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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
May 2007 is the fifth month of that year. ...
May 2006 : â - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â May 1, 2006 (Monday) Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association outraged Vatican by planning to ordain another bishop, Liu Xinhong in Anhui Province. ...
2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Wikimedia Commons has media related to: May 2005 Deaths in May May 26: Eddie Albert May 25: Ismail Merchant May 25: Sunil Dutt May 25: Graham Kennedy May 22: Thurl Ravenscroft May 21: Howard Morris May 21...
May 3, 2004 The USA is starting to lose its dominance in the sciences; the rest of the world is catching up, according to John E. Jankowski of the National Science Foundation. ...
May 3, 2003 New Hampshires famous landmark rock formation, the Old Man of the Mountain, collapses overnight. ...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for May, 2002. ...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: May 1 - Chandra Levy disapears while jogging. ...
2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in May, 2000. ...
May 1999 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December May 2 - Norman J. Sirnic and Karen Sirnic are murdered by Angel Maturino Resendiz in a parsonage in Weimar, Texas. ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
For the band, see 1997 (band). ...
Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ...
For the 1921 film starring Fatty Arbuckle, see Leap Year (film). ...
For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ...
Events - 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I.
- 1494 - Christopher Columbus first sights land that will be called Jamaica.
- 1715 - "Edmund Halley's" total solar eclipse (the last one visible in London, UK for almost 900 years).
- 1791 - The May Constitution of Poland (first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Polish Sejm.
- 1802 - Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city.
- 1808 - Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia.
- 1808 - Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are fired upon near Príncipe Pío hill.
- 1815 - Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war.
- 1837 - The University of Athens is founded. It is the oldest university in the eastern Mediterranean.
- 1849 - The May Uprising in Dresden begins - the last of the German revolutions of 1848.
- 1860 - Charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
- 1867 - The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
- 1901 - Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, FL.
- 1916 - Easter Rising leaders are executed in Dublin.
- 1921 - West Virginia imposes the first state sales tax.
- 1924 - Aleph Zadik Aleph is formed in Omaha, Nebraska by Sam Beber
- 1928 - Japanese atrocities in Jinan, China.
- 1933 - Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first woman to head the United States Mint.
- 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.
- 1942 - Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that resulted in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
- 1945 - World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the RAF in Lübeck Bay.
- 1946 - World War II: The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo against 28 Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- 1947 - New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
- 1948 - U.S. Supreme Court rules that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.
- 1951 - London's Royal Festival Hall opens.
- 1951 - The Festival of Britain opens.
- 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 S. Truman.
- 1952 - U.S. Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict land a plane at the North Pole.
- 1956 - The judo World Championships are first held.
- 1957 - Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn, New York, to Los Angeles, California.
- 1959 - The first Grammy Awards are announced.
- 1960 - The Off-Broadway musical comedy, The Fantasticks, opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.
- 1960 - The Anne Frank House opened in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- 1971 - Anti-war protesters calling themselves the Mayday Tribe begin four days of demonstrations in Washington, D.C., aimed at shutting down the nation's capital.
- 1973 - The Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out as the world's tallest building.
- 1979 - Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher to become United Kingdom's first female prime minister as the Labour government is ousted in parliamentary elections.
- 1986 - Twenty-one people are killed and 41 injured after a bomb explodes in an airliner (Flight UL512) at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka.
- 1987 - A crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop restrictor plate racing the following season both at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega.
- 1989 - Fenerbahce beats Galatasaray 4-3 coming back from 3-0.
- 1991 - The Declaration of Windhoek is signed.
- 1999 - Oklahoma City is slammed by an F5 tornado killing 42 people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado was one of 66 from the Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak.
- 1999 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time in its history at 11,014.70.
- 1999 - Stephen Hendry defeats Mark Williams 18-11 to win the World Snooker Championship for a record seventh time.
- 2000 - The sport of Geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
- 2001 - The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.
- 2002 - A military MiG-21 aircraft crashes into the Bank of Rajasthan in India, killing eight.
- 2003 - New Hampshire's famous Old Man of the Mountain collapses.
- 2005 - The first elected government in the history of Iraq is sworn in.
- 2006 - Armavia Flight 967 crashes into the Black Sea, killing 113 people on board, with no survivors.
