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What happened in history on this day: May 3?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On May 3 in ...
- 1984 - Apple Computer announces that 70,000 Macintosh computers have been shipped in the first 100 days since its announcement.
- 2000 - In the Philippines, 24-year-old Onel De Guzman releases a virus that he had proposed creating as part of his undergraduate thesis. The email message was sent with subject "ILOVEYOU", and attachment "LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU". When opened, the virus activates, sending the message and attachment to every name on the email program's address list.
- 2002 - Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer complete their merger.
- 1929 - Disney completes the Mickey Mouse film When the Cat's Away. Minnie Mouse also appears. This film is a remake of the Alice Comedy film Alice Rattled by Rats.
- 1931 - The Mickey Mouse film The Moose Hunt is released to theaters.
- 1982 - Walt Disney Productions files a suit against Williams Electronics for infringing Disney's Tron trademark, by the arcade video game Robotron.
- 1983 - The TV show Mickey and Donald Kidding Around airs.
- 1988 - Antigua & Barbuda issues sixteen postage stamps depicting Disney characters at various EPCOT Center sites.
- 1991 - Steve Jobs accepts a deal for Pixar Animation Studios to make three feature films for the Walt Disney Company for 12.5 percent of gross revenue of theater and video sales.
- 1991 - Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film One Good Cop to theatres.
- 1991 - Disney releases the film The Jungle Book on videocassette. Price is US$24.99.
- 1993 - The NBC TV network airs the two-hour TV movie Day-o.
- 1994 - The Walt Disney Company announces plans to start the Disney cruise venture.
- 1996 - Disney releases the animated feature film The Lion King to theaters in Estonia.
- 1997 - Ariel's restuarant at the Beach Club at Walt Disney World closes.
- 2009 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA.
- The title of this episode, "Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh", is a play on Disney Channel's original series Wizards of Waverly Place.
- The character Alaska Nebraska is a play on Disney's "Hanna Montana" character and TV show.
- A Tigger picture and a Winnie-the-Pooh doll appear.
- 2011 - Disney Cruise Line's Disney Wonder (1754 passengers) begins its first cruises from Vancouver, Canada, to Alaska, USA.
- 1959 - At Virginia International Raceway, SCCA holds National Championships car races.
- Finishing 1st in B-Production class and 1st overall is the #1 "Purple People Eater Mark III" Corvette driven by Jim Jeffords.
- Finishing 2nd in B-Production class and 2nd overall is the #99 Corvette driven by Roy Tuerke.
- Finishing 3rd in B-Production class and 7th overall is the #133 Corvette driven by Bob Johnson.
- Finishing 4th in B-Production class and 18th overall is the #122 Corvette driven by Alvin Forsyth.
- 1987 - At the Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California, the 24th Annual Monterey Triple Crown race is held, part of the IMSA Camel GT series. The Corvette GTP finishes 2nd.
- 1993 - Corvette chief engineer Dave Hill unveils the CERV-4 test car at the General Motors Technical Center in Warren. Most of the hundreds of people attending did not even know the test car was being built. It cost Chevrolet about US$1.2 million to build.
- 2002 - The 19th annual One Lap of America race is held, nine days. 84 entries compete in 5140 miles of racing in 19 states.
- Finishing 1st in Vintage American class and 2nd overall is the 1963 GSR Corvette Grand Sport replica coupe, driven by Michael Miller and Aaron Quine.
- Finishing 1st in SSGT2 class and 3rd overall is the 1986 Corvette, driven by John Boos and Todd Cleasby.
- Finishing 7th overall is the 2002 Corvette Z06, driven by Rodney Sizemore and Rick Sizemore.
- Finishing 8th overall is the 2001 Corvette Z06, driven by Reed Kryder and John Bender.
- 2003 - At the Phoenix International Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona, the Phoenix 200 Grand Sport race is held, round three of the Grand-Am Cup series.
- Finishing 2nd in GSI class and 2nd overall is the Powell Motorsport #11 Corvette, driven by Devon Powell and Doug Goad.
- Finishing 7th in GSI class and 7th overall is the Powell Motorsport #02 Corvette, driven by Mike Weinberg and Jeff Altenburg.
- Finishing 8th in GSI class and 22nd overall is the Silverstone Racing Services #39 Corvette, driven by Larry Huang and Chris Hall.
- 2003 - At the Phoenix International Raceway in Phoenix, Arizonia, the AJ's Fine Foods 250 race is held, round three of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series.
