Today In History

Today is Wednesday, May 3, the 123rd day of 2017. There are 242 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1952: The Kentucky Derby was televised nationally for the first time on CBS; the winner was Hill Gail, ridden by Eddie Arcaro.

ON THIS DATE

› 1515: Pope Leo X promulgated the bull “Inter sollicitudines” allowing the Catholic Church to review and censor books.

› 1791: The Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania adopted a constitution.

› 1802: Washington, D.C., was incorporated as a city.

› 1916: Irish nationalists Padraic Pearse, Thomas Clarke and Thomas MacDonagh were executed by a British firing squad; they were among 16 people put to death for their roles in the Easter Rising.

› 1937: Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, “Gone with the Wind.”

› 1945: During World War II, Allied forces recaptured Rangoon (Yangon) from the Japanese.

› 1947: Japan’s postwar constitution took effect.

› 1979: Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher was chosen to become Britain’s first female prime minister as the Tories ousted the incumbent Labor government in parliamentary elections.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actor Alex Cord is 84. Singer Frankie Valli is 83. Sports announcer Greg Gumbel is 71. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is 68. Pop singer Mary Hopkin is 67. Singer Christopher Cross is 66. Country musician Cactus Moser (Highway 101) is 60. Rock musician David Ball (Soft Cell) is

58. Former Sen. David Vitter, R-La., is 56. Country singer Shane Minor is

49. Actress Amy Ryan is

49. Actor Bobby Cannavale is 47. Music and film producer-actor Damon Dash is 46. Country musician John Driskell Hopkins (Zac Brown Band) is

46. Country-rock musician John Neff (Drive-By Truckers) is 46. Country singer Brad Martin is 44. TV personality Willie Geist (TV: “Today”) is

42. Actress Christina Hendricks is 42. Actor Dule Hill is 42. Country singer Eric Church is 40. Actress Tanya Wright is

39. Dancer Cheryl Burke is 33. Soul singer Michael Kiwanuka is 30. Actress Jill Berard is 27. Actress Zoe De Grand Maison is

22. Rapper Desiigner is

20.