- 2006 - Zacarias Moussaoui is sentenced to life in prison in Alexandria, Virginia.
- 2007 - Madeleine McCann disappears from Praia da Luz, Portugal.
// Events December 6 - King Charles VIII marries Anne de Bretagne, thus incorporating Brittany into the kingdom of France. ...
The Kingdom of Congo (now usually rendered as Kingdom of Kongo to maintain distinction from the present-day Congo nations) The Kingdom of Kongo (c. ...
João I of Kongo, alias Nzinga a Nkuwu or Nkuwu Nzinga, was ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo between 1470-1509. ...
1494 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Christopher Columbus (1451 â May 20, 1506) was a navigator, colonizer, and explorer and one of the first Europeans to explore the Americas after the Vikings. ...
Year 1715 (MDCCXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Edmond Halley. ...
This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
1791 (MDCCXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
May 3rd Constitution (painting by Jan Matejko, 1891). ...
For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...
The Sejm building in Warsaw. ...
Year 1802 (MDCCCII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...
For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ...
Year 1808 (MDCCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Combatants Russia Sweden Commanders Fyodor Buxhoeveden Boris Knorring Barclay de Tolly Wilhelm Mauritz Klingspor Carl Johan Adlercreutz Georg Carl von Döbeln The Finnish War was fought between Sweden and Russia from February 1808 to September 1809. ...
Utsikt över Sveaborg (View over Sveaborg), painting by Augustin Ehrensvärd Suomenlinna (Finnish), or Sveaborg (Swedish), is an inhabited sea fortress built on six islands, today within Helsinki, the capital of Finland. ...
Year 1808 (MDCCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
For the 1862 American Civil War campaign, see Peninsula Campaign. ...
This article is about the Spanish capital. ...
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PrÃncipe PÃo is the name of a hill in the western part of Madrid, Spain. ...
April 5-12: Mount Tambora explodes, changing climate. ...
Combatants Austria Sicily Naples Commanders Johann Frimont Frederick Bianchi Adam Albert von Neipperg Ferdinand IV Joachim Murat Michele Carascosa Strength 120,000 82,000 Casualties 10,000 10,000 This article is about the military conflict between Austria and Naples in 1815. ...
Joachim Murat, King of Naples, Marshal of France. ...
Capital Naples Government Monarchy King - 1285-1309 Charles II - 1815-1816 Ferdinand I History - Established 1285 - Union with Sicily 1816 The Kingdom of Naples was an informal name of the polity officially known as the Kingdom of Sicily which existed on the mainland of southern Italy after of the secession...
Battle of Tolentino Conflict Neapolitan War Date 2-3 May 1815 Place Tolentino, Macerata, Italy Result Austrian decisive victory The Battle of Tolentino was the decisive battle in the Neapolitan War, fought by the king of Naples Joachim Murat to keep the throne after the Congress of Vienna. ...
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greek: ÎθνικÏν και ÎαÏοδιÏÏÏιακÏν ΠανεÏιÏÏήμιον ÎθηνÏν), usually referred to simply as the University of Athens, is the oldest university in the region of the eastern Mediterranean and has been in continuous operation since its establishment in 1837. ...
Year 1849 (MDCCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Combatants Dresden revolutionaries Kingdom of Saxony Commanders Samuel Tzschirner Karl Gotthelf Todt Otto Heubner Alexander Heinze Strength 3,000 5,000 Casualties 200 killed ~1,200 captured 31 killed The May Uprising took place in Dresden, Germany in 1849; it was one of the last of the series of events...
// Preliminaries Germany at the time of the Revolutions of 1848 was a collection of over 30 states loosely bound together in the German Confederation after the Congress of Vienna in 1815. ...
1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ...
Karl XV (Karl Ludvig Eugén) (May 3, 1826 â September 18, 1872) was King of Sweden and Norway (where he was known as Karl IV) from 1859 until his death. ...
The Kingdom of Sweden-Norway is a term sometimes, but erroneously, used to refer to the kingdoms of Sweden and Norway between 1814 and 1905, when they were united under one monarch in a personal union, following the Convention of Moss, on August 14, and the Norwegian constitutional revision of...
Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Hudsons Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie dHudson in French) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. ...
