Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: May 3
May 3, 2024 is the 124th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 242 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Emerald is your modern birthstone. Sapphire is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: May 3
- 1808 –Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill.
- 1830 –The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened. It is the first steam hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.
- 1860 –Charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
- 1921 –West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to issues surrounding its enforcement.
- 1928 –Japanese atrocities in Jinan, China.
- 1945 –World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay.
- 1952 –The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time on the CBS network.
- 1957 –Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn, New York, to Los Angeles, California.
- 1978 –The first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (which would later become known as “spam”) is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
- 2003 –New Hampshire’s famous Old Man of the Mountain collapses.
Who were born on May 3?
- 1446 –Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)
- 1887 –Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (d. 1954)
- 1896 –Karl Allmenroder, German World War I Flying ace (d. 1917)
- 1912 –Virgil Fox, American organist (d. 1980)
- 1917 –Betty Comden, American lyricist (d. 2006)
- 1935 –Ron Popeil, American inventor
- 1959 –David Ball, English musician (Soft Cell)
- 1968 –Shane Minor, American singer
- 1974 –Peter Everitt, Australian football player
- 1983 –Joseph Addai, American football player
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