]], Australian tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1958)
* 2013 – [[David Morris Kern]], American pharmacist, co-invented [[Orajel]] (b. 1909)
* 2013 – [[Curtis Rouse]], American football player (b. 1960)
* 2013 – [[Branko Vukelić]], Croatian politician, 11th [[Ministry of Defence (Croatia)|Minister of Defence for Croatia]] (b. 1958)
*[[2014]] – [[Gary Becker]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1930)
* 2014 – [[Francisco Icaza]], Mexican painter (b. 1930)
* 2014 – [[Jim Oberstar]], American educator and politician (b. 1934)
*[[2015]] – [[Revaz Chkheidze]], Georgian director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
* 2015 – [[Danny Jones (rugby league)|Danny Jones]], Welsh rugby player (b. 1986)<ref>{{cite web |title=Danny Jones: Rugby league half-back who became an accomplished |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/danny-jones-rugby-league-half-back-who-became-accomplished-goal-kicker-and-was-loved-effervescent-presence-10265184.html |website=The Independent |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en |date=20 May 2015}}</ref>
* 2015 – [[Warren Smith (golfer)|Warren Smith]], American golfer and coach (b. 1915)
*[[2016]] – [[Ian Deans]], Canadian politician (b. 1937)
* 2016 – [[Jadranka Stojaković]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
*[[2017]] – [[Daliah Lavi]], Israeli actress, singer and model (b. 1942)
*[[2021]] – [[Lloyd Price]], an American R&B vocalist (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite web|last=McCarthy|first=Tyler|date=2021-05-09|title=Lloyd Price, early rock legend behind 'Stagger Lee,' dead at 88|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/lloyd-price-early-rock-legend-behind-stagger-lee-dead-at-88|access-date=2021-05-09|website=Fox News|language=en-US}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[feast day]]:
** [[Abhai (saint)|Abhai]] ([[Syriac Orthodox Church]])
** [[Antonia and Alexander]]
** [[Juvenal of Narni]]
** [[Saint Moura|Moura]] ([[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Church]])
** [[Philip the Apostle|Philip]] and [[James, son of Alphaeus|James the Lesser]]
** [[Pope Alexander I]]
** [[Sarah the Martyr]] ([[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Church]])
** [[The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland]]
** [[Theodosius of Kiev]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church]])
** [[May 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Constitution Memorial Day]] ([[Japan]])
* [[May 3rd Constitution Day|Constitution Day (Poland)]]
* [[Feast of the Cross#May 3|Finding of the Holy Cross]]-related observances:
** [[Fiesta de las Cruces]] (Spain and [[Hispanic America]])
** [[Roodmas]], or Feast of the [[Finding of the Holy Cross]] ([[Gallican Rite]] of the [[Catholic Church]])
* [[Sun Day]] ([[International observance|International]])
* [[World Press Freedom Day]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
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* {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=3}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/3 Historical Events on May 3]
* [http://canadachannel.ca/todayincanadianhistory/index.php/May_3 Today in Canadian History]
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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[752]] – Mayan king [[Yaxun Bʼalam IV|Bird Jaguar IV]] of [[Yaxchilan]] in modern-day [[Chiapas]], Mexico, assumes the throne.
*[[1481]] – The [[1481 Rhodes earthquake|largest of three earthquakes]] strikes the island of [[Rhodes]] and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties.
*[[1491]] – [[Kingdom of Kongo|Kongo]] monarch [[Nkuwu Nzinga]] is baptised by [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of [[João I of Kongo|João I]].
===1601–1900===
*[[1616]] – [[Treaty of Loudun]] ends a French civil war.
*[[1715]] – A [[solar eclipse of May 3, 1715|total solar eclipse]] is visible across northern Europe and northern Asia, as predicted by [[Edmond Halley]] to within four minutes accuracy.
*[[1791]] – The [[Constitution of May 3, 1791|Constitution of May 3]] (the first modern [[constitution]] in Europe) is proclaimed by the [[Sejm]] of [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]].
*[[1802]] – [[Washington, D.C.]] is incorporated as a city after [[United States Congress|Congress]] abolishes the Board of Commissioners, the District's founding government. The "City of Washington" is given a [[Mayor–council government|mayor-council]] form of government.<ref>{{cite book|last=Costanzo|first=Adam|title=George Washington's Washington: Visions for the National Capital in the Early American Republic|location=[[Athens, Georgia]]|publisher=[[The University of Georgia Press]]|date=2018|isbn=9780820352855|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rd5PDwAAQBAJ|pages=76–77, 200 fn. 28}}</ref>
*[[1808]] – [[Finnish War]]: Sweden loses the fortress of [[Sveaborg]] to Russia.
* 1808 – [[Peninsular War]]: The [[Madrid]] rebels who [[Dos de Mayo Uprising|rose up]] on [[May 2]] are executed near [[Príncipe Pío (hill)|Príncipe Pío]] hill.
*[[1815]] – [[Neapolitan War]]: [[Joachim Murat]], King of [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]], is defeated by the Austrians at the [[Battle of Tolentino]], the decisive engagement of the war.
*[[1830]] – The [[Canterbury and Whitstable Railway]] is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.
*[[1837]] – The [[National and Kapodistrian University of Athens|University of Athens]] is founded in [[Athens]], Greece.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rüegg |first1=Walter |title=A History of the University in Europe: Volume 3, Universities in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (1800–1945) |date=2004 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-1-139-45302-8 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=entlN4EEPUYC&pg=PA43 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1848]] – The boar-crested [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[Benty Grange helmet]] is discovered in a [[Tumulus|barrow]] on the [[Benty Grange]] farm in [[Derbyshire]].
