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May 3: Day of the Week
May 3, 2024 is the 124th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 242 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.
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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
May 3 Historical Event(s)
1802
Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city.
1830
The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened. It is the first steam hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.
1901
The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
1937
Gone with the Wind, a novel by Margaret Mitchell, wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
1939
The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
1951
The United States Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees begin their closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.
1952
The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time on the CBS network.
1963
The police force in Birmingham, Alabama switches tactics and responds with violent force to stop the “Birmingham campaign” protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, bringing newfound attention to the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
2000
The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
2002
A military MiG-21 aircraft crashes into the Bank of Rajasthan in India, killing eight.
Who were born on May 3?
1857
George Gore, American baseball player (d. 1933)
1873
Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian general (d. 1945)
1942
Dave Marash, American journalist
1951
Christopher Cross, American musician
1951
Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian writer
1952
Chuck Baldwin, American political figure
1976
Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player
1978
Paul Banks, American vocalist (Interpol)
1981
U;Nee, South Korean singer and actress (d. 2007)
1990
Miranda Chartrand, Canadian singer
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