May 3 is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar ; 242 days remain until the end of the year. 752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne. 1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties. More @Wikipedia
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