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May 3, 1973 Dominique Monami, Verviers Belgium, tennis star
May 3, 1973 Michel Traveller, soccer player, Ajax
May 3, 1972 Brett Hayman, Australian rower 1996 Olympics
May 3, 1972 Josh Taves, defensive end for the New England Patriots
May 3, 1972 Vyacheslav Kozlov, Voskresensk, Russia, NHL forward, Detroit Red Wings
May 3, 1971 James Roberson, defensive end for the Tennessee Oilers
May 3, 1970 Alexia Dechaume-Ballert, La Rochelle, France, tennis star, 1992 Aust
May 3, 1970 Ted Crowley, Concord Massachusetts, U.S. hockey defenseman 1994 Olympics
May 3, 1969 Karen Kraft, San Mateo, California, rower, 1996 Olympics silver
May 3, 1968 Deborah Caprioglio, Miestre, Italy, actress, Big Game Hunter
May 3, 1968 Jay Darlington, born in London, England, keyboardist, Kula Shaker
May 3, 1966 Paul Stevenson, Victoria, Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics
May 3, 1965 John Jensen, Danish Athlete
May 3, 1964 Ron Hextall, Winnipeg, NHL goalie, Philadelphia Flyers, New York Islanders
May 3, 1963 Jeff Hornacek, NBA guard, Utah Jazz
May 3, 1962 Anthony Gilligan, Penrith NSW, Australasia golfer
May 3, 1961 David Vitter, American Politician
May 3, 1961 Joe Murray, American Artist
May 3, 1960 Jaron Lanier, American Artist
May 3, 1959 Ben Elton, London, UK, actor, Stark, Friday Night Live
May 3, 1959 David Ball, Blackpool, rock keyboardist, Soft Cell
May 3, 1958 Bill Sienkiewicz, American Artist
May 3, 1957 Cactus Moser, Montrose, Colorado, country singer, Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry
May 3, 1957 Rod Langway, Formosa, NHL defenseman, Mont Canadiens, Washington Caps
May 3, 1955 David Hookes, cricketer, dashing Australian LHB, S Aussie stalwart
May 3, 1955 Steve Jones, English pop guitarist, Sex Pistols-Mercy
May 3, 1953 Bruce Hall, Champaign, Illinois, rock bassist, Reo Speedwagon
May 3, 1953 Van McLain, rocker, Shooting Star
May 3, 1952 Allen Wells, England, 100m dash, 1980 Olympics gold
May 3, 1951 Christopher Cross, [Geppert], Texas, singer, Sailing, Arthur's Theme
May 3, 1950 Mary Hopkin, South Wales, singer, Those Were the Days
May 3, 1949 Albert Sacco, Jr., born in Boston, Massachusetts, PhD/astronaut, STS 73
May 3, 1949 Ron Wyden, Rep-D-OR, 1981-
May 3, 1947 Doug Henning, Ft. Garry Manitoba, magician, Broadway play-Magic
May 3, 1946 Greg Gumbel, sportscaster, CBS TV, WFAN
May 3, 1945 Sadiq Mohammad, cricketer, attacking Pakistan opening batsman 1969-81
May 3, 1944 Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist
May 3, 1944 Peter Staples, rocker, Troggs-Wild Thing
May 3, 1943 John Costello, historian
May 3, 1942 Lynn Farleigh, Bristol England, actress, Lovers of Their Time
May 3, 1942 Vera C slavsk -Odlozilova, Czechoslovakia, gymnast, Olympics gold 1964, 68
May 3, 1941 Nona Gaprindasvili, U.S.S.R., world women's chess champ, 1962-78
May 3, 1939 Jonathan David Harvey, English composer, Bhakti, Music of Stockhausen
May 3, 1939 Samantha Eggar, born in London, England, actress, Collector
May 3, 1937 Frankie Valli, [Castelluccio], Newark, New Jersey, singer, Four Seasons-Sherry
May 3, 1936 Engelbert Humperdinck, [Arnolde Dorsey], India, singer, EH Show
May 3, 1936 Jose Torres, U.S., boxer, Olympics
May 3, 1935 Donald P Hodel, Portland, Oregon, U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1985-89
May 3, 1934 Georg Kroll, composer
May 3, 1933 Collie Smith, cricketer, exciting WI all-rounder all too briefly
May 3, 1931 Joseph Lichtman Layton, dancer
May 3, 1930 David Evatt Tunley, composer
May 3, 1929 Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch vice-admiral
May 3, 1929 Jaharna Imam, Bangladeshi writer/political activist
May 3, 1928 James Brown, Augusta, Georgia, singer/jail bird, soul brother #1, Hot Pants
May 3, 1928 Jeanne Bal, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Pat-Love and Marriage
May 3, 1925 Nina Bara, Buenos Aires Arg, actress, Tonga-Space Patrol
May 3, 1924 Mary Carver, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Cecilia-Simon and Simon
May 3, 1923 Ralph M Hall, Rep-D-TX, 1981-
May 3, 1922 Marina Svetlova, ballerina/choreographer, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
May 3, 1921 Vasco dos Santos Goncalves, Portuguese leftist colonel
May 3, 1920 Sugar Ray Robinson, [Walter Smith], middle/welterweight boxer, champ
May 3, 1919 Betty Comden, Brooklyn, song writer, Comden and Green-Bells are Ringing
May 3, 1919 Pete Seeger, New York City, folk singer, Weaver, Goodnight Irene
May 3, 1917 James Penberthy, composer
May 3, 1916 Henry Barbosa Gonzalez, born in San Antonio, Texas, Rep-D-Tx, 1961-
May 3, 1916 Pierre Emmanuel, French poet, Sodome
May 3, 1915 Evencio Castellanos, composer
May 3, 1913 Earl Blackwell, born in Atlanta, Georgia, author, Celebrity Register
