This week in history
May 3rd.
Nothing landed on May 3 exactly, but 62 stories fall within the surrounding week and month.
The surrounding week
18 stories within seven days of 3 May
1 May 1901Wikipedia · "Pan-American Exposition"Pan-American Exposition & McKinley AssassinationUnited States
1 May 1898Wikipedia · "Battle of Manila Bay"Battle of Manila BayPhilippines
1 May 1893Wikipedia · "World's Columbian Exposition"World's Columbian Exposition OpensUnited States
5 May 1912Wikipedia · "1912 Summer Olympics"1912 Stockholm Summer OlympicsSweden
6 May 1937Wikipedia · "Hindenburg disaster"Hindenburg DisasterUnited States
7 May 1915Unknown author Unknown author · via WikipediaSinking of RMS LusitaniaOff the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland
8 May 1973Wikipedia · "Wounded Knee Occupation"Wounded Knee OccupationUnited States
8 May 1945Wikipedia · "Victory in Europe Day"V-E Day (German surrender)Germany
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10 May 1940Wikipedia · "Battle of France"Battle of France & Nazi InvasionFrance
10 May 1857Wikipedia · "Indian Rebellion of 1857"Indian RebellionIndia
27 April 1992Wikipedia · "Breakup of Yugoslavia"Dissolution of Yugoslavia BeginsYugoslavia
27 April 1937Wikipedia · "Bombing of Guernica"Guernica BombingSpain
27 April 1859Wikipedia · "Second Italian War of Independence"Second Italian War of IndependenceItaly
28 April 1925Wikipedia · "International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts"Exposition Internationale des Arts DécoratifsFrance
29 April 1992Wikipedia · "1992 Los Angeles riots"1992 Los Angeles RiotsUnited States
30 April 1975"Independence Palace or Reunification Palace" by Clay Gilliland is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.Fall of Saigon & Vietnam War EndsVietnam
30 April 1803Wikipedia · "Louisiana Purchase"Louisiana PurchaseUnited States
30 April 1707Wikipedia · "Acts of Union 1707"Act of Union with ScotlandEngland
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11 May 1745Wikipedia · "Battle of Fontenoy"Battle of FontenoyBelgium
12 May 1937Wikipedia · "Coronation of George VI and Elizabeth"Coronation of King George VIUnited Kingdom
16 May 1966Wikipedia · "Cultural Revolution"China's Cultural Revolution BeginsChina
17 May 1954"The History Behind Obama" by Tony Fischer Photography is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/.Brown v. Board of Education DecisionUnited States- 18 May 1896Battle of Plessy v. Ferguson DecisionUnited States
18 May 1863Wikipedia · "Siege of Vicksburg"Siege of VicksburgUnited States
19 May 2012Wikipedia · "2012"2012 Deir ez-Zor bombing
19 May 1993Wikipedia · "SAM Colombia Flight 501"SAM Colombia Flight 501
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20 May 1983Wikipedia · "Church Street Station"Church Street, Pretoria bombing
20 May 1980Wikipedia · "1980"1980 Quebec referendum
20 May 1928Wikipedia · "1928 German federal election"German Federal Election 1928Germany
20 May 1883Wikipedia · "1883 eruption of Krakatoa"Eruption of KrakatoaIndonesia
20 May 1631Wikipedia · "Sack of Magdeburg"Sack of MagdeburgGermany
22 May 2021Wikipedia · "Gansu ultramarathon disaster"Gansu ultramarathon disaster
22 May 2020Wikipedia · "Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303"Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303
22 May 2010Wikipedia · "Air India Express Flight 812"Air India Express Flight 812Coordinates
23 May 2021Wikipedia · "Stresa–Mottarone cable car crash"Stresa–Mottarone cable car crash
23 May 2014Wikipedia · "Isla Vista attacks"2014 Isla Vista attacksCoordinates23 May 1997sina drakhshani on UnsplashIran's 1997 Presidential ElectionIran
23 May 1618Wikipedia · "Defenestrations of Prague"Defenestration of PragueBohemia
24 May 2019Wikipedia · "2019"2019 Surat fire
24 May 2014Wikipedia · "Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting"Jewish Museum of Belgium shootingCoordinates
24 May 2002Wikipedia · "Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty"Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty
25 May 2020"BLM (52091681973)" by Chad Davis from Minneapolis, United States is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.George Floyd Murder and BLM UprisingUnited States
26 May 1851Wikipedia · "London 1851 chess tournament"First International Chess TournamentUnited Kingdom
27 May 1918Wikipedia · "Second Battle of the Marne"Second Battle of the MarneFrance
28 May 2013Wikipedia · "Gezi Park protests"Gezi Park protests
28 May 2012Wikipedia · "Arkankergen massacre"Arkankergen massacreCoordinates
28 May 1905Wikipedia · "Battle of Tsushima"Battle of TsushimaRussia
29 May 2022Wikipedia · "2022 Colombian presidential election"Colombian Presidential ElectionColombia
29 May 1985Wikipedia · "King Baudouin Stadium"Heysel Stadium DisasterBelgium
30 May 1857Wikipedia · "Siege of Lucknow"Lucknow Siege ReliefIndia
30 May 1381Wikipedia · "Peasants' Revolt"Peasants' RevoltUnited Kingdom
31 May 1970Wikipedia · "1970 FIFA World Cup"1970 FIFA World Cup in MexicoMexico
31 May 1916Wikipedia · "Battle of Jutland"Battle of JutlandUnited Kingdom
31 May 1889Wikipedia · "Johnstown Flood"Johnstown Flood DisasterUnited States
Also in May
2 stories we can place in May, but not on a day