- Finishing 17th in GT class, 27th overall, is the Powell Motorsport #11 Corvette, driven by Doug Goad and Devon Powell.
- Finishing 19th in GT class, 29th overall, is the Powell Motorsport #02 Corvette, driven by Jeff Altenburg and Mike Weinburg.
- Finishing 27th in GT class, 37th overall, is the Silverstone Racing Services #39 Corvette, driven by Larry Huang and Chris Hall.
- 2009 - At the New Jersey Motorsport Park the Verizon Wireless 250 race is held, round 3 of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.
- Finishing 13th in GT class and 22nd overall is Nonnamaker/Nonnamaker in the #43 Team Sahlen Corvette.
- Finishing 14th in GT class and 23rd overall is Sahlen/Nonnamaker in the #42 Team Sahlen Corvette.
- 1939 - Soviet Union leader Josef Stalin replaces Maksim Litvinov as foreign commissar with Vyacheslav Molotov.
- 1940 - (0215 hours) The Allied Expeditionary Force in Norway completes its withdrawal from Namsos and Andalsnes.
- 1940 - The French destroyer Bison is bombed and sunk in the North Sea, while escorting a troop convoy.
- 1940 - (0840 hours) The British destroyer Afridi is bombed and sunk in the North Sea, while escorting a troop convoy from Norway to England.
- 1941 - (to May 4) SS Malalkand is bombed in a 300 Luftwaffe bomber attack on Liverpool cargo of 1000 tonnes of bombs and shells explode over 74 hours. 57 vessels destroyed, half of port's shipping berths destroyed, entrance to dock blocked.
- 1942 - (1100 hours) Japanese light carrier Shoho moves to cover the Port Moresby Invasion Force.
- 1943 - (afternoon) Twelve New Zealand Ventura bombers take off from England to bomb a power station at Amsterdam. Only one plane reaches the target, and misses. Ten planes are shot down.
- 1944 - (evening) 360 British bombers attack a German military camp at Mouilly-le-Camp. 42 planes are shot down.
- 1945 - Hans Fritsche, chief assistant to Joseph Goebbels, gives a deposition stating that Goebbels and Adolf Hitler had committed suicide in Berlin.
- 1945 - Quote of Japanese Premier Kantaro Suzuki to the Japanese people on the present state of war: "We are fully prepared and we have in our forces... an unsurpassed strategical skill.".
- 1945 - American, British, and Soviet forces smash the remains of two German armies in north-west Germany, capturing 150,000-500,000 prisoners. British forces occupy Hamburg.
- 1945 - American, British, and Canadian planes sink or damage over 64 ships off the Baltic coast of Schleswig-Holstein, as thousands of Germans flee toward Denmark and Norway.
- 1945 - The British 14th Army captures Rangoon, Burma.
- 1945 - Brazilian War Minister Eurico Dutra announce the Brazilian Expeditionary Force will return home from Italy immediately.
- 1945 - Karl Dönitz moves his headquarters to Flensburg, just south of Denmark.
- 1945 - Karl Dönitz signs an edict written by Albert Speer, prohibiting the destruction of any facilities.
- 1945 - British bombers attack and sink German Hamburg South America Line ship Cap Arcona (27,600 tons) in the East Sea, with the loss of about 5000 people of 6000 on board.
- 1945 - Canadian forces capture Oldenburg, abandoned by German defenders.
- 1945 - US troops meet US 5th Army from Italy at Brenner Pass between Austria and Italy.
- 1945 - Heinrich Himmler, disguised as a Wehrmacht private, surrenders to a British sentry at a bridge in Bavaria.
- 1945 - (about 1600 hours) British Field Marshal Bernhard Montgomery tells German General of the Army, Admiral Hans von Friedeburg and three others to surrender unconditionally all German forces in Holland, Friesen, Frisian Islands, Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark, and all other islands. They take the message back to Field Marshal Ernst Busch. Friedeburg informs Montgomery of the German wish to dicuss surrender of all German armed forces.
- 1945 - (1943 hours) US 103rd Infantry Division enters Innsbruck peacefully, accepting surrender from garrison commander General Burheim.
- 1990 - Bahamas issues two postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, depicting the Spitfire I, and Hurricane IIc.
- 1990 - The Falkland Islands issues five postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, depicting Spitfire planes.
