1948The U.S. Supreme Court rules covenants barring the sale of real estate to blacks or members of other racial groups are legally unenforceable.

1936Baseball Hall of Famer Joe makes his major league debut with the New York Yankees. DiMaggio gets three hits as the Yankees beat what's then the Saint Louis Browns, now the Baltimore Orioles, 14 to 5.

1919Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing? Folk singer Pete Seeger, an icon during the genre's revival in the 1960s, is born in New York City.

And 1933Wo! I feel good; I knew that I wouldn't of... Singer James Brown, known as Godfather of Soul, is born in Barnwell, South Carolina. Today in History, May 3rd, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.