*[[1849]] – The [[May Uprising in Dresden]] begins: The last of the German revolutions of 1848–49.
*[[1855]] – American adventurer [[William Walker (filibuster)|William Walker]] departs from [[San Francisco]] with about 60 men to conquer [[Nicaragua]].
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] – The [[Great Fire of 1901]] begins in [[Jacksonville, Florida]].
*[[1913]] – ''[[Raja Harishchandra]]'', the first full-length Indian [[feature film]], is released, marking the beginning of the [[Cinema of India|Indian film industry]].
*[[1920]] – A [[1920 Georgian coup attempt|Bolshevik coup]] fails in the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]].
*[[1921]] – [[Partition of Ireland|Ireland is partitioned]] under British law by the [[Government of Ireland Act 1920]], creating [[Northern Ireland]] and [[Southern Ireland (1921–22)|Southern Ireland]].
* 1921 – [[West Virginia]] becomes the first state to legislate a broad [[sales tax]], but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
*[[1928]] – The [[Jinan incident]] begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.<ref>{{cite book |first=C. Martin |last=Wilbur |author-link=C. Martin Wilbur |chapter=The Nationalist Revolution: from Canton to Nanking, 1923–1928 |series=[[Cambridge History of China]] |volume=12 |title=Republican China, 1912–1949 Pt I |location=[[Cambridge]] |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1983 |pages=702–706}}</ref>
*[[1939]] – The [[All India Forward Bloc]] is formed by Netaji [[Subhas Chandra Bose]].
*[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] naval troops [[Invasion of Tulagi (May 1942)|invade Tulagi]] Island in the [[Solomon Islands]] during the first part of [[Operation Mo]] that results in the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]] between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
*[[1945]] – World War II: Sinking of the [[prison ship]]s ''[[SS Cap Arcona (1927)|Cap Arcona]]'', ''[[SS Thielbek (1940)|Thielbek]]'' and ''[[SS Deutschland (1923)|Deutschland]]'' by the [[Royal Air Force]] in [[Lübeck Bay]].
*[[1947]] – New post-war [[Constitution of Japan|Japanese constitution]] goes into effect.
*[[1948]] – The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rules in ''[[Shelley v. Kraemer]]'' that covenants prohibiting the sale of [[real estate]] to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.<ref>{{cite book|last=Meyer|first=Stephen Grant|title='As Long as They Don't Move Next Door': Segregation and Racial Conflict in American Neighborhoods|location=[[Lanham, Maryland]]|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|date=2000|isbn=978-0-8476-9700-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0jQtLcwuOLkC|page=265, fn. 41}}</ref>
*[[1951]] – London's [[Royal Festival Hall]] opens with the [[Festival of Britain]].
* 1951 – The [[United States Senate Committee on Armed Services]] and [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations]] begin their closed door hearings into the [[relief of Douglas MacArthur]] by U.S. President Harry Truman.
*[[1952]] – [[Lieutenant Colonel]]s [[Joseph O. Fletcher]] and [[William P. Benedict]] of the United States land a plane at the [[North Pole]].
* 1952 – The [[Kentucky Derby]] is televised nationally for the first time, on the [[CBS]] network.
*[[1957]] – [[Walter O'Malley]], the owner of the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]], agrees to move the team from [[Brooklyn]] to Los Angeles.
*[[1963]] – The police force in [[Birmingham, Alabama]] switches tactics and [[Birmingham campaign#Fire hoses and police dogs|responds with violent force]] to stop the "[[Birmingham campaign]]" protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to the [[civil rights movement]].
*[[1971]] – [[Erich Honecker]] becomes [[Leadership of East Germany#Leaders of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)|First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany]], remaining in power until 1989.<ref>{{cite book|last=Winkler|first=Heinrich August|author-link=Heinrich August Winkler|title=Germany: The Long Road West, Vol. 2: 1933–1990|pages=266–268|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref>
*[[1978]] – The first unsolicited bulk commercial [[email]] (which would later become known as "[[spam (electronic)|spam]]") is sent by a [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] marketing representative to every [[ARPANET]] address on the west coast of the United States.
*[[1979]] – [[Margaret Thatcher]] wins the [[United Kingdom]] [[1979 United Kingdom general election|general election]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=United Kingdom - The Margaret Thatcher government (1979–90)|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom|access-date=2020-09-17|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> The following day, she becomes the first female [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]].
*[[1986]] – Twenty-one people are killed and forty-one are injured after a bomb explodes on [[Air Lanka Flight 512]] at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka.
*[[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.
*[[1999]] – The southwestern portion of [[Oklahoma City]] is devastated by an [[1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado|F5 tornado]], killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the [[1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak]]. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20 mph (484 +/- 32 km/h).
* 1999 – Infiltration of Pakistani soldiers on Indian side results in the [[Kargil War]].
*[[2000]] – The sport of [[geocaching]] begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] posted on [[Usenet]].
*[[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]].
*[[2007]] – The three-year-old British girl [[Disappearance of Madeleine McCann|Madeleine McCann]] disappears in Praia da Luz, Portugal, starting "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history".
*[[2015]] – Two gunmen [[Curtis Culwell Center attack|launch an attempted attack]] on an anti-Islam event in [[Garland, Texas]], which was held in response to the [[Charlie Hebdo shooting|''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting]].
