May 03 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | May 03 Calendar
May 3rd Daily Holidays include:
- Garden Meditation Day
- Great American Grump Out – May 3, 2023 (First Wednesday of May)
- National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day – May 3, 2023 (First Wednesday in May)
- National Chocolate Custard Day
- National Day to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy – May 3, 2023 (First Wednesday in May)
- National (Deaf) Interpreter Day – May 3, 2023 (First Wednesday in May)
- National Lumpy Rug Day
- National Public Radio Day
- National Raspberry Popover Day
- National SAN Architect Day
- National Skilled Trades Day – May 3, 2023 (First Wednesday in May)
- National Specially-abled Pets Day
- National Textile Day
- National Two Different Colored Shoes Day
- Paranormal Day
- Project Aces Day – May 3, 2023 (First Wednesday in May) (Aces = All Children Exercise Simultaneously)
- Sun Day
- Wordsmith Day
- World Press Freedom Day
May 03: Famous Birthdays
- May 03, 1469 – Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian politician, writer, historian and philosopher (d. 1527)
- May 03, 1879 – Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman who co-founded Quantas Airlines (d. 1950)
- May 03, 1903 – Bing Crosby, American singer (White Christmas), and actor (Going My Way)
- May 03, 1921 – Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (middle/welterweight) (d. 1989)
- May 03, 1933 – James Brown, American soul singer who was known as the Godfather of Soul, songwriter, producer, actor (I Got You I Feel Good and I Got the Feeling) (d. 2006)
- May 03, 1934 – Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons)
- May 03, 1946 – Greg Gumbel, American sportscaster (CBS TV)
- May 03, 1951 – Christopher Cross, American singer, songwriter (Sailing)
- May 03, 1975 – Christina Hendricks, American actress (Mad Men)
May 03: Historical Events
- May 03, 1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes (in Greece in the Aegean Sea), and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties.
- May 03, 1494 – Jamaica was discovered by Christopher Columbus and named St Iago
- May 03, 1802 – Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city
- May 03, 1851 – Most of the city of San Francisco, CA is destroyed by fire, and 30 die
- May 03, 1901 – The Great Fire of 1901 occurs in Jacksonville, Florida and destroys 1,700 buildings
- May 03, 1921 – West Virginia imposes the 1st State Sales Tax
- May 03, 1937 – Margaret Mitchell’s novel, Gone with the Wind wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
- May 03, 1951 – The Festival of Britain opens
- May 03, 1952 – The 1st landing of an airplane at the North Pole
- May 03, 1960 – The Anne Frank House museum opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- May 03, 1971 – The Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters during a 3 day period
- May 03, 1973 – Chicago’s Sears Tower, at 1,451 feet and 108 stories, becomes the world’s tallest building
- May 03, 1982 – President Ronald Reagan begins a 5 minute weekly radio broadcast
- May 03, 1991 – The Declaration of Windhoek, a statement of Press Freedom principles is signed
- May 03, 1999 – During the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak, Oklahoma City is devastated by a F5 tornado, killing 45 people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage
- May 03, 2001 – The U.S. loses its seat on the United National Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947
- May 03, 2003 – Old Man of the Mountain, in New Hampshire collapses
- May 03, 2016 – A wildfire destroyed approx. 2,400 homes and buildings in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada where 88,000 people were evacuated from their homes
May 03: Music Events
- May 03, 1975 – He Don’t Love You by Tony Orland and Dawn hits #1
- May 03, 1975 – Chicago’s Album, Chicago VIII hits #1
- May 03, 1976 – Paul McCartney and his new band, Wings, open their first tour as the Wings Over America Tour
- May 03, 1980 – Against the Wind, by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, top the US album chart and stay on top for six weeks
- May 03, 1986 – Addicted to Love, by Robert Palmer hits #1 on the US singles chart
- May 03, 2000 – The Offspring’s album Smash from 1994 is certified platinum for the sixth time
- May 03, 2010 – I Gotta Feelin, by the Black-Eyed Peas becomes the best-selling digital song of all time.
May 03: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for May 03 is Gemini.
May Birthstone:
What is the May Birthstone? Emerald
As the birthstone for May, the emerald, a symbol of rebirth, is believed to grant the owner foresight, good fortune, and youth.
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