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History on the 3rd of May

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03 May 1911 WW2 Henry Arnold began receiving flight instruction. 
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03 May 1919 WW2 USS Arizona departed Brest, France. 
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03 May 1926 WW2 In the United Kingdom, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) called a general strike after one million mine workers were locked out for refusing to accept longer working hours and reduced wages. 
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03 May 1928 WW2 Japanese and Nationalist Chinese troops clashed in Jinan, Shandong Province, China; 12 Japanese civilians and 18 Chinese government officials were killed. 
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03 May 1934 WW2 Tatsuta Maru arrived at Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii. 
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03 May 1937 WW2 Zhang Jinghui, temporarily shedding his government title and acting only as a civilian, oversaw the funeral service and the re-internment of his sworn brother Zhang Zuolin, assassinated by the Japanese in 1928, in northeastern China. 
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03 May 1937 WW2 HMS Hermes arrived at Plymouth, England, United Kingdom. 
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03 May 1938 WW2 Construction began in Germany for the Flossenburg Concentration Camp. 
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03 May 1938 WW2 HMS Afridi was commissioned into Royal Navy service with Captain G. H. Creswell as her first commanding officer. 
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03 May 1938 WW2 The German diplomats in London, England, United Kingdom reported that the British and the French were likely to support the German bid for the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia in order to avoid war. 
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03 May 1939 WW2 Molotov replaced Litvinov as the Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union. 
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03 May 1939 WW2 Fighters of the Chinese 4th Air Group intercepted 54 Japanese bombers en route to attack Chongqing, China, shooting down 7 Japanese bombers. 
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03 May 1940 WW2 Dutch intelligence detected further hints of German troop gathering near its border; this information was forwarded on to Belgium. Meanwhile, in Germany, forecast of bad weather caused a postponement of the invasion. 
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03 May 1940 WW2 Danish constituent country of Greenland sought American protection as her mother country was now occupied by Germany. 
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03 May 1940 WW2 Norwegian troops south of Trondheim surrendered to the Germans. The Allies completed the evacuation at Namsos, Norway. The British destroyer HMS Afridi, left behind to shell British vehicles on the dock that could not be evacuated, departed at 0445 hours. German aircraft found part of the evacuation fleet and attacked the convoy at 0945 hours, sinking French destroyer Bison at 1010 hours, killing 103. HMS Afridi was bombed at 1400 hours and sank 45 minutes later, killing 49 men of the crew, 13 men of 146th Brigade, and 30 rescued men of Bison. 
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03 May 1940 WW2 British RAF aircraft attacked German airfields in Denmark and Norway. 
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03 May 1940 WW2 British destroyer Garland, under repair in Malta, was loaned to the Polish Navy, which commissioned the destroyer on the same date. 
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03 May 1940 WW2 British and French troops evacuated from Åndalsnes, Norway arrived safely at Scapa Flow, Scotland. The French troops were transferred onto French passenger ships bound for Brest. 
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03 May 1941 WW2 Australian troops launched a counterattack at Tobruk, Libya. Italian troops repulsed the counterattack, losing only one bunker. 
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03 May 1941 WW2 Alexander Löhr was promoted to the rank of colonel general. 
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03 May 1941 WW2 Allied and Italian troops engaged in heavy fighting at Amba Alagi, Abyssinia. 
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03 May 1941 WW2 The Panama Canal Zone was placed under the Panama Sector of the US Caribbean Defense Command. 
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03 May 1941 WW2 General Jan Smuts announced to the House of Assembly the deployment of South African troops to Egypt. 
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03 May 1942 WW2 Destroyer Yuzuki supported the invasion of Tulagi, Solomon Islands. 
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03 May 1942 WW2 Junyo was commissioned into service. 
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03 May 1942 WW2 Adolf Hitler spoke of his habit of keeping an irregular schedule to throw off any potential assassination attempts. 
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03 May 1942 WW2 German submarine U-455 sank British tanker British Workman 120 miles south of Cape race, Newfoundland at 0638 hours; 6 were killed, 47 survived. At 0824 hours, German submarine U-564 sank British ship Ocean Venus 12 miles off Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States; 5 were killed, 42 survived. At 1054 hours, U-109 sank Dutch ship Laertes also off Florida; 18 were killed, 48 survived. 
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03 May 1942 WW2 German submarine U-506 sank Nicaraguan ship Sama 60 miles southwest of Miami, Florida, United States at 0812 hours; all 14 aboard survived. German submarine U-125 sank Dominican ship San Rafael with 1 torpedo and 32 rounds from the deck gun 50 miles west of Jamaica at 1723 hours; 1 was killed, 37 survived. 
