3 May is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years). There are 242 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 1896: Dodie Smith, the muggle author of I Capture the Castle, is born.
Behind the scenes
- 2007: Madeleine McCann is abducted in Portugal . J. K. Rowling has since donated money to her fund.
- 2010: Jimmy Gardner, who played Ernie Prang in the film version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, died at the age of 85[1].