Interesting things that happened May 3rd:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1874 Francois Coty, perfumemaker
In 1898 Golda Meir, Israeli leader
In 1903 Bing Crosby, crooner, actor
In 1906 Mary Astor, actor (The Maltese Falcon, The Great Lie), author
In 1919 Pete Seeger, folk singer
+ Betty Comden, song writer
In 1933 James Brown, singer (I Feel Good . . . HEH!)
In 1937 William Bennett, crime buster
In 1939 Samantha Eggar (in England), actor
In 1946 Greg Gumbel, s****tscaster
In 1947 Frankie Valli, seasonal singer
+ Doug Henning, magician
In 1951 Christopher Cross, musician
Events worth noting:
In 1765 First US Medical school opened.
In 1830 First regular steam train passenger service starts.
In 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville - Beaten Union army withdraws.
In 1898 Camp Merriman established at the Presidio.
In 1919 America's first passenger flight (New York-Atlantic City).
In 1922 Mayor Hylan closes streets for building of Yankee Stadium.
In 1932 24 tourists begin the first air-charter holiday, from London to
Basle, Switzerland for 7 days.
+ The "real Alice", Mrs Alice Hargreaves (née Liddell), accepts an
honorary degree from Columbia University.
In 1951 Gil McDougald ties record with 6 RBIs in 1 inning.
In 1952 First landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole.
In 1965 First use of satellite TV, Today Show on the Early Bird
Satellite.
In 1971 National non-commercial network radio begins programming.
+ National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" begins
braodcasting.
+ The Mayday Tribe begins four days of protests in Wa****ngton,
D.C.,
hoping to shut down the nation's capital.
And remember ...
National Hamburger Month
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