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The Really Small Bad Day Almanac: May 3

1481: Around 30,000 people die in an earthquake on the island of Rhodes.
1808: Spanish rebels who rose up against Napoleon's occupation of Spain are executed. Spanish artist Francisco Goya will record the executions in his painting The Third of May 1808.
1999: Forty-five people die when an F5 tornado devastates part of Oklahoma City.

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