On this day: May 3
Events
Free City of KrakówMay 3, 1815 – November 6, 1846 · World History
Battle of TolentinoMay 3, 1815 · Wars & Conflicts- Release of RocksMay 3, 1976 · Music
1979 United Kingdom general electionMay 3, 1979 · Politics
Founding of DellMay 3, 1984 · Companies
Operation FlashMay 3, 1995 · Wars & Conflicts
operation sindorMay 3, 1999 – July 26, 1999 · Wars & Conflicts
Release of Oops!… I Did It AgainMay 3, 2000 · Music- Release of UnbreakableMay 3, 2004 · Music
- Release of Forza MotorsportMay 3, 2005 · Gaming
- Release of From Under the Cork TreeMay 3, 2005 · Music
- Release of CrossfireMay 3, 2007 · Gaming
Founding of ByteDanceMay 3, 2016 · Companies- Release of SobiborMay 3, 2018 · Film
Release of Radical OptimismMay 3, 2024 · Music
Born on this day
Niccolò MachiavelliMay 3, 1469 – June 21, 1527 · Culture
Lorenzo LippiMay 3, 1606 – April 14, 1665 · Art
Matthäus Daniel PöppelmannMay 3, 1662 – January 17, 1736 · Culture
Henri PitotMay 3, 1695 – December 27, 1771 · Technology
Giuseppe AcerbiMay 3, 1773 – August 25, 1846 · Exploration
Élie MetchnikoffMay 3, 1845 – July 2, 1916 · Technology
Jan CzerskiMay 3, 1845 – June 25, 1892 · Exploration
Viktor VasnetsovMay 3, 1848 – July 23, 1926 · Culture
Bertha BenzMay 3, 1849 – May 5, 1944 · Technology
Vito VolterraMay 3, 1860 – October 11, 1940 · Science
John Scott HaldaneMay 3, 1860 – March 15, 1936 · Technology
Park Jung-yangMay 3, 1872 – April 23, 1959 · Culture
Vagn Walfrid EkmanMay 3, 1874 – March 9, 1954 · Science
Karl AbrahamMay 3, 1877 – December 25, 1925 · Culture
Marcel DupréMay 3, 1886 – May 30, 1971 · Music
George Paget ThomsonMay 3, 1892 – September 10, 1975 · Science
Alfred KastlerMay 3, 1902 – January 7, 1984 · Science
Bing CrosbyMay 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977 · Music- Georges PolitzerMay 3, 1903 – May 23, 1942 · Culture
Leopoldo TriesteMay 3, 1917 – January 2003 · Film
Pete SeegerMay 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014 · Music
John LewisMay 3, 1920 – March 29, 2001 · Music
Isadore SingerMay 3, 1924 – February 11, 2021 · Science- Luce IrigarayMay 3, 1930 – present · Culture
Aldo RossiMay 3, 1931 – September 4, 1997 · Culture
Edith BruckMay 3, 1931 – present · Film
James BrownMay 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006 · Music
Steven WeinbergMay 3, 1933 – July 23, 2021 · Science
Georges MoustakiMay 3, 1934 – May 23, 2013 · Art
David KochMay 3, 1940 – August 23, 2019 · Science
Jeffrey C. HallMay 3, 1945 – present · Science- Kensō SoaiMay 3, 1950 – present · Science
Christopher CrossMay 3, 1951 – present · Music
Carlo RovelliMay 3, 1956 – present · Science
Ben EltonMay 3, 1959 – present · Film
Dave BallMay 3, 1959 – October 22, 2025 · Music
Jaron LanierMay 3, 1960 – present · Culture
Nina PaleyMay 3, 1968 – present · Film
Joseph KosinskiMay 3, 1974 – present · Film
Alexander GerstMay 3, 1976 – present · Space
Paul BanksMay 3, 1978 – present · Music
Genevieve NnajiMay 3, 1979 – present · Film
Rebecca HallMay 3, 1982 – present · Film
Myriam FaresMay 3, 1983 – present · Film
Loral O'HaraMay 3, 1983 – present · Space
Danila KozlovskyMay 3, 1985 – present · Film
Michael KiwanukaMay 3, 1988 – present · Music