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May 3
"The Third of May" redirects here. For the Goya painting, see The Third of May 1808.
Day of the year
May 3 is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 242 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
[edit]Pre-1600
[edit]1601–1900
[edit]1901–present
[edit]- 1901 – The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
- 1913 – Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
- 1920 – A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
- 1921 – Ireland is partitioned under British law by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, creating Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
- 1921 – West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
- 1928 – The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.[4]
- 1939 – The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
- 1942 – World War II: Japanese naval troo
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The abiding charm of Srinagar..."You should not go there; don't you know that people are being killed there every day?" - was the first response of friends when I told them that we would be going to Srinagar for a conference. My father, who is an Army veteran, ridiculed our fears and exhorted us to go in his typical military style - "It is not just the responsibility of the Army to guard the country - all you civilians must do your bit too!"
So along with my wife, I set off. The Srinagar airport was a small charming one with lots of Army people around. A short cab ride with a talkative driver and we were at our hotel on the picturesque Dal Lake. The scenery was breathtaking and the weather a pleasant change from the stifling heat of Ludhiana. After a refreshing 'qahwa' tea we were all set. The last time I had been there was in 1986 and nothing seemed to have changed.
A shikara ride was a fantastic introduction to the city. Charmingly persuasive shopkeepers in shikaras managed to sell quite a few knick-knacks to the ladies who were very impressed with the wares, which ranged from jewellery to saffron to clothes. Bargaining is the order of the day, we realised very soon, and enjoyed by both the buyer and the seller!
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