Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/May 3
Births[edit]
- 1469 - Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (d. 1527) (pictured)
- 1768 - Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (d. 1838)
- 1849 - Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)
- 1898 - Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1978)
- 1913 - William Inge, American playwright (d. 1973)
- 1933 - James Brown, American singer (d. 2006)
- 1934 - Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons)
Deaths[edit]
- 1152 - Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105)
- 1481 - Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)
- 1969 - Zakir Husain, 3rd President of India, (b. 1897)
- 1992 - George Murphy, American dancer, actor and politician (b. 1902)