Today in History: May 3, ‘Old Man of the Mountain’ collapses
Nowadays is Saturday May the rd day of There are days left in the year In contemporary times in history On May the Old Man of the Mountain a -foot-tall granite outcropping in Franconia N H that bore the resemblance of a human face in profile collapsed despite decades of preservation efforts Also on this date In Washington D C was incorporated as a city Related Articles Capitol stormer Ashli Babbitt's family to get settlement from U S Death of John Elway friend Jeff Sperbeck a 'horrific accident' sheriff Former Illinois Gov George Ryan dies at He halted executions and went to prison for corruption Mark Zuckerberg s charity quietly cuts funding for affordable housing homelessness groups Weinstein accuser breaks down in tears as she s questioned about alleged sexual assault In Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Gone with the Wind In 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 In the Conservative Party ousted the incumbent Labour cabinet in British parliamentary elections Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher would become the first female U K Prime Minister the following day In aboard the longshot horse Ferdinand Bill Shoemaker became the oldest jockey to win the Kentucky Derby at age In the Bridge Creek Moore tornado struck the Oklahoma City metropolitan area causing deaths and nearly injuries the tornado s top wind speed of miles per hour km hour was the highest ever recorded on earth In two gunmen were killed by a SWAT gang in Garland Texas after they opened fire outside a purposely provocative contest for cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad In in a stunning triumph for a political outsider Donald Trump all but clinched the Republican presidential nomination with a resounding mastery in the Indiana primary voting that knocked rival Ted Cruz out of the race In a federal grand jury in Detroit indicted former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn on charges stemming from the company s diesel emissions cheating outrage Under Germany s constitution he could not be extradited to the U S to face charges The present day s Birthdays Singer Frankie Valli is Sen Jim Risch R-Idaho is Sen Ron Wyden D-Ore is Singer Christopher Cross is Actor Amy Ryan is Actor Bobby Cannavale ka-nuh-VAL -ee is Music executive-entrepreneur Damon Dash is Actor Christina Hendricks is Actor Dule doo-LAY Hill is Country musician Eric Church is Golfer Brooks Koepka is Actor Rachel Zegler is
