On May 3, 1971, anti-war protesters calling themselves the Mayday Tribe began four days of demonstrations in Washington, D.C., aimed at shutting down the nation's capital.
Go to article » On May 3, 1898, Golda Meir, the fourth prime minister of the State of Israel, was born. Following her death on Dec. 8, 1978, her obituary appeared in The Times.
On This Date
| 1802 | Washington, D.C., was incorporated. |
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| 1898 | Israeli founder and prime minister Golda Meir was born Goldie Mabovitch in Kiev, Ukraine. |
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| 1921 | West Virginia imposed the first state sales tax. |
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| 1936 | Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio made his major league debut with the New York Yankees. |
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| 1937 | Margaret Mitchell won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel "Gone with the Wind." |
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| 1948 | The Supreme Court ruled that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities were legally unenforceable. |
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| 1960 | The musical "The Fantasticks" opened off-Broadway, beginning a record run of nearly 42 years and 17,162 performances. |
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| 1971 | Anti-war protesters began four days of demonstrations in Washington, D.C. |
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| 1971 | The National Public Radio program "All Things Considered" made its debut. |
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| 1988 | The White House acknowledged that first lady Nancy Reagan had used astrological advice to help schedule President Ronald Reagan's activities. |
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| 2001 | The United States lost its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947. |
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| 2005 | Iraq's first democratically elected government was sworn in. |
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| 2007 | Astronaut Wally Schirra died at age 84. |
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| 2010 | Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad was apprehended aboard a flight preparing to depart New York for Dubai. |
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Current Birthdays
Dancer Cheryl Burke ("Dancing with the Stars") turns 27 years old today.
AP Photo/Dan SteinbergIndianapolis Colts running back Joseph Addai turns 28 years old today.
AP Photo/Darron Cummings
| 1919 | Pete Seeger, Folk singer, turns 92 |
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| 1926 | Ann B. Davis, Actress ("The Brady Bunch"), turns 85 |
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| 1934 | Frankie Valli, Singer (The Four Seasons), turns 77 |
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| 1942 | C.L. "Butch" Otter, Governor of Idaho, turns 69 |
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| 1943 | Jim Risch, U.S. senator, R-Idaho, turns 68 |
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| 1946 | Greg Gumbel, Sports announcer, turns 65 |
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| 1949 | Ron Wyden, U.S. senator, D-Ore., turns 62 |
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| 1951 | Christopher Cross, Singer, turns 60 |
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| 1961 | David Vitter, U.S. senator, R-La., turns 50 |
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| 1970 | Bobby Cannavale, Actor, turns 41 |
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| 1975 | Dule' Hill, Actor ("Psych," "The West Wing"), turns 36 |
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Historic Birthdays
Golda Meir5/3/1898 - 12/8/1978Russian-born Zionist; fourth prime minister of Israel.Go to obituary »
| 58 | Niccolo Machiavelli 5/3/1469 - 6/21/1527
Italian writer, statesman and political theorist |
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| 56 | Richard D'Oyly Carte 5/3/1844 - 4/3/1901
English impresario; founded the Savoy Theatre |
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| 84 | E. W. Howe 5/3/1853 - 10/3/1937
American editor, essayist and novelist |
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| 80 | Vito Volterra 5/3/1860 - 10/11/1940
Italian mathematician |
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| 85 | Marcel Dupre 5/3/1886 - 5/30/1971
French organ virtuoso and influential teacher |
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| 83 | Sir George Paget Thomson 5/3/1892 - 9/10/1975
English Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1937) |
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| 89 | Septima P. Clark 5/3/1898 - 12/15/1987
American educator and civil rights activist |
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| 74 | Bing Crosby 5/3/1903 - 10/14/1977
American singer, actor and songwriter |
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| 83 | May Sarton 5/3/1912 - 7/16/1995
American poet, novelist and essayist |
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| 60 | William Inge 5/3/1913 - 6/10/1973
American playwright; awarded Pulitzer Prize for "Picnic" in 1953 |
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| 67 | Sugar Ray Robinson 5/3/1921 - 4/12/1989
American boxer; world champion six times between 1946 and 1960 |
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