*[[2016]] – Eighty-eight thousand people are evacuated from their homes in [[Fort McMurray]], Alberta, Canada as [[2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire|a wildfire rips through the community]], destroying approximately 2,400 homes and buildings.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-05-06|title=Canada wildfire: Images show Fort McMurray devastation|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36224767|access-date=2021-05-22}}</ref>
==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[490]] – [[K'an Joy Chitam I]], ruler of [[Palenque]] (d. 565)
* [[612]] – [[Constantine III (Byzantine emperor)|Constantine III]], Byzantine emperor (d. 641)
*[[1238]] – [[Emilia Bicchieri]], Italian saint (d. 1314)
*[[1276]] – [[Louis, Count of Évreux]], son of King [[Philip III of France]] (d. 1319)
*[[1415]] – [[Cecily Neville, Duchess of York]] (d. 1495)
*[[1428]] – [[Pedro González de Mendoza]], Spanish cardinal (d. 1495)
*[[1446]] – [[Margaret of York]] (d. 1503)<ref>{{cite web |title=Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy (1446–1503) |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/odnb/9780192683120.001.0001/odnb-9780192683120-e-18051 |website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |year=2018 |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en |doi=10.1093/odnb/9780192683120.013.18051}}</ref>
*[[1461]] – [[Raffaele Riario]], Italian cardinal (d. 1521)
*[[1469]] – [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], Italian historian and philosopher (d. 1527)<ref>{{cite web |title=Niccolo Machiavelli {{!}} Biography, Books, Philosophy, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Niccolo-Machiavelli |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=3 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1479]] – [[Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg]] (d. 1552)
*[[1481]] – [[Juana de la Cruz Vázquez Gutiérrez]], Spanish abbess of the Franciscan Third Order Regular (d. 1534)
*[[1536]] – [[Stephan Praetorius]], German theologian (d. 1603)
===1601–1900===
*[[1632]] – [[Catherine of St. Augustine]], French-Canadian nurse and saint, founded the [[Hôtel-Dieu de Québec]] (d. 1668)
*[[1662]] – [[Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann]], German architect, designed the [[Pillnitz Castle]] (d. 1736)
*[[1678]] – [[Amaro Pargo]], Spanish corsair (d. 1747)
*[[1695]] – [[Henri Pitot]], French physicist and engineer, invented the [[Pitot tube]] (d. 1771)
*[[1729]] – [[Florian Leopold Gassmann]], Czech composer (d. 1774)
*[[1761]] – [[August von Kotzebue]], German playwright and author (d. 1819)
*[[1764]] – [[Princess Élisabeth of France]] (d. 1794)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Of France {{!}} princess of France |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-of-France |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1768]] – [[Charles Tennant]], Scottish chemist and businessman (d. 1838)
*[[1783]] – [[José de la Riva Agüero]], Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (d. 1858)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Century Dictionary: The Century cyclopedia ofnames ... ed. by Benjamin E. Smith ... v. 12. Atlas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oUJFAQAAMAAJ|year=1911|publisher=Century Company|page=858}}</ref>
*[[1814]] – [[Adams George Archibald]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th [[Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia]] (d. 1892)
*[[1826]] – [[Charles XV of Sweden]] (d. 1872)
*[[1844]] – [[Richard D'Oyly Carte]], English talent agent and composer (d. 1901)
*[[1849]] – [[Jacob Riis]], Danish-American journalist and photographer (d. 1914)
* 1849 – [[Bernhard von Bülow]], German soldier and politician, [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] (d. 1929)
*[[1854]] – [[George Gore]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1933)
*[[1859]] – [[August Herrmann]], American executive in [[Major League Baseball]] (d.1931)
*[[1860]] – [[Vito Volterra]], Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1940)
*[[1867]] – [[Andy Bowen]], American boxer (d. 1894)
* 1867 – [[J. T. Hearne]], English cricketer (d. 1944)
*[[1870]] – [[Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein]] (d. 1948)
*[[1871]] – [[Emmett Dalton]], American criminal (d. 1937)
*[[1873]] – [[Pavlo Skoropadskyi]], German-Ukrainian general and politician, [[Hetman of Ukraine]] (d. 1945)
*[[1874]] – [[François Coty]], French businessman and publisher, founded [[Coty, Inc.]] (d. 1934)
* 1874 – [[Vagn Walfrid Ekman]], Swedish oceanographer and academic (d. 1954)<ref>{{cite web |title=V. Walfrid Ekman {{!}} Swedish scientist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/V-Walfrid-Ekman |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1877]] – [[Karl Abraham]], German psychoanalyst and author (d. 1925)
*[[1879]] – [[Fergus McMaster]], Australian businessman and soldier, co-founded [[Qantas]] (d. 1950)
*[[1886]] – [[Marcel Dupré]], French organist and composer (d. 1971)
*[[1887]] – [[Marika Kotopouli]], Greek actress (d. 1954)
*[[1889]] – [[Beulah Bondi]], American actress (d. 1981)
* 1889 – [[Gottfried Fuchs]], German-Canadian Olympic soccer player (d. 1972)
*[[1891]] – [[Tadeusz Peiper]], Polish poet and critic (d. 1969)
* 1891 – [[Eppa Rixey]], American baseball pitcher (d. 1963)
*[[1892]] – [[George Paget Thomson]], English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1975)
* 1892 – [[Jacob Viner]], Canadian-American economist and academic (d. 1970)