- 1995 - Algeria issues a 3d postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- 1995 - Greece issues two postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of concentration camps.
- 1995 - Bulgaria issues two postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- 1995 - Netherlands issues two postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- 2004 - Gambia issues 14 postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of D-Day.
- 2004 - Grenada issues 14 postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of D-Day.
- 2005 - Israel issues two postage stamsp marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- 1972 - Magnavox first shows the Odyssey video game console at a trade show in Phoenix, Arizona.
- 1982 - Walt Disney Productions files a suit against Williams Electronics for infringing Disney's Tron trademark, by the arcade video game Robotron.
- 1983 - Mattel files a lawsuit against Atari, accusing it of luring away three employees who then helped develop game cartridges compatible with Mattel's Intellivision game system.
- 2002 - Nintendo launches the GameCube in Europe.
- 2005 - Microsoft Game Studios releases the Forza Motorsport video game for the Xbox in the US.
- 2005 - Sony releases the Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee video game for the PlayStation Portable in the US.
- 2009 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA.
- A man plays a video game, mimicing Microsoft's Halo.
- A man says "Where's my video games? My Xbox, my Wii?"
- 2010 - Nintendo releases the Picross 3D video game for the Nintendo DS in the USA.
- 1435 - A joint commission of Danes and Swedes meet in Halmstad. The King and the Council reach an agreement to settle their dispute. Erik would again be recognized as king, provided he repledge to act according to Swedish law.
- 1960 - The Treaty of Stockholm establishing the European Free Trade Association is ratified.
- 1919 - The British Treasury appoints Mr. Arthur H.W. Cleave to be Deputy Master of the Ottawa branch of the Royal Mint, following the retirement of James Bonar on June 30.
- 1921 - Legislation passes amending the Currency Act, authorizing a nickel 5c coin, legal tender in amounts up to $5.
- 1999 - The Royal Canadian Mint launches the fifth Millennium 25c coin in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The coin depicts furtraders and explorers in a canoe.
- 1802 - All foreign gold and silver coins cease to be legal tender in the USA for three years.
- 1805 - Spanish milled dollar coins resume legal tender status in the USA.
- 1838 - Two pairs of 1838-dated half-dollar dies arrive at the branch mint in New Orleans.
- 1865 - The US purchases the site of the future Carson City Mint.
- 1912 - The Denver Mint begins striking 1912-dated dimes.
- 1920 - The US Senate passes a bill to coin a 2-cent piece with the portrait of Theodore Roosevelt.
- 1933 - Nellie T Ross takes office as Mint Director.
- 1935 - Congress authorizes 1935 California-Pacific Exposition commemorative half dollar program, up to 250,000 coins.
- 1978 - Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin introduces legislation proposing a smaller dollar coin, bearing the portrait of Susan B. Anthony.
- 1900 - 26th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Boland aboard Lieutenant Gibson wins in 2:06.25.
- 1902 - 28th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on Alan-a-Dale wins in 2:08.75.
- 1909 - 35th Kentucky Derby: Vincent Powers on Wintergreen wins in 2:08.2.
- 1934 - Donald Bradman scores 206 Australia versus Worcestershire, 210 minutes, 27 fours.
- 1936 - New York Yankees' player Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets three hits.
- 1941 - 67th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway wins in 2:01.4.
- 1947 - 73rd Kentucky Derby: Eric Guerin aboard Jet Pilot wins in 2:06.8.
- 1951 - New York Yankees' player Gil McDougald is 5th to get six RBIs in an inning (9th).
- 1952 - 78th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Gail wins in 2:01.6.
- 1958 - At Churchill Downs racecourse near Louisville, Kentucky, the 84th Kentucky Derby race is held. Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 2:05. Total gambling bets on the race: US$1,635,500.
- 1959 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Land of the Sky Golf Tournament.
- 1959 - Detroit Tigers' Charlie Maxwell hits four consecutive homeruns in a doubleheader.
- 1961 - Warren Spahn pitches a two hitter after pitching a no hitter.
- 1963 - Leslie Narum is the only Baltimore Orioles' player to homer on his first at bat.
- 1964 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Clifford Ann Creed Golf Invitational.
- 1965 - Third Mayor's Trophy Game, New York Mets beat New York Yankees 2-1 in ten innings.
- 1969 - 95th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Majestic Prince wins in 2:01.8.
- 1970 - 24th NBA Championship: New York Knicks beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3.
