Today is Wednesday, May 3, the 122nd day of 2017. There are 242 days left in the year.
1965 ― Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with US
1965 ― Pulitzer prize awarded to Irwin Unger (Greenback era)
1967 ― Black students seize finance building at Northwestern University
1971 ― Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German Party leader
1971 ― Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days
1971 ― Pulitzer prize awarded to John Toland (Rising Sun)
1973 ― Chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 meters), topped out
1976 ― Puiltzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift)
1978 ― Anderlecht wins 18th Europe Cup