*[[1893]] – [[Konstantine Gamsakhurdia]], Georgian author (d. 1975)
*[[1895]] – [[Cornelius Van Til]], Dutch philosopher, theologian, and apologist (d. 1987)
*[[1896]] – [[Karl Allmenröder]], German soldier and pilot (d. 1917)
* 1896 – [[V. K. Krishna Menon]], Indian lawyer, jurist, and politician, [[Minister of Defence (India)|Indian Minister of Defence]] (d. 1974)
* 1896 – [[Dodie Smith]], English author and playwright (d. 1990)
*[[1897]] – [[William Joseph Browne]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th [[Solicitor General of Canada]] (d. 1989)
*[[1898]] – [[Septima Poinsette Clark]], American educator and activist (d. 1987)
* 1898 – [[Golda Meir]], Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (d. 1978)<ref>{{cite web |title=Golda Meir |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/golda-meir |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=29 July 2021 |language=en |date=16 February 2019}}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] – [[Alfred Kastler]], German-French physicist and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1984)
*[[1903]] – [[Bing Crosby]], American singer and actor (d. 1977)
*[[1905]] – [[Edmund Black]], American hammer thrower (d. 1996)
* 1905 – [[Werner Fenchel]], German-Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1988)
* 1905 – [[Red Ruffing]], American baseball pitcher and coach (d. 1986)
*[[1906]] – [[Mary Astor]], American actress (d. 1987)
* 1906 – [[René Huyghe]], French historian and author (d. 1997)
* 1906 – [[Anna Roosevelt Halsted]], American journalist and author (d. 1975)
* 1906 – [[Enrique Laguerre]], Puerto Rican journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2005)
*[[1910]] – [[Norman Corwin]], American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011)
*[[1912]] – [[Virgil Fox]], American organist and composer (d. 1980)
* 1912 – [[May Sarton]], American poet, novelist and memoirist (d. 1995)
*[[1913]] – [[William Inge]], American playwright and novelist (d. 1973)
*[[1914]] – [[Georges-Emmanuel Clancier]], French journalist, author, and poet (d. 2018))<ref>{{cite news |title=L'écrivain et poète limougeaud Georges-Emmanuel Clancier est décédé |url=https://www.lepopulaire.fr/limoges/loisirs/art-litterature/2018/07/04/l-ecrivain-et-poete-limougeaud-georges-emmanuel-clancier-est-decede_12912156.html |access-date=4 July 2018 |publisher=Le Populaire du Centre |date=4 July 2018 |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1915]] – [[Stu Hart]], Canadian wrestler and trainer, founded [[Stampede Wrestling]] (d. 2003)
* 1915 – [[Richard Lippold]], American sculptor and academic (d. 2002)
*[[1916]] – [[Léopold Simoneau]], Canadian tenor and actor (d. 2006)
*[[1917]] – [[Betty Comden]], American screenwriter and librettist (d. 2006)
* 1917 – [[George Gaynes]], Finnish-American actor (d. 2016)
*[[1918]] – [[Ted Bates (footballer)|Ted Bates]], English footballer and manager (d. 2003)
*[[1919]] – [[John Cullen Murphy]], American soldier and illustrator (d. 2004)
* 1919 – [[Pete Seeger]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (d. 2014)
*[[1920]] – [[John Lewis (pianist)|John Lewis]], American pianist and composer (d. 2001)
*[[1921]] – [[Sugar Ray Robinson]], American boxer (d. 1989)
*[[1922]] – [[Len Shackleton]], English footballer and journalist (d. 2000)
*[[1923]] – [[George Hadjinikos]], Greek pianist, conductor, and educator (d. 2015)
* 1923 – [[Ralph Hall]], American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 2019)
*[[1924]] – [[Yehuda Amichai]], German-Israeli author and poet (d. 2000)
* 1924 – [[Ken Tyrrell]], English race car driver, founded [[Tyrrell Racing]] (d. 2001)
*[[1925]] – [[Jean Séguy]], French sociologist and author (d. 2007)
*[[1926]] – [[Matt Baldwin]], Canadian curler and engineer
*[[1928]] – [[Dave Dudley]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
* 1928 – [[Jacques-Louis Lions]], French mathematician (d. 2001)
*[[1929]] – [[Denise Lor]], American singer and actress (d. 2015)
*[[1930]] – [[Juan Gelman]], Argentinian poet and author (d. 2014)
* 1930 – [[David Harrison (academic)|David Harrison]], English chemist and academic
*[[1931]] – [[Vasily Rudenkov]], Belarusian hammer thrower (d. 1982)
* 1931 – [[Sait Maden]], Turkish translator, poet, painter and graphic designer (d. 2013)
*[[1932]] – [[Robert Osborne]], American actor and historian (d. 2017)
*[[1933]] – [[James Brown]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2006)
* 1933 – [[Steven Weinberg]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2021)
*[[1934]] – [[Henry Cooper]], English boxer and sportscaster (d. 2011)
* 1934 – [[Georges Moustaki]], Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
* 1934 – [[Frankie Valli]], American singer and actor
*[[1935]] – [[Ron Popeil]], American businessman, founded the [[Ronco|Ronco Company]]
*[[1937]] – [[Nélida Piñon]], Brazilian author and academic
*[[1938]] – [[Omar Abdel-Rahman]], Egyptian terrorist
* 1938 – [[Chris Cannizzaro]], American baseball player
* 1938 – [[Napoleon XIV]], American singer, songwriter and record producer
*[[1939]] – [[Jonathan Harvey (composer)|Jonathan Harvey]], English composer and educator (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Harvey, Jonathan Dean (1939–2012), composer |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-105876 |year=2016 |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/105876|last1=Venn |first1=Edward }}</ref>
*[[1940]] – [[David Koch]], American engineer, businessman, and philanthropist (d. 2019)
* 1940 – [[Clemens Westerhof]], Dutch footballer and manager