Vancouver Island is separated from mainland British Columbia by the Strait of Georgia and the Queen Charlotte Strait, and from Washington by the Juan De Fuca Strait. ...
Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
The Great Fire of 1901 in Jacksonville, Florida was one of the worst disasters in Florida history. ...
The Jacksonville skyline and the Acosta Bridge. ...
Year 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Combatants Irish Volunteers, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Republican Brotherhood British Army Royal Irish Constabulary Commanders Patrick Pearse, James Connolly Brigadier-General Lowe General Sir John Maxwell Strength 1250 in Dublin, c. ...
Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Official language(s) English Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Largest metro area Charleston metro area Area Ranked 41st - Total 24,244 sq mi (62,809 km²) - Width 130 miles (210 km) - Length 240 miles (385 km) - % water 0. ...
A sales tax is a consumption tax charged at the point of purchase for certain goods and services. ...
For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ...
AZA Menorah The International Order of Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA) is the mens Order of Bnai Brith Youth Organization (BBYO), an international youth-led high school fraternity for Jewish teens. ...
Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Jinan Incident (Japanese:æ¸åäºä»¶) or May 3rd Incident (Traditional Chinese: äºä¸æ
æ¡ , Simplified Chinese: äºä¸æ¨æ¡), or Tsinan Incident, was an armed conflict between the Japanese Army allied with Northern Chinese warlords against the Kuomintangs southern army in Jinan, the capital of Shandong in 1928 during the Kuomintangs Northern Expedition. ...
Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Nellie Tayloe Ross Nellie Tayloe Ross (November 29, 1876 â December 19, 1977) was the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state. ...
Seal of the U.S. Mint Denver United States mint building The United States Mint primarily produces circulating coinage for the United States to conduct its trade and commerce. ...
Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the film, see Gone with the Wind (film). ...
This article is about the literary concept. ...
For the Canadian politician, see Margaret Mitchell (Canadian politician); for the Scottish politician, see Margaret Mitchell (Scottish politician). ...
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded since 1948 for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. ...
Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The All India Forward Bloc is a leftwing nationalist political party in India. ...
Subhash Chandra Bose, (Bangla: নà§à¦¤à¦¾à¦à§ সà§à¦à¦¾à¦· à¦à¦¨à§à¦¦à§à¦° বসৠ( सà¥à¤à¤¾à¤· à¤à¤¦à¤à¤° वसॠ) Shubhash Chôndro Boshu) (January 23, 1897 â presumably August 18, 1945 [although this is disputed]note), also known as Netaji, was one of the most prominent leaders of the Indian Independence Movement against the British Raj and was a prominent supporter of the Axis dictatorships as...
Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Combatants United States Navy Royal Australian Navy Imperial Japanese Navy Commanders Frank J. Fletcher John G. Crace Shigeyoshi Inoue Takeo Takagi Strength 2 large carriers, 3 cruisers 2 large carriers, 1 light carrier, 4 cruisers Casualties 1 fleet carrier, 1 destroyer, 1 oil tanker sunk 543 killed 1 light carrier...
Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
A prison police boat on its way in Venice A prison ship is a boat or ship that is used as a prison. ...
The Cap Arcona was a large German luxury ocean liner, formerly of the Hamburg-South America line, that was sunk in 1945 with the loss of many lives while laden with prisoners from concentration camps. ...
The Thielbek was a 2,815 register ton freighter sunk with the Cap Arcona and the Deutschland on May 3, 1945 in the Bay of Lubeck with the loss of 2,750 lives. ...
RAF redirects here. ...
Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), also known as the Tokyo Trials, the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal or simply as the Tribunal, was convened to try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for three types of crimes: Class A (crimes against peace), Class B (war crimes...
For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation). ...
In the context of war, a war crime is a punishable offense under International Law, for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ...
This article is in need of attention. ...
Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Constitution of Japan ) has been the founding legal document of Japan since 1946. ...
Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C., (large image) The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C., is the highest court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States...
Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ...
Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
The Royal Festival Hall reopening celebrations The Royal Festival Hall is a concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England. ...
The Festival of Britain emblem, designed by Abram Games, from the cover of the South Bank Exhibition Guide, 1951 The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition which opened in London and around Britain in May 1951. ...
