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May 3rd

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World Press Freedom Day

UNESCO observance on May 3 raising awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and reminding governments of their duty to uphold it.

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600 Notable birthdays

Jonas Kamper

Danish footballer.

Born May 3rd, 1983 (age 43 years) in Nørre Alslev.

Nikola Uzunović

Prime minister of yugoslavia (1873-1954).

Born May 3rd, 1873 in Niš.

Died July 19th, 1954 at 81 years old in Belgrade.

Yemi Mary John

British athlete.

Born May 3rd, 2003 (age 23 years) in London.

Aryeh Dvoretzky

Israeli mathematician (1916–2008).

Born May 3rd, 1916 in Khorol.

Died May 8th, 2008 at 92 years old in Jerusalem.

Joe Hall

Canadian ice hockey player (1881-1919).

Born May 3rd, 1881 in Staffordshire.

Died April 5th, 1919 at 37 years old in Seattle (1918–1920 flu pandemic, influenza).

Maria Itkina

Soviet sprinter (1932–2020).

Born May 3rd, 1932 in Roslavl.

Died December 1st, 2020 at 88 years old in Minsk. [ref]

Boy Hayje

Dutch racing driver.

Born May 3rd, 1949 (age 77 years) in Amsterdam.

Tony Wegas

Austrian singer-actor.

Born May 3rd, 1965 (age 61 years) in Oberschützen.

Wilhelm Stieber

Prussian politician (1818–1882).

Born May 3rd, 1818 in Merseburg.

Died January 29th, 1882 at 63 years old in Berlin.

Alexander Ogando

Dominican athletics competitor.

Born May 3rd, 2000 (age 26 years) in San Juan de la Maguana.

Richard Magyar

Swedish footballer.

Born May 3rd, 1991 (age 35 years) in Malmö.

Pierre Emmanuel

French poet (1916–1984).

Born May 3rd, 1916 in Gan.

Died September 22nd, 1984 at 68 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.

Kostas Genidounias

Water polo player.

Born May 3rd, 1993 (age 33 years) in Athens.

Léopold Simoneau

Canadian opera singer (1916–2006).

Born May 3rd, 1916 in Saint-Flavien.

Died August 24th, 2006 at 90 years old in Victoria. [ref]

Dai Tamesue

Japanese sprinter, hurdler.

Born May 3rd, 1978 (age 48 years) in Hiroshima.

Malcolm Ross

Australian linguist.

Born May 3rd, 1942 (age 84 years) in London.

Takanori Sugeno

Japanese association football player.

Born May 3rd, 1984 (age 42 years) in Fujimi.

Stéphanie Foretz

French tennis player.

Born May 3rd, 1981 (age 45 years) in Issy-les-Moulineaux.

Aleksander Sochaczewski

Polish painter (1843-1923).

Born May 3rd, 1843 in Iłów.

Died June 15th, 1923 at 80 years old in Biedermannsdorf.

Adrien Dipanda

French handball player.

Born May 3rd, 1988 (age 38 years) in Dijon.

Miro Gavran

Contemporary croatian writer of short stories, fiction and drama.

Born May 3rd, 1961 (age 65 years) in Trnava, Gornji Bogićevci.

Senbere Teferi

Ethiopian distance runner.

Born May 3rd, 1995 (age 31 years) in Jijiga.

Oleg Ostapenko

Russian general and former space forces commander.

Born May 3rd, 1957 (age 69 years) in Pokoshychi.

René Huyghe

French art historian (1906-1997).

Born May 3rd, 1906 in Arras.

Died February 5th, 1997 at 90 years old in Paris.

Svetlana Osipova

Uzbekistani taekwondo practitioner.

Born May 3rd, 2000 (age 26 years) in Chirchiq. [ref]

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