Today in History
Listings for Friday, May 3, 2019.
Birthdays:
- 1874 Francois Coty, perfume maker.
- 1898 Golda Meir
- 1903 Bing Crosby
- 1919 Pete Seeger, folk singer.
- 1928 James Brown
- 1937 Frankie Valli
- 1947 Doug Henning
- 1951 Christopher Cross
Events:
- 1830 1st regular steam train passenger service starts.
- 1919 America's 1st passenger flight (New York-Atlantic City)
- 1971 national noncommercial network radio begins programming.
That's all for today.
