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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_3" title="May 3">May 3</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Day" title="World Press Freedom Day">World Press Freedom Day</a></b>; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Memorial_Day" title="Constitution Memorial Day">Constitution Memorial Day</a></b> in Japan (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947" title="1947">1947</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_May_Constitution_Day" title="3 May Constitution Day">Constitution Day</a></b> in Poland (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1791" title="1791">1791</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1491" title="1491">1491</a> – Nkuwu Nzinga, the ruler of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kongo" title="Kingdom of Kongo">Kingdom of Kongo</a>, was baptised as <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_I_of_Kongo" title="João I of Kongo">João I</a></b> by Portuguese missionaries.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1848" title="1848">1848</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benty_Grange_helmet" title="Benty Grange helmet">Benty Grange helmet</a></b>, a boar-crested <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxons" title="Anglo-Saxons">Anglo-Saxon</a> helmet similar to those mentioned in the contemporary epic poem <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf" title="Beowulf">Beowulf</a></i>, was discovered in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbyshire" title="Derbyshire">Derbyshire</a>, England.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921" title="1921">1921</a> – Under the British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Ireland_Act_1920" title="Government of Ireland Act 1920">Government of Ireland Act</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_Ireland" title="Partition of Ireland">Ireland was partitioned</a></b> into two self-governing territories, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ireland_(1921%E2%80%931922)" title="Southern Ireland (1921–1922)">Southern Ireland</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a> – Police in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_campaign" title="Birmingham campaign">used high-pressure water hoses and dogs</a></b> against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" title="Civil rights movement">civil-rights protesters</a>, bringing scrutiny on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States" title="Racial segregation in the United States">racial segregation in the southern United States</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007" title="2007">2007</a> – Three-year-old British girl <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Madeleine_McCann" title="Disappearance of Madeleine McCann">Madeleine McCann disappeared</a></b> from a holiday apartment in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praia_da_Luz" title="Praia da Luz">Praia da Luz</a>, Portugal; she has never been found.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_St._Augustine" title="Catherine of St. Augustine">Catherine of St. Augustine</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1632); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Riis" title="Jacob Riis">Jacob Riis</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1849); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Shackleton" title="Len Shackleton">Len Shackleton</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1922)</p>
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