May 3, 1913 William M Inge, U.S. playwright, Picnic-Pulitzer 1953
May 3, 1912 May Sarton, American Poet
May 3, 1911 John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, trumpeter
May 3, 1910 Alceo Galliera, composer
May 3, 1909 Lee Scott, American Businessman
May 3, 1909 Tom Joyner, American Celebrity
May 3, 1907 Earl Wilson, Rockford, Ohio, columnist, Midnight Earl
May 3, 1906 Mary Astor, Quincy, Illinois, actress, Maltese Falcon, Dinky
May 3, 1905 Albrecht Luitpold G Ferdinand Michael Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria
May 3, 1905 Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor, High Season, Ace of Spades, Caste
May 3, 1904 Charles "Red" Ruffing, New York Yankee pitcher, hitter, 1930-46
May 3, 1904 John Breeden, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Salute, Madame Racketeer, Joy Street
May 3, 1904 Bill Brandt, British Photographer
May 3, 1903 Bing Crosby, born in Tacoma, Washington, singer, White Christmas, Going My Way
May 3, 1902 Hugo Friedhofer, composer
May 3, 1902 Jack Larue, New York City, actor, Lights Out, Mouthpiece, My Favorite Brunette
May 3, 1902 Seton I Miller, Chehalis, Washington, writer, Pete's Dragon, Istanbul
May 3, 1902 Walter Slezak, Vienna, actor, Bedtime for Bonzo, Inspector General
May 3, 1901 Gino Cervi, Bologna Italy, actor, Les Miserables, Naked Maja
May 3, 1899 Aline MacMahon, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, actress, Backdoor to Heaven
May 3, 1898 Golda Meir, [Meyerson], Kiev, Ukraine, 4th Israeli Prime Minister, 1969-74
May 3, 1898 Septima Poinsette Clark, civil rights activist/educator
May 3, 1897 V K Krishna Menon, India, minister of defense
May 3, 1895 Earnest Kantorowicz, German/US historian, Laudes regiae
May 3, 1895 Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author, Le petit general
May 3, 1895 Zoltan Korda, Hungarian/British director, Jungle Book, 4 Feathers
May 3, 1893 Hope Landin, Minneapolis MN
May 3, 1892 Beulah Bondi, Chicago, actress, It's a Wonderful Life
May 3, 1892 George Thomson, demonstrated electron diffraction, Nobel 1937
May 3, 1890 B Traven, writer
May 3, 1886 Marcel Dupre, French organist/composer
May 3, 1877 Karl Abraham, German Psychologist
May 3, 1876 Bert Hopkins, cricketer, Australian pace bowler of the 1900's
May 3, 1876 John Elicius Benedict B P Quick Carrington Dwyer, cricketer, Sussex
May 3, 1874 Francois Coty, Corsica, Corsican senator/perfume maker
May 3, 1873 Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St. Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs
May 3, 1873 [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author, Kvinnen og Den
May 3, 1867 Jack Hearne, cricketer, cousin of George and Alec 12 Tests for Eng
May 3, 1867 Valere-Gille, Belgian playwright, La Corbeille d'Octobre
May 3, 1859 Andy Adams, U.S. writer, Log of a Cowboy
May 3, 1849 Jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter, New York Tribune, New York Evening Sun
May 3, 1849 Jacob August Riis, Danish Journalist
May 3, 1844 Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist
May 3, 1844 Richard D'Oyly Carte, England, opera impresario, Ivanhoe
May 3, 1843 Edward Dowden, Irish Critic
May 3, 1826 Charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway, 1859-72, /poet
May 3, 1819 Nicola De Giosa, composer
May 3, 1816 Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Bvt Mjr Gen Union Army, died in 1892
May 3, 1815 Hermanus W. Witteveen, Dutch theologist
May 3, 1773 Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian traveller/nature investigator/diplomat
May 3, 1764 Elisabeth PMH, princess of France/son of king Louis XVI
May 3, 1752 Braz Francisco de Lima, composer
May 3, 1744 Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer
May 3, 1742 Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer
May 3, 1737 Friedrich Schwindl, composer
May 3, 1729 Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer
May 3, 1708 Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer
May 3, 1692 Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname, 1742-51
May 3, 1691 Carolus van der Abeele, Flemish jesuit/author, Introduction l'amour
May 3, 1649 Johann Valentin Meder, composer
May 3, 1647 John A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet, Bellone aen bant
May 3, 1535 Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer
May 3, 1514 Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal
May 3, 1469 Niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer, Prince
May 3, 1455 Joao II, the perfect, King of Portugal, 1481-95, /took in Spanish Jews
May 3, 1446 Margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie



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