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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.

international Observed May 3 each year.

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601 Notable birthdays

Carlo Rovelli

Italian physicist.

Born May 3rd, 1956 (age 70 years) in Verona.

Mary Lambert

American singer-songwriter and poet.

Born May 3rd, 1989 (age 37 years) in Seattle.

Aleksandar Pavlović

German footballer (born 2004).

Born May 3rd, 2004 (age 22 years) in Munich.

Gina McCarthy

American government official.

Born May 3rd, 1954 (age 72 years) in Boston.

Douglas Carswell

British politician (born 1971).

Born May 3rd, 1971 (age 55 years) in Africa.

Kevin Kilner

American television and film actor (born 1958).

Born May 3rd, 1958 (age 68 years) in Baltimore.

Richard Cordray

American lawyer and politician.

Born May 3rd, 1959 (age 67 years) in Columbus.

Michael Sandel

American political philosopher.

Born May 3rd, 1953 (age 73 years) in Minneapolis.

Walter Slezak

Austrian-born actor (1902–1983).

Born May 3rd, 1902 in United States, Vienna. [ref]

Died April 22nd, 1983 at 80 years old in New York City (gunshot wound). [ref]

Dodie Smith

English children's novelist and playwright (1896–1990).

Born May 3rd, 1896 in Whitefield.

Died November 24th, 1990 at 94 years old in Finchingfield.

Achala Sachdev

Indian actress (1920-2012).

Born May 3rd, 1920 in Peshawar.

Died April 30th, 2012 at 91 years old in Pune.

Michael Reiziger

Dutch footballer.

Born May 3rd, 1973 (age 53 years) in Amstelveen.

Luce Irigaray

Belgian-born french feminist, philosopher, linguist, psycholinguist, psychoanalyst and cultural theorist (born 1930).

Born May 3rd, 1930 (age 96 years) in Blaton.

Věra Čáslavská

Czechoslovak sports official, artistic gymnast and coach (1942–2016).

Born May 3rd, 1942 in Prague. [ref]

Died August 30th, 2016 at 74 years old in Prague (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Duke Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria

Head of the house of wittlesbach (1955-1996).

Born May 3rd, 1905 in Munich.

Died July 8th, 1996 at 91 years old in Starnberg, Castle Berg.

Nona Gaprindashvili

Soviet chess player.

Born May 3rd, 1941 (age 85 years) in Zugdidi.

Myriam Fares

Lebanese musician, actress, and dancer.

Born May 3rd, 1983 (age 43 years) in Kfar Chellal.

Nam Sang-mi

South korean actress.

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

Rea Garvey

Irish singer, songwriter, record producer and guitarist.

Born May 3rd, 1973 (age 53 years) in Tralee.

Joe Murray

American animator.

Born May 3rd, 1961 (age 65 years) in San Jose.

Amy Steel

American actress.

Born May 3rd, 1960 (age 66 years) in Pennsylvania.

Wilmer McLean

American businessman, involved in the american civil war (1814-1882).

Born May 3rd, 1814 in Manassas.

Died June 5th, 1882 at 68 years old in Alexandria.

Bernhard von Bülow

German and prussian politician (1849–1929).

Born May 3rd, 1849 in Klein Flottbek.

Died October 28th, 1929 at 80 years old in Rome (disease).

James Pattinson

Australian cricketer.

Born May 3rd, 1990 (age 36 years) in Melbourne.

Franz Kline

American painter (1910-1962).

Born May 3rd, 1910 in Wilkes-Barre.

Died May 3rd, 1962 at 52 years old in New York City.

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