- 1970 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Golf Invitational.
- 1973 - Kansas City Royals' George Brett gets his first major league hit.
- 1975 - 101st Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Foolish Pleasure wins 2:02.
- 1975 - Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:40:15.8).
- 1978 - Anderlecht wins 18th Europe Cup II.
- 1978 - Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston.
- 1978 - West Indies all set to lose cricket test versus Australia at Kingston till riots end game.
- 1979 - Bobby Bonds hits his 300th homerun (second to have 300 homeruns and 300 stolen bases).
- 1980 - 106th Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Genuine Risk wins in 2:02.
- 1980 - San Francisco Giants' first baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st and final homerun.
- 1980 - Texas Rangers' Ferguson Jenkins becomes fourth to win 100 games in American League and National League.
- 1981 - Sally Little wins LPGA CPC Women's Golf International.
- 1986 - 112th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Ferdinand wins in 2:02.8.
- 1986 - Chicago Cubs' third baseman Ron Cey hits his 300th and 301st homerun.
- 1986 - New York Yankees' Don Mattingly is sixth to hit three sacrifice flies in a game.
- 1987 - Cindy Hill wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic.
- 1992 - Baltimore Orioles' pitcher Gregg Olson, 25, is youngest to record 100 saves.
- 1992 - Danielle Ammaccapane wins LPGA Centel Golf Classic.
- 1992 - New York Mets' player Eddie Murray is 24th to hit 400 homeruns.
- 1992 - Ohio Glory wins first WLAF game (after six losses), beat Frankfurt 20-17.
- 1992 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Centel Senior Golf Challenge.
- 1995 - Australia beats West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy.
- 1995 - David Bell debuts for the Cleveland Indians (third generation player, Gus and Buddy).
- 1996 - Martin Moxon and Michael Vaughan make 362 first wickett Yorks versus Glam.
- 1997 - 123rd Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 2:02.3.
- 1997 - ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen.
- 2008 - At Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby is held. Race favorite Big Brown wins by nearly five lengths. Second place finisher Eight Belles broke both front ankles, and was immediately euthanized. Race attendance was 157,770, the second-largest in history of the race.
- 2009 - In Marrakech, Morocco, round 3 of the FIA World Touring Car Championship is held. Race 1 is won by Rob Huff; race 2 is won by Nicola Larini.
- 2009 - In Jerez, Spain, round 3 of the FIM MotoGP Championship is won by Valentino Rossi.
- 2022 - At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Dodgers beats San Francisco Giants by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Tampa Bay Rays beats Oakland Athletics by score 10-2.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Washington Nationals beats Colorado Rockies by score 10-2.
- 2022 - At Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Kansas City Royals beats Saint Louis Cardinals by score 7-1.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Seattle Mariners by score 4-0. Dusty Baker wins his 2000th game as manager, with the Astros.
- 2022 - At American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Milwaukee Brewers beats Cincinnati Reds by score 6-3.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago White Sox beats Chicago Cubs by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Los Angeles Angels by score 4-0.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Yankees beats Toronto Blue Jays by score 9-1.
- 2022 - At Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Minnesota Twins beats Baltimore Orioles by score 7-2.
- 2022 - At Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Texas Rangers beats Philadelphia Phillies by score 6-4.
- 2022 - At LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, USA , Major League Baseball regular season game: Arizona Diamondbacks beats Miami Marlins by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Citi Field in New York City, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 1: New York Mets beats Atlanta Braves by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Citi Field in New York City, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 2: New York Mets beats Atlanta Braves by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At Scotiabank Saddledrome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, NHL Western Conference 1st Round, game 1: Calgary Flames beats Dallas Stars by score 1-0, leading series 1-0.
- 2022 - At Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, USA, NHL Western Conference 1st Round, game 1: Colorado Avalanche beats Nashville Predators by score 7-2, leading series 1-0.
- 2022 - At FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida, USA, NHL Eastern Conference 1st Round, game 1: Washington Capitals beats Florida Panthers by score 4-2, leading series 1-0.
- 2022 - At Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, NHL Eastern Conference 1st Round, game 1: Pittsburgh Penguins beats New York Rangers by score 4-3, leading series 1-0.
- 1661 - Johannes Hevelius observes third transit of Mercury ever to be seen.
- 1715 - Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon "Baily's Beads".
- 1986 - NASA launches Geos-G; it fails to achieve orbit.
- 1994 - US space probe Clementine launched.
