TODAY IN HISTORY

TUESDAY MAY 3, 2022

1979

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

1802

Washington, D.C., was incorporated as a city.

1937

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

1947

Japan’s postwar constitution took effect.

1948

The Supreme Court, in Shelley v. Kraemer, ruled that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to Blacks or members of other racial groups were legally unenforceable.

1960

The Harvey Schmidt-tom Jones musical “The Fantasticks” began a nearly 42-year run at New York’s Sullivan Street Playhouse.

1987

The Miami Herald said its reporters had observed a young woman spending “Friday night and most of Saturday” at a Washington townhouse belonging to Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart.

2006

A federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, rejected the death penalty for al-qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, deciding he should spend life in prison for his role in 9⁄11; as he was led from the courtroom, Moussaoui taunted, “America, you lost.”

2009

Mexican President Felipe Calderon told state television that a nationwide shutdown and an aggressive informational campaign appeared to have helped curtail an outbreak of swine flu in Mexico.

2011

Chicago’s Derrick Rose became at age 22 the NBA’S youngest MVP.

2015

Two gunmen were shot and killed by a police officer in Garland, Texas, after they opened fire outside a purposely provocative contest for cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Singer Frankie Valli is 88. Sen. Jim Risch, R-idaho, is

79. Sports announcer Greg Gumbel is 76. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-ore., is 73. Pop singer Mary Hopkin is 72. Singer Christopher Cross is

71. Rock musician David Ball (Soft Cell) is 63. Country singer Shane Minor is 54. Actor Amy Ryan is 54. Actor Bobby Cannavale (ka-nuhval’-ee) is 52. Music and film producer-actor Damon Dash is 51.