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03 May 1942 WW2 USS Yorktown was dispatched toward Tulagi, Solomon Islands. 
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03 May 1942 WW2 Six He 111 aircraft of German Luftwaffe unit I./KG 26 from the airfield at Bardufoss, Norway attacked Allied convoy PQ-15 between North Cape and Bear Island (Bjørnøya), sinking ships Botavon (20 were killed), Jutland, and Cape Corso (all 50 aboard were killed) at 0127 hours; the convoy recorded 3 German aircraft shot down, but KG 26 records showed only 1 loss. At 2230 hours, another air attack came upon PQ-15, damaging the ship Cape Palliser while one Ju 88 aircraft was shot down; the arrival of Soviet Pe-3 aircraft drove off the rest of the German attackers. 
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03 May 1942 WW2 Japanese 3rd Kure Special Landing Force captured Tulagi Island and Gavutu Island in the Solomon Islands. 
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03 May 1942 WW2 Tenryu provided cover for the landings at Santa Isabel Island, Solomon Islands. 
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03 May 1942 WW2 Having fought off the attack by the 1st Burma Division at Monywa, Burma, Japanese 33rd Infantry Division went on the offensive pushing 1st Burma Division back toward Alon. 
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03 May 1942 WW2 81 British bombers (43 Wellington, 20 Halifax, 13 Stirling, 5 Hampden) attacked Hamburg, Germany. The attack killed 77 civilians and wounded 243 at the cost of 5 bombers destroyed. 
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03 May 1942 WW2 Chester Nimitz departed Midway Atoll and returned to Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. 
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03 May 1942 WW2 Nachi arrived at Akkeshi, Hokkaido, Japan. 
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03 May 1942 WW2 The Japanese continued to bombard Corregidor in the Philippine Islands by artillery and aircraft. 
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03 May 1942 WW2 USS Spearfish arrived at Corregidor, Philippine Islands and evacuated 27 military, nursing, and civilian personnel. This would be the last US Navy evacuation mission out of Corregidor before the surrender. 
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03 May 1942 WW2 90 German bombers attacked Exeter, England, United Kingdom. 
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03 May 1942 WW2 USS Wasp departed Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom with 47 Spitfire fighters aboard, embarking on Operation Bowery aiming to resupply Malta. 
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03 May 1942 WW2 Robert Johnson began advanced flying training at Kelly Field, Texas, United States. 
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03 May 1943 WW2 Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Kavieng, New Ireland departing later on the same day. 
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03 May 1943 WW2 487 Squadron of the New Zealand air force attacked a power station in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. All 10 bombers dispatched were lost to German fighters. Squadron Leader Leonard Trent won the Victoria Cross for his leadership in this attack. 
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03 May 1943 WW2 Royal Navy began bombarding Pantelleria Island near Sicily, Italy. 
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03 May 1943 WW2 US troops captured Mateur, Tunisia. 
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03 May 1943 WW2 The British 6th Airborne Division was established with Major General Richard Gale in command. 
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03 May 1943 WW2 Destroyer Yukikaze departed Truk, Caroline Islands to escort carrier Zuikaku and Zuiho to Japan. 
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03 May 1943 WW2 The headquarters of the Japanese 11th Army was moved to Shashi, Jingzhou, Hubei Province, China in preparation for a planned offensive. 
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03 May 1943 WW2 Nachi arrived at Yokosuka, Japan for repairs. 
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03 May 1943 WW2 Soviet NKVD/NKGB official Viktor Il'in was arrested in Vsevolod Merkulov's office on false charges of treason, conspiracy, and spreading anti-Soviet propaganda. 
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03 May 1943 WW2 USS Sable was commissioned into service with Captain Warren K. Berner in command. 
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03 May 1944 WW2 Yamato was designated the flagship of Battleship Division 1 under Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki. 
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03 May 1944 WW2 Soemu Toyoda was named the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet. 
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03 May 1944 WW2 USS Parche began pursuing a seven-ship Japanese convoy south of Taiwan spotted by wolfpack mate USS Tinosa. 
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03 May 1944 WW2 USS Seahorse was relieved from lifeguard station duty in the Mariana Islands and set sail for Milne Bay, Australian Papua. 
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03 May 1944 WW2 USS Gunnel started her fifth war patrol. 
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03 May 1944 WW2 USS Harder arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fourth war patrol. 
