Updated May 2, 2012, 2:28 pm
On May 3, 1971, anti-war protesters calling themselves the Mayday Tribe began four days of demonstrations in Washington, D.C., aimed at shutting down the nation’s capital.
Go to article »On May 3, 1898, Golda Meir, the fourth prime minister of the State of Israel, was born. Following her death on Dec. 8, 1978, her obituary appeared in The Times.
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1802 Washington, D.C., was incorporated. 1898 Israeli founder and prime minister Golda Meir was born Goldie Mabovitch in Kiev, Ukraine. 1921 West Virginia imposed the first state sales tax. 1936 Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio made his major league debut with the New York Yankees. 1937 Margaret Mitchell won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel “Gone with the Wind.” 1948 The Supreme Court ruled that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities were legally unenforceable. 1960 The musical “The Fantasticks” opened off-Broadway, beginning a record run of nearly 42 years. 1971 Anti-war protesters began four days of demonstrations in Washington, D.C. 1971 The National Public Radio program “All Things Considered” made its debut. 1988 The White House acknowledged that first lady Nancy Reagan had used astrological advice to help schedule President Ronald Reagan’s activities. 2001 The United States lost its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947. 2005 Iraq’s first democratically elected government was sworn in. 2007 Astronaut Wally Schirra died at age 84. 2010 Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad was apprehended aboard a flight preparing to depart New York for Dubai. Current Birthdays
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Folk singer Pete Seeger turns 93 years old today.
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Indianapolis Colts running back Joseph Addai turns 29 years old today.
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1926 Ann B. Davis, Actress (“The Brady Bunch”), turns 86 1934 Frankie Valli, Singer (The Four Seasons), turns 78 1942 C.L. “Butch” Otter, Governor of Idaho, turns 70 1943 Jim Risch, U.S. senator, R-Idaho, turns 69 1946 Greg Gumbel, Sports announcer, turns 66 1949 Ron Wyden, U.S. senator, D-Ore., turns 63 1951 Christopher Cross, Singer, turns 61 1961 David Vitter, U.S. senator, R-La., turns 51 1970 Bobby Cannavale, Actor, turns 42 1975 Dule’ Hill, Actor (“Psych,” “The West Wing”), turns 37 1984 Cheryl Burke, Dancer (“Dancing with the Stars”), turns 28
Historic Birthdays
Golda Meir 5/3/1898 – 12/8/1978 Russian-born Zionist; fourth prime minister of Israel.Go to obituary »
58 Niccolo Machiavelli 5/3/1469 – 6/21/1527
Italian writer, statesman and political theorist56 Richard D’Oyly Carte 5/3/1844 – 4/3/1901
English impresario; founded the Savoy Theatre84 E. W. Howe 5/3/1853 – 10/3/1937
American editor, essayist and novelist80 Vito Volterra 5/3/1860 – 10/11/1940
Italian mathematician85 Marcel Dupre 5/3/1886 – 5/30/1971
French organ virtuoso and influential teacher83 Sir George Paget Thomson 5/3/1892 – 9/10/1975
English Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1937)89 Septima P. Clark 5/3/1898 – 12/15/1987
American educator and civil rights activist74 Bing Crosby 5/3/1903 – 10/14/1977
American singer, actor and songwriter83 May Sarton 5/3/1912 – 7/16/1995
American poet, novelist and essayist60 William Inge 5/3/1913 – 6/10/1973
American playwright; awarded Pulitzer Prize for “Picnic” in 195367 Sugar Ray Robinson 5/3/1921 – 4/12/1989
American boxer; world champion six times between 1946 and 1960