Type Upper House President of the Senate Richard B. Cheney, R since January 20, 2001 President pro tempore Robert C. Byrd, D since January 4, 2007 Members 100 Political groups Democratic Party Republican Party Last elections November 7, 2006 Meeting place Senate Chamber United States Capitol Washington, DC United States...
The Committee on Armed Services is a committee of the United States Senate empowered with legislative oversight of the nations military, including the Department of Defense, military research and development, nuclear energy (as pertaining to national security), benefits for members of the military, the Selective Service System and other...
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. ...
This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
This article is about the American general; for the municipality in the Philippines, see General MacArthur, Eastern Samar. ...
For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ...
For other persons named Harry Truman, see Harry Truman (disambiguation). ...
Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ...
In the U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a commissioned officer superior to a major and inferior to a colonel. ...
Joseph O. Fletcher (b. ...
Lieutenant Colonel William P. Benedict was an American pilot from California. ...
For other uses, see North Pole (disambiguation). ...
A car from 1956 Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about the martial art and sport. ...
A World Championship is any contest to determine the best in the world in a particular field. ...
Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ...
Walter Francis OMalley (October 9, 1903 â August 9, 1979) was an American sports executive who owned the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers team in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1979. ...
Major league affiliations National League (1890âpresent) West Division (1969âpresent) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 2, 4, 19, 20, 24, 32, 39, 42, 53 Name Los Angeles Dodgers (1958âpresent) Brooklyn Dodgers (1932-1957) Brooklyn Robins (1914-1931) Brooklyn Dodgers (1913) Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers (1911-1912) Brooklyn Superbas (1899...
For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ...
Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ...
Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ...
Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theater combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ...
The Fantasticks is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones. ...
New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...
The Washington Square Arch Greenwich Village (IPA pronunciation: ), also called simply the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City named after Greenwich, London. ...
The Black Crook (1866), considered by some historians to be the first musical[1] Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. ...
Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The canal-side façade of the former Opekta building on the Prinsengracht canal in 2002. ...
For other uses, see Amsterdam (disambiguation). ...
Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy - Queen Beatrix - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War - Declared July 26, 1581 - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain...
Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ...
For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ...
For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ...
The Sears Tower is a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. ...
Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area - City 234. ...
Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (née Roberts; born 13 October 1925) served as British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 until 1990, being the first and only woman to hold either post. ...
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ...
The United Kingdom general election of 1979 was held on 3 May 1979 and is regarded as a pivotal point in 20th century British politics. ...
Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...
Map of Colombo with its administrative districts Coordinates: , District Colombo District Government - Mayor Uvaiz Mohammad Imitiyaz (Sri Lanka Freedom Party) Area - City 37. ...
Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ...
Bobby Allison (born December 3, 1937) was one of the first NASCAR drivers and was named one of NASCARs 50 greatest drivers. ...
Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located in Talladega, Alabama. ...
This article is about the U.S. State. ...
Jeff Burton (99), Elliott Sadler (38), Ricky Rudd (21), Dale Jarrett (88), Sterling Marlin (40), Jimmie Johnson (48), and Casey Mears (41) practice for the 2004 Daytona 500 The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ...
Artist rendering of a NASCAR restrictor plate A Restrictor plate or air restrictor is a device installed at the intake of an engine to limit its power. ...
Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ...
Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...
Logo of Fenerbahçe SK Fenerbahçe is a Turkish football club from İstanbul. ...
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (in English: Galatasaray Sports Club) or Galatasaray SK is a Turkish sports club based in İstanbul which is most famous for its football section. ...
Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...
The Declaration of Windhoek is a statement of free press principles put together by African journalists in 1991. ...
This article is about the year. ...
OKC redirects here. ...
F-scale redirects here. ...
1Time from first tornado to last tornado 2Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita Scale The May 3, 1999, Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak was the first stage of a severe weather event that lasted from May 3 to May 6 and brought violent storms to Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, and Tennessee. ...
Linear graph of the DJIA from 1901 until today Logarithmic graph of the DJIA from 1901 until today The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DJI, also called the DJIA, Dow 30, or informally the Dow Jones or The Dow) is one of several stock market indices created by nineteenth-century...
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Mark Williams MBE (born 21 March 1975, Cwm, Wales) is a Welsh professional snooker player. ...
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Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...
A Geocache in Germany Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called geocaches or caches) anywhere in the world. ...
