This is W.H. Badlam, who was promoted to Assistant Engineer on May 3, 1859, and went on to serve as a naval engineer during both the Civil War and the Spanish-American War. His most notable role was aboard the USS Kearsarge, where he played a crucial part in maintaining the ship’s operations during its famous victory against the CSS Alabama on June 19, 1864. As an engineer, Badlam ensured the ship’s machinery functioned efficiently, directly contributing to the Kearsarge’s success. After resigning in 1866, he returned to service in 1898 before being honorably discharged later that year, closing out a career defined by technical expertise and historic engagements.

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150th Regiment Field Artillery (formerly 1st Regiment Field artillery, Indiana Nat’l Guard) firing barrage at 4:15 a.m. in France.

May 3, 1918

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“General Hooker closes his dispatch to President Lincoln from battlefield of Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863, 3:30 P. M.: “We will endeavor to do our best. My troops are in good spirits. We have fought desperately to-day. No General ever commanded a more devoted army.”

However General Robert E. Lee won a major victory at The Battle of Chancellorsville. 
Lee and his now emboldened Army of Northern Virginia continued their march northward into Pennsylvania where they would eventually clash with Union forces at Gettysburg.

From: Major-General Joseph Hooker and the troops from the Army of the Potomac at Wauhatchie, Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga: together with General Hooker’s military record from the files of the War Department, Adjutant-General’s Office, U.S.A., published in 1896
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Image: Hooker At Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863
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Photo of Andy Bowen who was born on May 3, 1867 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Andy fought against Jack Burke in the longest boxing match in history during the spring of 1893.
It lasted 110 rounds, about seven and a half hours. 

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Born May 3, 1849 in Denmark Jacob Riis spent his adult life in the US as a journalist and photographer documenting the lives of New York City’s poorest residents. His books “How the Other Half Lives” and “Children of the Poor “raised awareness and led to reforms. Shown is one of his photographs, taken on Mulberry Street in 1890.

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On May 3, 1937, Margaret Mitchell was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel “Gone with the Wind.”

Image: Margaret Mitchell, the author of the best-selling novel Gone With the Wind (1936), camping at Lake Burton in Rabun County, Georgia via Wikimedia Commons

Grace Kelly and Bing Crosby for the 1956 film High Society

On May 3, 1903, Bing Crosby was born in Tacoma, Washington.

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On May 3, 1802 the city of Washington D.C. was incorporated.

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This photograph shows President Calvin Coolidge speaking at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Jewish Community Center in Washington, D.C. on May 3, 1925. With a band in the foreground and visitors in the background, the event marked a key moment for the city’s Jewish community.

The center, originally at 1529 16th Street NW, served as a hub for cultural and social programs. It closed in 1968 due to demographic shifts but was revived in 1997 as the Edlavitch DCJCC, continuing its legacy today.

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On May 3, 1919, American folk music legend Pete Seeger was born in Manhattan, New York.

You can see little two-year-old Pete on his father’s lap watching his mother play the violin during a family camping trip in May 1921.

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Happy 90th Birthday Frankie Valli who was born on May 3, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey. 

Frankie’s first single was “My Mother’s Eyes” in 1953.

Here is Frankie a few days after his 46th birthday in 1980.

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“What in Carnation!?”

On May 3, 1928 the town of Carnation in the state of Washington changed its name to Tolt which it was previously named. However, in 1951, the name Tolt didn’t stick as they decided to change the name of the town back to Carnation.

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Poston, Arizona. Cheiko Neeno, nurse’s aid student at the Poston Hospital, attending a baby patient in the children’s ward. These nurse’s aid students are taught to efficiently assist registered nurses in the care and treatment of patients. The course consists of one year’s intensive training.

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