Historical Events for 3rd May 2023

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1624 - Spanish silver fleet sails to Panama
1815 - Battle at Tolentino: Austria beats King Joachim of Naples
1900 - 26th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Boland aboard Lieut Gibson wins in 2:06.25
1923 - 1st nonstop north American transcontinental flight (NY-San Diego) completed
1942 - German Luftwaffe again bombs Exeter, destroying its town centre
1945 - Allies arrest German physicist Werner Heisenberg
1948 - Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener and Tennessee Williams
1952 - 1st landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole
1999 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time in its history at 11,014.70.
2021 - World Snooker Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Englishman Mark Selby wins his 4th world title with an 18-15 win over countryman Shaun Murphy

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