3 May

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.