May 3rd
1802
Washington, D.C., was incorporated.
1936
Joe DiMaggio (New York Yankees) made his major league debut. He got three hits.
1937
Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for Gone With the Wind.
1979
Margaret Thatcher became the first woman elected prime minister of England.
1986
At the age of 54, legendary horse jockey Bill Shoemaker became the oldest person to win the Kentucky Derby, riding Ferdinand to victory.
1986
The final episode of "Crazy Like a Fox" was aired on CBS.
1991
The final episode of "Dallas" aired on CBS.
1999
Kansas and Oklahoma were hit by an outbreak of more than 55 tornadoes, including one measured at F5 on the Fujita scale.
2000
The final episode of "Party of Five" aired on FOX.
2003
New Hampshire’s symbol, the granite Old Man of the Mountain, collapsed in the state’s Franconia Mountains.
Birthdays
83 Ann B. Davis Actress ("The Brady Bunch")
75 Frankie Valli Singer (The Four Seasons)
63 Greg Gumbel Sports announcer
59 Mary Hopkin Singer
58 Christopher Cross Singer
52 Cactus Moser Country musician (Highway 101)
46
kaisersozei Cigar Asylum Inmate
41 Shane Minor Country singer
39 Bobby Cannavale Actor ("Cupid," "Third Watch")
38 Damon Dash Actor, producer
38 John Hopkins Country musician (Zac Brown Band)
38 John Neff Country musician (Drive-By Truckers)
37
Stonewall Cigar Asylum Inmate
36 Brad Martin Country singer
36
No1der Cigar Asylum Inmate
34 Dule' Hill Actor ("The West Wing")
32 Eric Church Country singer
25 Cheryl Burke Dancer ("Dancing with the Stars")
22
Savvy Cigar Asylum Inmate
19 Jill Berard Actress
88 Stu Hart 5/3/1915 - 10/16/2003 Professional wrestler, promoter and trainer. Stu also founded Stampede Wrestling, a promotion based in Calgary, Alberta, and was the father of famous wrestlers Bret and Owen Hart
67 Sugar Ray Robinson 5/3/1921 - 4/12/1989 American boxer; world champion six times between 1946 and 1960
73 James Brown 5/3/1933 - 12/25/2006 Prolific singer, songwriter, dancer and bandleader, Brown was a pivotal force in the music industry