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
- 1491 –Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I.
- 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.
- 1837 –The University of Athens is founded in Athens, Greece.
- 1877 –Labatt Park, the oldest continually operating baseball grounds in the world has its first game.
- 1901 –The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
- 1947 –New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
- 1948 –The U.S. Supreme Court rules, in Shelley v. Kraemer, that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.
- 1957 –Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn, New York, to Los Angeles, California.
- 2002 –A military MiG-21 aircraft crashes into the Bank of Rajasthan in India, killing eight.
Who were born on May 3?
- 612 –Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641)
- 1814 –Sir Adams George Archibald, Canadian Father of the Confederation (d. 1892)
- 1887 –Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (d. 1954)
- 1891 –Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet (d. 1969)
- 1896 –Karl Allmenroder, German World War I Flying ace (d. 1917)
- 1906 –Mary Astor, Academy Award-winning American actress (d. 1987)
- 1959 –Ben Elton, British comedian and author
- 1959 –Uma Bharati, Indian politician
- 1978 –Autumn Phillips, member of the British royal family
- 1979 –Steve Mack, American professional wrestler
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