Template:On this day/May 3

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

May 3:

• 1861 – Final work on the Alabama & Florida Railroad was completed in Alabama, connecting Confederate cities Pensacola and Montgomery.
• 1913 – A new charter of the City of Pensacola was approved.
• 1952 – Chuck Baldwin was born.
• 1974 – Old Christ Church became listed on the National Register of Historic Places.