It happened on a… May 3

2018

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan becomes NFL’s first $30m per season player after agreeing to $150m contract extension.

2002

“Spider-Man”, starring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin, premieres.

1997

Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue.

1979

After the general election, Margaret Thatcher forms her first government as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1978

The first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (which would later become known as “spam”) is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.

1973

The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet as the world’s tallest building.

1959

Beatification of Mother Marguerite d’Youville, founder of the Sisters of Charity; first Canadian to be beatified; canonized by Pope John Paul Dec. 9, 1990.