May 3: World Press Freedom Day; Pesach Sheni (Judaism, 2015); Mother's Day in Hungary, Lithuania, Mozambique, Portugal, Romania and Spain (2015); Constitution Day in Poland (1791) and Japan (1947)
- 1491 – Nkuwu Nzinga of the Kingdom of Kongo was baptised as João I (pictured) by Portuguese missionaries.
- 1855 – American adventurer William Walker and a group of mercenaries sailed from San Francisco to conquer Nicaragua.
- 1915 – Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae wrote "In Flanders Fields", later considered one of the most notable poems written during the First World War.
- 1945 – Second World War: German ocean liner Cap Arcona, left to float defencelessly in the Bay of Lübeck with thousands of prisoners from various concentration camps on board, was attacked and sunk by RAF Typhoons.
- 1963 – Police in Birmingham, Alabama, used high-pressure water hoses and dogs on civil rights protesters, bringing intense scrutiny on racial segregation in the southern US.
More anniversaries: May 2 – May 3 – May 4
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