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, 2025 is the 123rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 242 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Saturday.
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 –Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia.
- 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.
- 1901 –The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
- 1915 –The poem In Flanders Fields is written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.
- 1916 –The leaders of the Easter Rising are executed in Dublin.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1973 –The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1.451 feet as the world’s tallest building.
- 2000 –The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
Who were born on May 3?
- 1888 –Beulah Bondi, American actress (d. 1981)
- 1919 –John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (d. 2004)
- 1940 –Konrad “Conny” Plank, German record producer and musician
- 1947 –Doug Henning, Canadian magician (d. 2000)
- 1952 –Caitlin Clarke. American actress (d. 2004)
- 1958 –Kevin Kilner, American actor
- 1962 –Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder
- 1973 –Brad Martin, American musician
- 1975 –Christina Hendricks, American actress
- 1975 –Dulé Hill, American actor
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