*[[1941]] – [[Alexander Harley]], English general
* 1941 – [[Edward Malloy]], American priest and academic
*[[1942]] – [[Věra Čáslavská]], Czech gymnast and coach (d. 2016)
* 1942 – [[Dave Marash]], American journalist and sportscaster
* 1942 – [[Butch Otter]], American soldier and politician, 32nd [[Governor of Idaho]]
*[[1943]] – [[Yukio Hashi]], Japanese singer and actor
* 1943 – [[Jim Risch]], American lawyer and politician, 31st [[Governor of Idaho]]
* 1943 – [[Vicente Saldivar]], Mexican boxer (d. 1985)
*[[1944]] – [[Peter Doyle (bishop)|Peter Doyle]], English bishop
* 1944 – [[Pete Staples]], English bass player
*[[1945]] – [[Jörg Drehmel]], German triple jumper and coach
* 1945 – [[Davey Lopes]], American baseball player, coach, and manager
*[[1946]] – [[Norm Chow]], American football player and coach
* 1946 – [[Silvino Francisco]], South African snooker player
* 1946 – [[Greg Gumbel]], American sportscaster
*[[1947]] – [[Doug Henning]], Canadian magician (d. 2000)
*[[1948]] – [[Denis Cosgrove]], British-American academic and geographer (d. 2008)
* 1948 – [[Chris Mulkey]], American actor
*[[1949]] – [[Liam Donaldson]], English physician and academic
* 1949 – [[Ruth Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett]], English academic and politician
* 1949 – [[Ron Wyden]], American academic and politician
*[[1950]] – [[Mary Hopkin]], Welsh singer-songwriter
* 1950 – [[Dag Arnesen]], Norwegian pianist and composer
*[[1951]] – [[Alan Clayson]], English singer-songwriter and journalist
* 1951 – [[Christopher Cross]], American singer-songwriter and producer
* 1951 – [[Ashok Gehlot]], Indian politician, 21st [[Chief Minister of Rajasthan]]
* 1951 – [[Tatyana Tolstaya]], Russian author and publicist
*[[1952]] – [[Chuck Baldwin]], American pastor and politician
* 1952 – [[Caitlin Clarke]], American actress (d. 2004)
* 1952 – [[Joseph W. Tobin]], American cardinal
*[[1953]] – [[Bruce Hall (musician)|Bruce Hall]], American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
* 1953 – [[Jake Hooker (musician)|Jake Hooker]], Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2014)
*[[1954]] – [[Angela Bofill]], American singer-songwriter
* 1954 – [[Jean-Marc Roberts]], French author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
*[[1955]] – [[Stephen D. M. Brown]], British geneticist
* 1955 – [[Colin Deans]], Scottish rugby player
* 1955 – [[David Hookes]], Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2004)
* 1955 – [[Seishirō Nishida]], Japanese actor
*[[1956]] – [[Marc Bellemare]], Canadian lawyer and politician
*[[1957]] – [[Alain Côté (ice hockey, born 1957)|Alain Côté]], Canadian ice hockey player
* 1957 – [[Rod Langway]], Taiwanese-American ice hockey player and coach
*[[1958]] – [[Bill Sienkiewicz]], American author and illustrator
* 1958 – [[Sandi Toksvig]], Danish-English comedian, writer, and broadcaster
*[[1959]] – [[David Ball (electronic musician)|David Ball]], English keyboard player and producer
* 1959 – [[Uma Bharti]], Indian activist and politician, 16th [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh]]
* 1959 – [[Ben Elton]], English actor, director, and screenwriter
*[[1960]] – [[Kathy Smallwood-Cook]], English sprinter and educator
*[[1961]] – [[Steve McClaren]], English footballer and manager
* 1961 – [[David Vitter]], American lawyer and politician<ref>{{CongLinks | congbio=v000127 | votesmart=4615 | fec=S4LA00057 | congress=david-vitter/1609 }}</ref>
* 1961 – [[Leyla Zana]], Kurdish activist and politician
*[[1962]] – [[Anders Graneheim]], Swedish bodybuilder
*[[1963]] – [[Jeff Hornacek]], American basketball player and coach
* 1963 – [[Mona Siddiqui]], Pakistani-Scottish journalist and academic
*[[1964]] – [[Sterling Campbell]], American drummer and songwriter
* 1964 – [[Ron Hextall]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
*[[1965]] – [[Ignatius Aphrem II]], Syrian patriarch
* 1965 – [[Mark Cousins (film critic)|Mark Cousins]], Northern Irish director, writer, cinematographer
* 1965 – [[John Jensen]], Danish footballer and coach
* 1965 – [[Mikhail Prokhorov]], Russian businessman
*[[1966]] – [[Giorgos Agorogiannis]], Greek footballer
* 1966 – [[Frank Dietrich (politician)|Frank Dietrich]], German politician (d. 2011)
*[[1967]] – [[Daniel Anderson (rugby league)|Daniel Anderson]], Australian rugby league coach and manager
* 1967 – [[Kenny Hotz|Kenneth Joel Hotz]], Canadian producer, writer, director, actor, and comedian
*[[1968]] – [[Viliami Ofahengaue]], Tongan-Australian rugby player
*[[1971]] – [[Douglas Carswell]], British politician, the first elected MP for the [[UK Independence Party]]<ref>[https://www.politics.co.uk/reference/john-douglas-wilson-carswell Douglas Carswell<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*[[1972]] – [[Stephen Barclay]], English lawyer and politician
*[[1973]] – [[Jamie Baulch]], Welsh sprinter and television host
*[[1975]] – [[Willie Geist]], American television journalist and host
*[[1976]] – [[Jeff Halpern]], American ice hockey player
* 1976 – [[Brad Scott (Australian footballer)|Brad Scott]], Australian footballer and coach
* 1976 – [[Chris Scott (Australian footballer)|Chris Scott]], Australian footballer and coach
*[[1977]] – [[Eric Church]], American country music singer-songwriter<ref>https://tasteofcountry.com/eric-church-pictures-through-the-years/</ref>
* 1977 – [[Ryan Dempster]], Canadian baseball player and sportscaster
* 1977 – [[Tyronn Lue]], American basketball player and coach
* 1977 – [[Maryam Mirzakhani]], Iranian mathematician (d. 2017)
