It happened on a… May 3

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

Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue.

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

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.

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

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.

NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio (far left) makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits.

Creation of radio station CKAC, the first in Quebec; starts broadcasting officially in October.