Solar eclipse, May 3, 1375 B.C http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53565369/solar-eclipse-may-3-1375-bc/A total solar eclipse occurred on May 3, 1715. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t35632950/edmund-halleys-total-solar-eclipse/A total lunar eclipse took place on May 3, 1920. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1920_lunar_eclipse
The University of Athens was established in 1837http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t42635067/university-of-athens/
The 1481 Rhodes earthquake occurred at 3:00 in the morning on 3 May.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48987063/1481-rhodes-earthquake/On 3 May 1887, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake rippled across Sonora, Mexicohttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43605365/1887-sonora-earthquake/The 1999 Bridge Creek - Moore tornado was an extremely powerful F5 tornado http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48987165/1999-bridge-creek-moore-tornado/
The Old Man of the Mountain, was a series of five granite cliff ledges on Cannon Mountain http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48987038/the-old-man-of-the-mountain/On this day in 1494, Christopher Columbus, on his second voyage to the New World, sights land that will be called the island of Jamaica.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus#Second_voyage
Sinking of the prison ship SS Cap Arcona on 1945http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap_Arcona
The first launch, of the Viking 1 sounding rocket, on 3 May 1949 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_(rocket)#Flight_history
Steven Weinberg (born May 3, 1933) is an American theoretical physicist http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48986997/steven-weinberg/Sir George Paget Thomson, FRS (3 May 1892 - 10 September 1975) was an English physicisthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Paget_ThomsonAlfred Kastler (May 3, 1902 - January 7, 1984) was a French physicist, and Nobel Prize laureate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_KastlerVito Volterra (3 May 1860 - 11 October 1940) was an Italian mathematician and physicisthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vito_VolterraJames Stanley Hey FRS (3 May 1909 - 27 February 2000) was an English physicist and radio astronomer.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stanley_Hey
Don Yeomans is a JPL Fellow and a Senior Research Scientist.https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/people/yeomansd
On May 3rd, 1937, Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for 'Gone with the Wind' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind#Publication_and_reprintings_.281936-USA.29In Flanders fields was written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae in May 1915http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48987004/in-flanders-fields/El tres de mayo de 1808 en Madrid, is a painting completed in 1814 by the Spanish painter Francisco Goya http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_of_May_1808
NGC 4719 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 3rd May 1785.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57469425/ngc-4719/NGC 5233 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 3rd May 1785.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57469429/ngc-5233NGC 5272 was discovered by Charles-Joseph Messier on the 3rd May 1764.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t13455667/messier-3/NGC 6221 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 3rd May 1835.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57469458/ngc-6221/
MPEC 2005-J13: Twelve New Satellites of Saturn May 3, 2005http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/mpec/K05/K05J13.html
The Type Ia supernova iPTF14atg was discovered on the 3rd May 2014http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t60236840/iptf14atg/
Comet 41P/TuttleGiacobiniKresák was discovered by Horace Parnell Tuttle on May 3, 1858https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/41P/Tuttle%E2%80%93Giacobini%E2%80%93Kres%C3%A1k
Asteroid (277) Elvira was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 3, 1888 in Nice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/277_Elvira
MeteoritesThe Chaves (Howardite) meteorite fell in Vila Real, Portugal, on the 3rd May, 1925.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48987000/chaves-meteorite/The Mike (L6) meteorite fell in Somogy, Hungary, on the 3rd May, 1944.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48987002/mike-meteorite/