1700s / 18th century history on the 3rd of May
1715 : The TOTAL SOLAR ECLiPSE visible over northern Europe and northern Asia was predicted by astronomer Edmond Halley, within 4 minutes accuracy. He observed the eclipse from London, which he had drawn a predictive map showing the path of totality across the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1800s / 19th century history on the 3rd of May
1837 : The University of Athens was founded in Athens, Greece.
1900s / 20th century history on the 3rd of May
1901 : The Great Fire of 1901 began in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
1903 : Bing Crosby the American singer and actor was born Harry Lillis Crosby Jr. in Tacoma, Washington, USA (died in 1977 aged 74).
1933 : James Brown the American singer-songwriter was born (died in 2006 aged 73). James Brown website : JamesBrown.com
1950 : Mary Hopkin the Welsh singer-songwriter was born in Pontardawe, Wales. Mary Hopkin’s official website : MaryHopkin.com
1951 : London’s Royal Festival Hall opened with the Festival of Britain.
1951 : Christopher Cross the American singer-songwriter was born Christopher Charles Geppert in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Christopher Cross’ official website : ChristopherCross.com
1952 : The 1st plane to land at the North Pole was flown by William P. Benedict with co-pilot Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher, from the United States.
1955 : David Hookes the Australian cricketer was born in Prahran, Melbourne, Australia (died in 2004 aged 48).
1959 : BEN ELTON the English actor and writer was born Benjamin Charles Elton in Fitzrovia, London, England. He is also a comedian, television writer / producer / director, author, playwright, screenwriter, film & stage director, and lyricist. Ben Elton is best known for writing The Young Ones and Blackadder popular TV sitcoms in the 1980s.
1978 : The 1st SPAM was sent as unsolicited bulk commercial email, by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative, to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
1979 : Margaret Thatcher won the United Kingdom general election. On the following day she became the 1st female British Prime Minister.
1986 : Bomb exploded on Air Lanka Flight 512 at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka, killing 21 people, and injuring 41 people.
1999 : OKLAHOMA CiTY was hit by a F5 TORNADO, which killed 45 people, injured 665 people, and caused $1 billion in damage. The tornado was one of 66 during the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado produced one of the highest wind speeds ever recorded, at 484 +/- 32 km/h (301 +/- 20 mph).
2000s / 21st century history on the 3rd of May
2000 : The sport of GEOCACHING began, with the 1st cache placed by Dave Ulmer at Estacada in Oregon, with the GPS coordinates of 45°17.460′N 122°24.800′W which were posted on the Usenet newsgroup sci.geo.satellite-nav. Within 3 days it was first found by Mike Teague. Geocaching websites : Geocaching.com | Geocaching.com.au
2007 : Madeleine McCann the 3 year old British girl disappeared in Praia da Luz, Portugal, which started the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history.
2016 : WiLDFiRE in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada caused 88,000 people to evacuate their homes. Approximately 2,400 homes and buildings were destroyed.
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