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3 May 2021
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
United Nations
World Press Freedom DaySelected anniversaries
Anniversary
2021 - An elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapsed, killing 26 people and injuring 98 others.Rapid transit system in Mexico City
Anniversary
2007 - Three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal; she has never been found.Unsolved 2007 missing-person case
Anniversary
1999 - The Kargil War initiates when Indian forces detected the infiltration of Pakistani forces in Indian-administered Kargil, a city in Jammu and Kashmir.1999 conflict between India and Pakistan
Anniversary
1999 - A Doppler on Wheels team measured the fastest winds recorded on Earth, at 143.6 m/s (321 mph; 517 km/h), in a tornado near Bridge Creek, Oklahoma.Fleet of truck-mounted weather radars
Anniversary
1971 - Erich Honecker became First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the governing party of East Germany.Leader of East Germany, 1971–1989
Historical events
History
2023 - Nine students and a security guard are killed in the Belgrade school shooting, the first attack of its kind in Serbia.2023 mass shooting in Serbia
History
2023 - Ethnic violence breaks out between the Meitei and the Kuki Zo people in the state of Manipur.Ongoing ethnic conflict in Manipur, Northeast India
History
2021 - Twenty-six people are killed and ninety-eight are injured after an elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapses.Rapid transit system in Mexico City
History
2016 - Eighty-eight thousand people are evacuated from their homes in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada as a wildfire rips through the community, destroying approximately 2,400 homes and buildings.Place in Alberta, Canada
History
2015 - Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting.Failed terrorist attack in Texas, U.S.
History
2007 - The three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappears in Praia da Luz, Portugal, starting "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history".Unsolved 2007 missing-person case
History
2006 - Armavia Flight 967 crashes into the Black Sea near Sochi International Airport in Sochi, Russia, killing 113 people.2006 aviation accident in the Black Sea
History
2001 - The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.Defunct functional commission of the United Nations
History
2000 - The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.Outdoor recreational activity
History
1999 - The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 484 ± 32 kilometres per hour (301 ± 20 mph). In meteorology, the term "May 3" is synonymous with the F5 tornado.Capital city of Oklahoma, United States
Notable births
Born
2001 - Rachel Zegler, American actress and singerAmerican actress and singer (born 2001)
Born
1999 - Ella Langley, American singer-songwriterAmerican country singer (born 1999)
Born
1997 - Dwayne Haskins, American football player (died 2022)American football player (1997–2022)
Notable deaths
Died
2024 - Dick Rutan, American military aviator and officer (born 1938)Aviation pioneer (1938–2024)
Died
2021 - Lloyd Price, American R&B vocalist (born 1933)American rock and roll singer (1933–2021)
Died
2020 - Victoria Barbă, Moldovan animated film director (born 1926)Moldovan film director (1926–2020)
Died
2020 - Dave Greenfield, English rock keyboardist (born 1949)English rock keyboardist (1949–2020)
Died
2017 - Daliah Lavi, Israeli actress, singer and model (born 1942)Israeli actress, singer and model (1942–2017)
Died
2016 - Ian Deans, Canadian politician (born 1937)Canadian politician (1937–2016)
Died
2016 - Jadranka Stojaković, Yugoslav singer-songwriter (born 1950)Musical artist
Died
2015 - Revaz Chkheidze, Georgian director and screenwriter (born 1926)Georgian film director
Sky
Moon phase
Last Quarter
60.1% illuminated
Lunar age: 21.2 days
Sun zodiac
Taurus
13.27 degrees
Constellation: Aries
Moon zodiac
Aquarius
9.25 degrees
Constellation: Capricornus
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.