* Astronomy

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RE: May 3rd

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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, Mexico
http://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/

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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 1945
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap_Arcona

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The first launch, of the Viking 1 sounding rocket, on 3 May 1949
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_(rocket)#Flight_history

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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 physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Paget_Thomson

Alfred Kastler (May 3, 1902 - January 7, 1984) was a French physicist, and Nobel Prize laureate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Kastler

Vito Volterra (3 May 1860 - 11 October 1940) was an Italian mathematician and physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vito_Volterra

James 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

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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.29

In Flanders fields was written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae in May 1915
http://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

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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-5233

NGC 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/

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MPEC 2005-J13: Twelve New Satellites of Saturn May 3, 2005
http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/mpec/K05/K05J13.html

The Type Ia supernova iPTF14atg was discovered on the 3rd May 2014
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t60236840/iptf14atg/

Comet 41P/TuttleGiacobiniKresák was discovered by Horace Parnell Tuttle on May 3, 1858
https://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

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Meteorites

The 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/