* 1977 – [[Ben Olsen]], American soccer player and coach
*[[1978]] – [[Christian Annan]], Ghanaian-Hong Kong footballer
* 1978 – [[Paul Banks (musician, born 1978)|Paul Banks]], English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1978 – [[Dai Tamesue]], Japanese hurdler
* 1978 – [[Lawrence Tynes]], American football player
*[[1979]] – [[Steve Mack]], American wrestler
* 1979 – [[Anastasiya Shvedova]], Belarusian pole vaulter
*[[1980]] – [[Zuzana Ondrášková]], Czech tennis player
*[[1982]] – [[Igor Olshansky]], Ukrainian-American football player
* 1982 – [[Nick Stavinoha]], American baseball player
*[[1983]] – [[Joseph Addai]], American football player
* 1983 – [[Romeo Castelen]], Dutch footballer
* 1983 – [[Jérôme Clavier]], French pole vaulter
* 1983 – [[Márton Fülöp]], Hungarian footballer (d. 2015)
*[[1984]] – [[Jacqui Dunn]], Australian artistic gymnast<ref>{{cite web |title=Jacqui Dunn |url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=2133 |website=m2002.thecgf.com |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[1985]] – [[Ezequiel Lavezzi]], Argentinian footballer
* 1985 – [[Kadri Lehtla]], Estonian biathlete
* 1985 – [[Miko Mälberg]], Estonian swimmer
*[[1986]] – [[Moon Byung-woo]], South Korean footballer
*[[1987]] – [[Lina Grinčikaitė]], Lithuanian sprinter
*[[1987]] – [[Damla Sönmez]], Turkish actress
*[[1988]] – [[Ben Revere]], American baseball player
* 1988 – [[Paddy Holohan]], Irish mixed martial artist
*[[1989]] – [[Jesse Bromwich]], New Zealand rugby league player
* 1989 – [[Katinka Hosszú]], Hungarian swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Katinka HOSSZU - Olympic Swimming {{!}} Hungary |url=https://www.olympic.org/katinka-hosszu |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en |date=16 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[1990]] – [[Brooks Koepka]], American golfer<ref>{{cite web |title=Brooks Koepka |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/player/results/_/id/6798/brooks-koepka |website=ESPN |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref>
* 1990 – [[James Pattinson]], Australian cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|title=James Pattinson {{!}} Stats, Bio, Facts and Career Info|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/players/james-pattinson/PkX1Un6FOUOPl663t_gQvw|access-date=2021-05-03|website=www.cricket.com.au|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=James Pattinson profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/james-pattinson-272465|access-date=2021-05-03|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1991]] – [[Samuel Seo]], South Korean musician
*[[1992]] – [[Aaron Whitchurch]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1995]] – [[Ivan Bukavshin]], Russian chess player (d. 2016)
*[[1996]] – [[Mary Cain (athlete)|Mary Cain]], American runner<ref>{{cite web |title=Mary CAIN {{!}} Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/mary-cain-263803 |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref>
* 1996 – [[Alex Iwobi]], Nigerian football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alex Iwobi |url=https://www.arsenal.com/historic/players/alex-iwobi |website=www.arsenal.com |access-date=3 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* 1996 – [[Domantas Sabonis]], Lithuanian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Domantas Sabonis Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/player/_/id/3155942/domantas-sabonis |website=ESPN |access-date=3 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1997]] – [[Desiigner]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7341870/desiigner-panda-billboard-hot-100-number-1 | title=Desiigner's 'Panda' Claws to No. 1 on Hot 100, Bringing Americans Back to the Top | work=Billboard | date=April 25, 2016 | access-date=April 26, 2016 | last=Trust | first=Gary | quote=Desiigner is 18 years and 11 months old; he'll turn 19 on May 3.}}</ref>
* 1997 – [[Dwayne Haskins]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |last1=Greenstein |first1=Teddy |title=Heisman Trophy finalist Dwayne Haskins was destined to select Ohio State. Next up: Become the next Peyton Manning |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-spt-dwayne-haskins-silver-football-heisman-nfl-20181207-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=7 August 2019}}</ref>
* 1997 – [[Ivana Jorović]], Serbian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tennis Ivana Jorovic - ESPN |url=http://m.espn.com/general/tennis/playercard?playerId=2620&src=desktop |website=m.espn.com |access-date=3 May 2020 |language=EN}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[678]] – [[Princess Tōchi|Tōchi]], Japanese princess
* [[738]] – [[Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil]], Mayan ruler (''[[ajaw]]'')
*[[1152]] – [[Matilda of Boulogne]] (b. 1105)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Panton |first1=James |title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7497-8 |page=343 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&pg=PA343 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1270]] – [[Béla IV of Hungary]] (b. 1206)<ref>{{cite web |title=Béla IV {{!}} king of Hungary |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bela-IV |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1294]] – [[John I, Duke of Brabant]] (b. 1252)
*[[1330]] – [[Alexios II of Trebizond|Alexios II Megas Komnenos]], [[Empire of Trebizond|Emperor of Trebizond]] (b. 1282)
