[[05-02]] | [[05-04]] ## Events - [[1.1469-05-03 - Niccolo Machiavelli born]] - [[1.1715-05-03 - Total solar eclipse visible across northern Europe and Asia]] - [[1.1729-05-03 - Florian Leopold Gassman born]] - [[1.1802-05-03 - Washington, D.C. incorporated as a city]] - [[1.1837-05-03 - University of Athens founded]] - [[1.1856-05-03 - Adolphe Adam died]] - [[1.1886-05-03 - Marcel Dupre born]] - [[1.1901-05-03 - Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville]] - [[1.1903-05-03 - Bing Crosby born]] - [[1.1919-05-03 - Pete Seeger born]] - [[1.1921-05-03 - Ireland partitioned under British Law by the Government of Ireland Act 1920]] - [[1.1921-05-03 - West Virginia becomes first state to legislate broad sales tax]] - [[1.1940-05-03 - David Koch born]] - [[1.1947-05-03 - Japanese post-war constitution goes into effect]] - [[1.1949-05-03 - Ron Wyden born]] - [[1.1952-05-03 - Kentucky Derby televised nationally for first time]] - [[1.1978-05-03 - First spam email sent]] - [[1.1979-05-03 - Margaret Thatcher wins UK general election]] - [[1.2001-05-03 - U.S. loses seat on U.N. Human Rights Commission for first time]] -