GPS redirects here. ...
Usenet (USEr NETwork) is a global, decentralized, distributed Internet discussion system that evolved from a general purpose UUCP architecture of the same name. ...
Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) was a functional commission within the overall framework of the United Nations. ...
Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (NATO reporting name Fishbed) is a fighter aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. ...
, RÄjasthÄn (DevanÄgarÄ«: राà¤à¤¸à¥à¤¥à¤¾à¤¨, IPA: ) is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. ...
Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Armavia Flight 967 was a flight operated by Armavia, the largest international airline of Armenia on May 3, 2006, from Yerevan in Armenia to Sochi, a Black Sea coastal resort city in Russia which has had an Armenian guest worker population. ...
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Location in Virginia Coordinates: , Country State Founded 1718 Government - Mayor William D. Euille Area - City 15. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
Madeleine McCann (born 2004 in Leicestershire) is an English toddler who disappeared on May 3, 2007 while staying in a Portuguese holiday apartment in Praia da Luz. ...
Praia da Luz beach Praia da Luz cliff Praia da Luz (pron. ...
Births - 612 - Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641)
- 1415 - Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495)
- 1428 - Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)
- 1446 - Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)
- 1469 - Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (d. 1527)
- 1662 - Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (d. 1736)
- 1695 - Henri Pitot, Italian-born French engineer (d. 1771)
- 1713 - Alexis Clairault, French mathematician (d. 1765)
- 1761 - August von Kotzebue, German dramatist (d. 1819)
- 1764 - Elisabeth of France, sister of Louis XVI, guillotined 1794
- 1768 - Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (d. 1838)
- 1826 - Charles, Crown Prince of Sweden-Norway (d. 1872)
- 1835 - Alfred Austin, English poet (d. 1913)
- 1844 - Richard D'Oyly Carte, English theatrical impresario (d. 1901)
- 1849 - Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)
- 1857 - George Gore, American baseball player (d. 1933)
- 1859 - Andy Adams, American author (d. 1935)
- 1860 - John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist (d. 1936)
- 1860 - Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician (d. 1940)
- 1861 - Emmett Dalton, American outlaw (d. 1937)
- 1867 - J.T. Hearne, English cricketer (d. 1944)
- 1870 - Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1948)
- 1873 - Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian general (d. 1945)
- 1874 - François Coty, French perfume manufacturer (d. 1934)
- 1874 - V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer (d. 1954)
- 1877 - Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst (d. 1925)
- 1879 - Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman (d. 1950)
- 1886 - Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (d. 1971)
- 1888 - Beulah Bondi, American actress (d. 1981)
- 1891 - Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet (d. 1969)
- 1892 - George Paget Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
- 1893 - Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor (d. 1975)
- 1895 - Cornelius Van Til, philosopher and Christian apologist (d. 1987)
- 1896 - Dodie Smith, English novelist and playwright (d. 1990)
- 1896 - Karl Allmenroder, German World War I Ace (d. 1917)
- 1898 - Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1978)
- 1901 - Gino Cervi, Italian actor (d. 1974)
- 1902 - Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
- 1905 - Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (d. 1988)
- 1905 - Sebastian Shaw, English actor (d. 1994)
- 1906 - Anna E. Roosevelt, American radio personality (d. 1975)
- 1906 - Mary Astor, Academy Award-winning American actress (d. 1987)
- 1910 - Norman Corwin, American radio pioneer
- 1912 - Virgil Fox, American organist (d. 1980)
- 1913 - William Inge, American playwright (d. 1973)
- 1915 - Stu Hart, Canadian professional wrestler and trainer (d. 2003)
- 1916 - Léopold Simoneau, French Canadian tenor (d. 2006)
- 1918 - Ted Bates, English former footballer (d. 2003)
- 1919 - Betty Comden, American lyricist (d. 2006)
- 1919 - John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (d. 2004)
- 1919 - Pete Seeger, American singer
- 1920 - John Lewis, American jazz pianist and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2001)
- 1921 - Joe Ames, American singer
