May 3rd
- 1766 – Mary Brooks Rathbone born.
- 1795 – James Greene Hardy born.
- 1798 – Franklin Gorin born.
- 1876 – Benjamin and Mollie French were lynched in Warsaw.
- 1883 – Carrie Marcus Neiman born.
- 1886 – Carlisle County created.
- 1890 – James B. Beck died, aged 68.
- 1890 – James B. Beck left office as US Senator from Kentucky.
- 1922 – Harry M. Caudill born.
- 1946 – Joey Pendleton born.
- 2011 – Odell Brown died, aged 71.