3rd May in History

May 3 is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 242 days remain until the end of the year.

So, What happened on 3rd May in history

What happened on this day in history (3rd May): Raja Harishchandra, the first Indian feature film is released, 1st regular steam train service is started, Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city, Kasparov begins chess match with supercomputer and more.

It may not mean much to you right now, but by the end of this article, you will learn that May 3 holds a significant place in history.

Dive in to know what happened on this day (May 3) in sports, politics and art, along with famous birthdays and deaths in world history.

Early Events

In 752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne.
In 1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties.
In 1491 – Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptized by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João.
In 1512 – Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateran at St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome.
In 1537 – Strategic city of Santa Cruz de Mompox founded on the Magdalena River (modern Colombia) by Spanish conquistadors.
In 1558 – Ferdinand I officially appointed Holy Roman Emperor after his brother Charles abdicated in 1556.
In 1661 –Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen.
In 1715 – A total solar eclipse is visible across northern Europe and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within four minutes accuracy.
In 1765 – 1st North American medical college opens in Philadelphia.
In 1791 – The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
In 1802 – Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city.
In 1808 – Day depicted by Spanish painter Goya in his “The Third of May”, painted 1814.
In 1830 – 1st regular steam train passenger service starts
In 1837 – The University of Athens is founded in Athens, Greece.
In 1849 – The May Uprising in Dresden begins: The last of the German revolutions of 1848–49.

Relatively New Events On This Day

In 1913, Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
In 1919, Afghanistan Emir Amanoellah begins war against Great Britain.
In 1921, Northern Ireland is created under the UK Government of Ireland Act partitioning off six north eastern counties with a Protestant majority.
In 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.
In 1937, Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for “Gone With The Wind”.
In 1938, Concentration camp at Flossenburg goes into use.
In 1939, The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
In 1942, Nazis require Dutch Jews to wear a Jewish star.
In 1944, Meat rationing ends in US.
In 1945, British troop join in Rangoon.
In 1949, 1st firing of a US Viking rocket; reached 80 km.
In 1952, 1st landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole.
In 1956, A new range of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13,000′).
In 1978, The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as “spam”) is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
In 1979, Margaret Thatcher wins the United Kingdom general election. The following day, she becomes the first female British Prime Minister.
In 1997, Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue.
In 1999, Infiltration of Pakistani soldiers on Indian side results in the Kargil War.
In 2000, The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
In 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.
In 2007, The three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappears in Praia da Luz, Portugal, starting “the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history”.
In 2020,Investor Warren Buffett dumps his holdings in four major US airlines saying “the world has changed” for aviation, reflecting an increasingly bleak outlook for the industry.

Sports Events On This Day

In 1978, Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston.
In 1992, NY Met Eddie Murray is 24th to hit 400 HRs.
In 1997, Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue.

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Art and Culture Events – What Happened on 3rd May

In 1952, “Call Me Madam” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 644 performances.
In 1993, “Kiss of the Spider Woman” opens at Broadhurst NYC for 906 performances.

Famous Birthdays On 3rd May

Sr No	Birth Year	Personality
1	1933	James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor
2	1921	Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer
3	1919	Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist
4	1898	Golda Meir, Israeli educator, politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel
5	1469	Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian, philosopher

Notable Deaths On 3rd May

Sr No	Death Year	Personality
1	2014	Jim Oberstar, American politician
2	1999	Godfrey Evans, English cricketer
3	1987	Dalida, Egyptian/French singer, actress
4	1916	Patrick Pearse, Irish activist
5	1481	Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman sultan