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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 |