- 1921 - Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989)
- 1922 - Len Shackleton, English former footballer (d. 2000)
- 1923 - Ralph Hall, American politician
- 1924 - Yehuda Amichai, Israeli poet (d. 2000)
- 1928 - Dave Dudley, American singer (d. 2003)
- 1932 - Robert Osborne, American film historian
- 1933 - James Brown, American singer and dancer (d. 2006)
- 1933 - Steven Weinberg, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1933 - Alex Cord, American actor
- 1934 - Georges Moustaki, Egyptian born Greek-French singer and songwriter
- 1934 - Henry Cooper, English boxer
- 1935 - Ron Popeil, American inventor
- 1937 - Nélida Piñon, Brazilian writer
- 1937 - Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons)
- 1938 - Chris Cannizzaro, American baseball player
- 1940 - Konrad "Conny" Plank, German record producer and musician
- 1940 - Clemens Westerhof, Dutch football manager
- 1941 - Edward "Monk" Malloy, American university president
- 1942 - Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast
- 1945 - Davey Lopes, American baseball player and coach
- 1946 - Norm Chow, American football coach
- 1946 - Silvino Francisco, South African snooker player
- 1947 - Doug Henning, Canadian magician (d. 2000)
- 1950 - Howard Ashman, American lyricist (d. 1991)
- 1951 - Christopher Cross, American musician
- 1951 - Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian writer
- 1952 - Allan Wells, British athlete
- 1954 - Gary Young, American drummer (Pavement)
- 1955 - David Hookes, Australian cricketer (d. 2004)
- 1956 - Marc Bellemare, French Canadian lawyer and politician
- 1957 - Rod Langway, American ice hockey player
- 1958 - Kevin Kilner, American actor
- 1958 - Sandi Toksvig, Danish comedian, author, and UK radio presenter
- 1959 - David Ball, English musician (Soft Cell)
- 1959 - Uma Bharati, Indian politician
- 1959 - Ben Elton, British comedian and author
- 1960 - Amy Steel, American actress
- 1961 - Steve McClaren, English football manager
- 1961 - Joe Murray, American cartoonist
- 1962 - Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder
- 1963 - Jeff Hornacek, American basketball player
- 1963 - Jamie Reeves, British strongman
- 1963 - Sally Whittaker, English actress
- 1964 - Ron Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965 - Rob Brydon, Welsh comedian
- 1966 - Peter Abbay, American actor
- 1966 - Darren Morgan, Welsh snooker player
- 1968 - Shane Minor, American singer
- 1971 - Josey Scott, American singer (Saliva)
- 1972 - Shonie Carter, American MMA fighter
- 1974 - Dulé Hill, American actor
- 1974 - Princess Haya bint Hussein of Jordan
- 1975 - Maksim Mrvica, Croatian pianist
- 1975 - Eva Santolaria, Spanish actress
- 1976 - Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player
- 1978 - Paul Banks, American vocalist (Interpol)
- 1979 - Steve Mack, American professional wrestler
- 1980 - Zuzana Ondrášková, Czech tennis player
- 1980 - Marcel Vigneron, American chef (Top Chef)
- 1981 - Farrah Franklin, American singer (former member of Destiny's Child)
- 1982 - Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-born American football player
- 1983 - Joseph Addai, American football player
- 1983 - Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer
- 1983 - Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer
- 1984 - Nam Sang-mi, South Korean actress and model
Events Saint Columbanus moves to Italy to establish the monastery of Bobbio (approximate date). ...
Heraclius Constantine, or Constantine III, was the eldest son of the Byzantine emperor Heraclius and his first wife Eudocia, born May 3, 612. ...
This is a list of Byzantine Emperors. ...
Events Founding of the city of Fostat, later Cairo, in Egypt. ...
Events Friedrich I Hohenzollern (b. ...
Cecily Neville (3 May 1415 â 31 May 1495), Duchess of York, was called the Rose of Raby (because she was born at Raby Castle in Durham, England) and Proud Cis (because of her pride and a temper that went with it). ...
Edward IV (April 28, 1442 â April 9, 1483) was King of England from March 4, 1461 to April 9, 1483, with a break of a few months in the period 1470â1471. ...
Richard III (2 October 1452 â 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death. ...
1495 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Events October 12 - English forces under Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury besiege Orléans. ...
Pedro González de Mendoza (May 3, 1428 - January 11, 1495), Spanish cardinal and statesman, was the fourth son of Ãñigo López de Mendoza, marquess of Santillana, and duke of Infantado. ...
1495 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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