| 495 | Pope Gelasius asserts that his authority is superior to Emperor Enanstasius. | |
| 1568 | French forces in Florida slaughter hundreds of Spanish. | |
| 1855 | Macon B. Allen becomes the first African American to be admitted to the Bar in Massachusetts. | |
| 1859 | France declares war on Austria. | |
| 1863 | The Battle of Chancellorsville rages for a second day. | |
| 1865 | President Lincoln's funeral train arrives in Springfield, Illinois. | |
| 1926 | U.S. Marines land in Nicaragua. | |
| 1952 | The first airplane lands at the geographic North Pole. | |
| 1968 | After three days of battle, the U.S. Marines retake Dai Do complex in Vietnam, only to find the North Vietnamese have evacuated the area. | |
| 1971 | James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King's assassin, is caught in a jail break attempt. | |
| 1979 | Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman prime minister of Great Britain. | |
| 1982 | A British submarine sinks Argentina's only cruiser during the Falkland Islands War. |
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Today in History
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