- 2000 - A rare conjunction of seven celestial bodies (Sun, Moon, planets Mercury-Jupiter) occurs on the New Moon.
- 1999 - A Force 5 tornado slams into Moore, Oklahoma, killing 38 people - the second strongest tornado ever recorded in United States history.
- 2003 - The Old Man of the Mountain, a rock formation in New Hampshire, USA, crumbles after heavy rain.
- 2008 - Tropical cyclone Nargis passes through western Myanmar killing over 140,000 people and destroying thousands of homes. Winds reached 120 mph and tidal waves reached 12 feet high. 2-3 million residents are left homeless. This is the country's deadliest natural disaster ever in recorded history.
- 1802 - Washington, District of Columbia, incorporates as a city.
- 1802 - All foreign gold and silver coins cease to be legal tender in the USA for three years.
- 1805 - Spanish milled dollar coins resume legal tender status in the USA.
- 1846 - Mexican army surrounds fort in Texas.
- 1851 - Most of San Francisco, California destroyed by fire; 30 die.
- 1861 - General Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan.
- 1861 - US President Abraham Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers and another 18,000 seamen.
- 1863 - Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at age 35.
- 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville - Beaten USA army withdraws.
- 1863 - Battle of Fredricksburg, Virginia (Marye's Heights).
- 1863 - Battle of Salem Church, Virginia.
- 1864 - Third day in Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana: Confederate assault.
- 1865 - The US purchases the site of the future Carson City Mint.
- 1898 - Camp Merriman is established at the Presidio (San Francisco).
- 1901 - Fire destroys 1,700 buildings in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
- 1919 - America's first passenger flight (New York to Atlantic City).
- 1921 - West Virginia imposes first state sales tax.
- 1923 - First nonstop transcontinental flight (New York-San Diego) completed.
- 1926 - US marines land in Nicaragua (9 months after leaving), stay until 1933.
- 1933 - Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes director of the US Mint.
- 1943 - US first armour division occupies Mateur Tunisia.
- 1944 - Meat rationing ends in US.
- 1949 - First firing of a US Viking rocket; reaches 80 km.
- 1953 - Westchester conference of American Library Association proclaims "Freedom to Read".
- 1958 - WINS suspends Alan Freed for causing a riot in Boston; he quits.
- 1965 - First use of satellite TV, Today Show on the Early Bird Satellite.
- 1965 - Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US.
- 1967 - Black students seize finance building at Northwestern University.
- 1971 - National Public Radio begins programming; 112 NPR stations premiere All Things Considered.
- 1971 - US federal administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in three days.
- 1973 - Chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 metres), tops out.
- 1978 - "Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US.
- 1982 - New York Times reports that military will get 25 percent of NASA's budget.
- 1982 - US President Ronald Reagan begins five-minute weekly radio broadcasts.
- 1983 - US bishops condemn nuclear weapons.
- 1986 - NASA launches Geos-G; it fails to achieve orbit.
- 1988 - 4,200kg Colombian cocaine is seized at Tarpon Springs, Florida.
- 1994 - The Walt Disney Company announces plans to start a cruise ship venture.
- 1994 - 29th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins.
- 1994 - US space probe Clementine launched.
- 1999 - A Force 5 tornado slams into Moore, Oklahoma, killing 38 people - the second strongest tornado ever recorded in United States history.
- 1999 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 (11,014.70) for the first time.
- 2000 - In San Antonio, Texas, computer pioneer Datapoint files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- 2003 - The Old Man of the Mountain, a rock formation in New Hampshire, USA, crumbles after heavy rain.
- 2008 - At Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby is held. Race favorite Big Brown wins by nearly five lengths. Second place finisher Eight Belles broke both front ankles, and was immediately euthanized. Race attendance was 157,770, the second-largest in history of the race.
- 2016 - Donald Trump wins Indiana primary, securing Republican nomination for President.
- 2018 - The lower Puna eruption causes destruction of structures and forces many citizens of Hawaii to evacuate as lava floods the land.
- 2020 - Venezuelan dissidents and an American-based private military company, Silvercorp USA, unsuccessfully attempt to infiltrate Venezuela and forcibly remove President Nicolás Maduro from office.
Other history:
- 2008 - Tropical cyclone Nargis passes through western Myanmar killing 78,000 to 130,000 people and destroying thousands of homes. Winds reached 120 mph and tidal waves reached 12 feet high.
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