*[[1410]] – [[Antipope Alexander V]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander (V) {{!}} antipope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-V |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1481]] – [[Mehmed the Conqueror]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1432)
*[[1501]] – [[John Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley]], English Baron (b. 1463)
*[[1524]] – [[Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent]], English peer (b. 1481)
*[[1534]] – [[Juana de la Cruz Vazquez Gutierrez]], Spanish [[Roman Catholic]] nun and venerable (b. 1481)
*[[1589]] – [[Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] (b. 1528)
===1601–1900===
*[[1606]] – [[Henry Garnet]], English priest and author (b. 1555)
*[[1621]] – [[Elizabeth Bacon (died 1621)|Elizabeth Bacon]], English Tudor gentlewoman (b. 1541)
*[[1679]] – [[James Sharp (bishop)|James Sharp]], Scottish archbishop (b. 1613)
*[[1693]] – [[Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon]], French courtier (b. 1607)
*[[1704]] – [[Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber]], Czech-Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1644)
*[[1724]] – [[John Leverett the Younger]], American lawyer, academic, and politician (b. 1662)
*[[1750]] – [[John Willison]], Scottish minister and author (b. 1680)
*[[1752]] – [[Samuel Ogle]], English-American captain and politician, 5th [[List of colonial governors of Maryland|Governor of Restored Proprietary Government]] (b. 1692)
*[[1758]] – [[Pope Benedict XIV]] (b. 1675)
*[[1763]] – [[George Psalmanazar]], French-English author (b. 1679)
*[[1764]] – [[Francesco Algarotti]], Italian philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1712)
*[[1779]] – [[John Winthrop (educator)|John Winthrop]], American mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1714)
*[[1793]] – [[Martin Gerbert]], German historian and theologian (b. 1720)
*[[1839]] – [[Ferdinando Paer]], Italian composer (b. 1771)
*[[1856]] – [[Adolphe Adam]], French composer and critic (b. 1803)
* 1856 – [[Louis-Étienne Saint-Denis]], Arab-French servant to Napoleon I (b. 1788)
*[[1882]] – [[Leonidas Smolents]], Austrian–Greek general and army minister (b. 1806)<ref name="Enc">{{Great Military and Naval Encyclopaedia|volume=6|page = 86}}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1910]] – [[Howard Taylor Ricketts]], American pathologist (b. 1871)
*[[1916]] – [[Tom Clarke (Irish republican)|Tom Clarke]], Irish rebel (b. 1858)
* 1916 – [[Thomas MacDonagh]], Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)
* 1916 – [[Patrick Pearse]], Irish teacher and rebel leader (b. 1879)
*[[1918]] – [[Charlie Soong]], Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)
*[[1919]] – [[Elizabeth Almira Allen]], American educator (b. 1854)
*[[1921]] – [[Théodore Pilette]], Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
*[[1925]] – [[Clément Ader]], French engineer, designed the [[Ader Avion III]] (b. 1841)
*[[1932]] – [[Charles Fort]], American journalist and author (b. 1874)
*[[1935]] – [[Jessie Willcox Smith]], American [[illustrator]] (b. 1863)
*[[1939]] – [[Madeleine Desroseaux]], French author and poet (b. 1873)
*[[1942]] – [[Thorvald Stauning]], Danish politician, 24th [[Prime Minister of Denmark]] (b. 1873)
*[[1943]] – [[Harry Miller (auto racing)|Harry Miller]], American engineer (b. 1875)
*[[1948]] – [[Ernst Tandefelt]], Finnish assassin of [[Heikki Ritavuori]] (b. 1876)
*[[1949]] – [[Fanny Walden]], English footballer and cricketer (b. 1888)
*[[1958]] – [[Frank Foster (cricketer)|Frank Foster]], English cricketer (b. 1889)
*[[1969]] – [[Zakir Husain (politician)|Zakir Husain]], Indian academic and politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897)
*[[1970]] – [[Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk]], Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (b. 1918)
*[[1972]] – [[Kenneth Bailey (lawyer)|Kenneth Bailey]], Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (b. 1898)
* 1972 – [[Emil Breitkreutz]], American runner and coach (b. 1883)
* 1972 – [[Bruce Cabot]], American actor (b. 1904)
*[[1978]] – [[Bill Downs]], American journalist (b. 1914)
*[[1981]] – [[Nargis]], Indian actress (b. 1929)
*[[1986]] – [[Robert Alda]], American actor (b. 1914)
*[[1987]] – [[Dalida]], Italian singer, actress, dancer, and model (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite news |title=Dalida |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/05/obituaries/dalida.html|work=The New York Times |date=5 May 1987 | access-date =28 February 2008}}</ref>
*[[1988]] – [[Lev Pontryagin]], Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1908)
*[[1989]] – [[Christine Jorgensen]], American [[transgender|trans woman]] (b. 1926)
*[[1991]] – [[Jerzy Kosiński]], Polish-American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1933)
*[[1992]] – [[George Murphy]], American actor, dancer, and politician (b. 1902)
*[[1996]] – [[Dimitri Fampas]], Greek guitarist, composer, and educator (b. 1921)
* 1996 – [[Alex Kellner]], American baseball player (b. 1924)
* 1996 – [[Jack Weston]], American actor (b. 1924)
*[[1997]] – [[Sébastien Enjolras]], French race car driver (b. 1976)
* 1997 – [[Narciso Yepes]], Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1927)
*[[1998]] – [[Gene Raymond]], American actor (b. 1908)
*[[1999]] – [[Joe Adcock]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1927)
* 1999 – [[Steve Chiasson]], Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1967)
* 1999 – [[Godfrey Evans]], English cricketer (b. 1920)
