May 3

Today in History
• 1494 - Jamaica discovered by Columbus; he names it "St. Iago"
• 1512 - Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateran in Rome
• 1515 - Persian Gulf: Portugese fleet occupies Ormuz
• 1654 - Bridge at Rowley, Mass. begins charging tolls for animals
• 1662 - Royal charter granted to Connecticut
• 1765 - 1st North American medical college opens in Philadelphia
• 1830 - 1st regular steam train passenger service starts
• 1921 - West Virginia imposes 1st state sales tax


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• AAPI Women's Equal Pay Day
• Constitution Memorial Day
• Cross Day (El Salvador)
• National Justice Day
• National Montana Day
• National Skilled Trades Day
• Sun Day
• World Press Freedom Day

Birthdays
• 0612 - Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor
• 1445 - Joao II, the perfect, King of Portugal, 1481 - 1495, took in Spanish Jews
• 1446 - Margaret of York [Margaret of Burgundy], English wife of Charles I
• 1692 - Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname, 1742-51
• 1764 - Elisabeth PMH, princess of France/son of king Louis XVI
• 1826 - Charles XV, King of Sweden and Norway (1859-72)
• 1874 - François Coty, French perfume manufacturer
• 1898 - Golda Meir, Meyerson, Kiev, Ukraine, 4th Israeli Prime Minister, 1969-74