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03 May 1944 WW2 7 B-25 bombers of the Chinese-American Composite Wing attacked Japanese troop concentrations near Mihsien and Yueyang in Hunan, China and strafed the town of Hsiangcheng. On the same day, 10 P-40 fighters of the Chinese-American Composite Wing damaged the bridge on the Yellow River and destroyed 15 Japanese trucks northwest of Chenghsien near Luoyang, Henan, China. 
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03 May 1944 WW2 Indian 4th Brigade attacked GPT ridge near Kohima, India, which failed to capture all Japanese positions. 
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03 May 1944 WW2 USS Whale arrived at Majuro, Marshall Islands, ending her seventh war patrol. 
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03 May 1944 WW2 Dwight Eisenhower wrote George Patton a personal letter in which he informed Patton that Patton would be allowed to keep his post even after the public relations rows that Patton had created. 
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03 May 1944 WW2 USS Golet arrived at Midway Atoll. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 400 American B-17 bombers dropped food and other supplies over the Netherlands. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 US Ninth Army made contact with Soviet forces near Wismar, Germany. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 97 USAAF B-29 bombers dropped mines off of a number of Japanese coastal industrial centers. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 Operation Kikusui No. 5 was launched off Okinawa, Japan, participated by about 75 Japanese Navy and 50 Japanese Army special attack and escorting aircraft; they sank one destroyer and damaged four other ships. On the same day, a special attack boat damaged a transport also off Okinawa. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 Japanese Prime Minister Suzuki maintained "faith in certain victory" in a public statement despite Germany defeat. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 The Allied military government in western Germany began to form. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 Admiral Dönitz established the seat of his government in Denmark. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio de Oliveira Salazar sent a Foreign Ministry official to the German Embassy offering his condolences over the death of Adolf Hitler. Meanwhile, the Portuguese government declared two days of mourning for the recently deceased German leader. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 RAF Typhoon fighter-bombers, looking for ships transporting German troops to Norway where it was believed they planned to make a last stand, attacked and sank the troopships Cap Arcona and Thielbek, which were actually loaded with concentration camp inmates under transportation. The full death toll had never been established but could be as high as 8,000 from the two ships, including crews and SS guards. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 USS Baya fired six torpedoes at a Japanese oiler in the Gulf of Siam; all torpedoes missed. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 A group of prominent prisoners of war were allowed to move toward American lines, with SS guards in escort, from Markt Pongau near Salzburg in occupied Austria per the orders of SS-Obergruppenführer Gottlob Berger who wished to curry favor with the Allies as the European War neared its end. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 Walter Dornberger, having already been detained by American troops on the previous day in Austria, was officially listed as under arrest. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 Werhner von Braun, having already been detained by American troops on the previous day in Austria, was officially listed as under arrest. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 Rangoon, Burma was captured by Indian 26th Division with little resistance. Fleeing Japanese were slaughtered not just by British and Commonwealth troops but by Burmese guerrillas and tribesmen who rose up against their former occupiers. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 Submarine I-369 departed Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 Oliver Leese and Louis Mountbatten met at Kandy, Ceylon; Leese recommended William Slim be relieved now that the Burma campaign was effectively completed. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 A German delegation met with British Field Marshal Montgomery on Luneberg Heath, outside Hamburg, Germany, offering the surrender of all their forces in northwestern Germany - A total of more than one million men. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 Hamburg, Germany was declared an open city and surrendered to British Second Army. In the harbor, the Germans scuttled 59 merchant ships and 600 smaller craft to prevent capture. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 US Third Army crossed the Inn River in Germany. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 USS Dragonet departed Guam, Mariana Islands. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 Barbers Point Naval Air Station: The following squadrons and air groups aboard at this time: Carrier Air Group 100 (CVG-100); Carrier Night Air Group 91 (CVGN-91); Carrier Night Air Group 53 (CVGN-53); Air Photographic Squadron 3 (VD-3); Air Group 6; CASU - Photographic Training Unit. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 Former Russian White Army officer and more recently German collaborator Boris Smyslowsky successfully escaped Soviet capture by crossing the border into Liechtenstein. 
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03 May 1945 WW2 USS Springer sank Japanese Coastal Defense Vessel No. 25 in the Yellow Sea, hitting her with 3 of 7 torpedoes fired. 
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03 May 1947 WW2 Crown Prince Yi Un lost his Japanese royal status. 
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03 May 1948 WW2 The town of Ota in Gunma Prefecture, Japan gained city status. 
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