*[[2000]] – [[Júlia Báthory]], Hungarian glass designer (b. 1901)
* 2000 – [[John O'Connor (cardinal)|John Joseph O'Connor]], American cardinal (b. 1920)
*[[2002]] – [[Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn]], English politician, [[First Secretary of State]] (b. 1910)
* 2002 – [[Yevgeny Svetlanov]], Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
*[[2003]] – [[Suzy Parker]], American model and actress (b. 1932)
*[[2004]] – [[Ken Downing]], English race car driver (b. 1917)
* 2004 – [[Darrell Johnson]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1928)
*[[2006]] – [[Karel Appel]], Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet (b. 1921)
* 2006 – [[Pramod Mahajan]], Indian politician (b. 1949)
* 2006 – [[Earl Woods]], American colonel, baseball player, and author (b. 1932)
*[[2007]] – [[Warja Honegger-Lavater]], Swiss illustrator (b. 1913)
* 2007 – [[Wally Schirra]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)
* 2007 – [[Knock Yokoyama]], Japanese politician (b. 1932)
*[[2008]] – [[Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo]], Spanish engineer and politician, [[Prime Minister of Spain]] (b. 1926)
*[[2009]] – [[Renée Morisset]], Canadian pianist (b. 1928)
* 2009 – [[Ram Balkrushna Shewalkar]], Indian author and critic (b. 1931)
*[[2010]] – [[Roy Carrier]], American accordion player (b. 1947)
* 2010 – [[Peter O'Donnell]], English soldier and author (b. 1920)
* 2010 – [[Guenter Wendt]], German-American engineer (b. 1923)
*[[2011]] – [[Jackie Cooper]], American actor, television director, producer and executive (b. 1922)
* 2011 – [[Sergo Kotrikadze]], Georgian footballer and manager (b. 1936)
* 2011 – [[Thanasis Veggos]], Greek actor and director (b. 1927)
*[[2012]] – [[Jorge Illueca]], Panamanian politician, 30th [[President of Panama]] (b. 1918)
* 2012 – [[Felix Werder]], German-Australian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1922)
*[[2013]] – [[Joe Astroth]], American baseball player (b. 1922)
* 2013 – [[Herbert Blau]], American engineer and academic (b. 1926)
* 2013 – [[Cedric Brooks]], Jamaican-American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1943)
* 2013 – [[Keith Carter (swimmer)|Keith Carter]], American swimmer and soldier (b. 1924)
* 2013 – [[Brad Drewett]], Australian tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1958)
* 2013 – [[David Morris Kern]], American pharmacist, co-invented [[Orajel]] (b. 1909)
* 2013 – [[Curtis Rouse]], American football player (b. 1960)
* 2013 – [[Branko Vukelić]], Croatian politician, 11th [[Ministry of Defence (Croatia)|Minister of Defence for Croatia]] (b. 1958)
*[[2014]] – [[Gary Becker]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1930)
* 2014 – [[Francisco Icaza]], Mexican painter (b. 1930)
* 2014 – [[Jim Oberstar]], American educator and politician (b. 1934)
*[[2015]] – [[Revaz Chkheidze]], Georgian director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
* 2015 – [[Danny Jones (rugby league)|Danny Jones]], Welsh rugby player (b. 1986)<ref>{{cite web |title=Danny Jones: Rugby league half-back who became an accomplished |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/danny-jones-rugby-league-half-back-who-became-accomplished-goal-kicker-and-was-loved-effervescent-presence-10265184.html |website=The Independent |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en |date=20 May 2015}}</ref>
* 2015 – [[Warren Smith (golfer)|Warren Smith]], American golfer and coach (b. 1915)
*[[2016]] – [[Ian Deans]], Canadian politician (b. 1937)
* 2016 – [[Jadranka Stojaković]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
*[[2017]] – [[Daliah Lavi]], Israeli actress, singer and model (b. 1942)
*[[2021]] – [[Lloyd Price]], an American R&B vocalist (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite web|last=McCarthy|first=Tyler|date=2021-05-09|title=Lloyd Price, early rock legend behind 'Stagger Lee,' dead at 88|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/lloyd-price-early-rock-legend-behind-stagger-lee-dead-at-88|access-date=2021-05-09|website=Fox News|language=en-US}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[feast day]]:
** [[Abhai (saint)|Abhai]] ([[Syriac Orthodox Church]])
** [[Antonia and Alexander]]
** [[Juvenal of Narni]]
** [[Saint Moura|Moura]] ([[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Church]])
** [[Philip the Apostle|Philip]] and [[James, son of Alphaeus|James the Lesser]]
** [[Pope Alexander I]]
** [[Sarah the Martyr]] ([[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Church]])
** [[The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland]]
** [[Theodosius of Kiev]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church]])
** [[May 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Constitution Memorial Day]] ([[Japan]])
* [[May 3rd Constitution Day|Constitution Day (Poland)]]
* [[Feast of the Cross#May 3|Finding of the Holy Cross]]-related observances:
** [[Fiesta de las Cruces]] (Spain and [[Hispanic America]])
** [[Roodmas]], or Feast of the [[Finding of the Holy Cross]] ([[Gallican Rite]] of the [[Catholic Church]])
* [[Sun Day]] ([[International observance|International]])
* [[World Press Freedom Day]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{commons}}
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/3 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=3}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/3 Historical Events on May 3]
* [http://canadachannel.ca/todayincanadianhistory/index.php/May_3 Today in Canadian History]
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