What happened on May 3 ?

612 - Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641)

1415 - Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495)

1428 - Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)

1446 - Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)

1469 - Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (d. 1527)

1662 - Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (d. 1736)

1695 - Henri Pitot, French engineer (d. 1771)

1713 - Alexis Clairault, French mathematician (d. 1765)

1761 - August von Kotzebue, German dramatist (d. 1819)

1826 - Charles, Crown Prince of Sweden-Norway (d. 1872)

1835 - Alfred Austin, English poet (d. 1913)

1844 - Richard D'Oyly Carte, English theatrical impresario (d. 1901)

1849 - Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)

1859 - Andy Adams, American author (d. 1935)

1860 - John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist (d. 1936)

1860 - Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician (d. 1940)

1861 - Emmett Dalton, American outlaw (d. 1937)

1867 - J.T. Hearne, English cricketer (d. 1944)

1873 - Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian general (d. 1945)

1874 - François Coty, French perfume manufacturer (d. 1934)

1874 - V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer (d. 1954)

1877 - Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst (d. 1925)

1886 - Marcel Dupré, French composer (d. 1971)

1888 - Beulah Bondi, American actress (d. 1981)

1891 - Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet (d. 1969)

1892 - George Paget Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)

1893 - Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor (d. 1975)

1895 - Cornelius Van Til, philosopher and Christian apologist (d. 1987)

1898 - Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1978)

1902 - Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)

1903 - Bing Crosby, American singer (d. 1977)

1905 - Sebastian Shaw, English actor (d. 1994)

1906 - Anna E. Roosevelt, American radio personality (d. 1975)

1906 - Mary Astor, American actress (d. 1987)

1912 - Virgil Fox, American organist (d. 1980)

1913 - William Inge, American playwright (d. 1973)

1915 - Stu Hart, Canadian professional wrestler and trainer (d. 2003)

1919 - Betty Comden, American lyricist

1919 - John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (d. 2004)

1919 - Pete Seeger, American folk singer

1921 - Joe Ames, American singer

1921 - Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989)

1923 - Ralph Hall, American politician

1928 - Dave Dudley, American singer (d. 2003)

1932 - Robert Osborne, American film historian

1933 - James Brown, American singer

1933 - Steven Weinberg, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1935 - Ron Popeil, American inventor

1937 - Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons)

1941 - Edward "Monk" Malloy, Former University of Notre Dame President

1942 - V?ra ?áslavská, Czech gymnast

1945 - Davey Lopes, baseball player and coach

1946 - Silvino Francisco, South African snooker player

1947 - Doug Henning, Canadian magician (d. 2000)

1950 - Howard Ashman, American lyricist (d. 1991)

1950 - Mary Hopkin, Welsh singer

1951 - Christopher Cross, American musician

1951 - Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian writer

1952 - Allan Wells, British athlete

1955 - David Hookes, Australian cricketer (d. 2004)

1959 - David Ball, British musician (Soft Cell)

1959 - Uma Bharati, Indian politician

1959 - Ben Elton, British comedian and author

1962 - Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder

1965 - Rob Brydon, Welsh comedian

1966 - Darren Morgan, Welsh snooker player

1971 - Josey Scott, lead singer of Saliva

1972 - Celeste, American adult actress

1974 - Dulé Hill, actor playing Charlie Young, the personal aide to the president on NBC's The West Wing

1975 - Maksim Mrvica, Croatian pianist

1978 - Paul Banks, lead singer of Interpol