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Day of the year
June 3 is the 154th day of the year (155th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 211 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus , of the Constantinian dynasty , proclaims himself Roman Emperor , entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators .1098 - First Crusade : Antioch falls to the crusaders after an eight-month siege .1140 - French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy .1326 - Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark .1539 - DeSoto claims Florida for Spain .1608 - Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec .1620 - Construction of the oldest stone church in French North America , Notre-Dame-des-Anges, begins at Quebec City , Quebec , Canada .1621 - The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherlands .1658 - Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France.1665 - James Stuart , Duke of York (later to become King James II of England) defeats the Dutch Fleet off the coast of Lowestoft .1770 - Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo is founded in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California .1800 - U.S. President John Adams takes up residence in Washington, D.C. (in a tavern – the White House was not yet completed).1850 - The traditional founding date of Kansas City, Missouri . This was the date on which it was first incorporated by Jackson County, Missouri as the "City of Kansas".1861 - Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races ) - Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia , now West Virginia , in first land battle of the American Civil War 1864 - American Civil War : Battle of Cold Harbor - Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia .1866 - Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario , into the United States .1885 - Last military engagement fought on Canadian soil: Cree leader Big Bear escapes the North West Mounted Police .1888 - The poem "Casey at the Bat ", by Ernest Lawrence Thayer , is published in the San Francisco Examiner 1889 - The Canadian Pacific Railway is completed from coast to coast.1889 - The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon , United States.
1907 - Centro Escolar University is established by Librada Avelino and Carmen de Luna in Manila , Philippines .1916 - The Reserve Officer Training Corps or ROTC is established by the U.S. Congress .1916 - The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
1935 - One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia , beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario .1937 - The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson .1940 - World War II : The Luftwaffe bombs Paris .1940 - World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
1943 - A mob of 60 from the Los Angeles Naval Reserve Armory beat up everyone perceived to be Hispanic , starting the week-long Zoot Suit Riots .1956 - British Rail renames 'Third Class' passenger facilities as 'Second Class' (Second Class facilities had been abolished in 1875 , leaving just First Class and Third Class).1962 - An Air France Boeing 707 charter, Chateau de Sully crashed after aborted takeoff from Paris, killing 130. The largest single plane accident to date.1963 - A Northwest Airlines DC-7 crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia, killing 101.1965 - Launch of Gemini 4 ,NASA crew. Crew-member Ed White performs the first American spacewalk (EVA).1968 - Valerie Solanas , author of SCUM Manifesto Andy Warhol by shooting him three times.1969 - Melbourne-Evans collision : Off the coast of South Vietnam , the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half.1973 - A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville , France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.1979 - A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 600,000 tons (176,400,000 gallons) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the worst oil spill to date.1982 - The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom , Shlomo Argov , is shot on a London street. He survives but is permanently paralysed.1984 - The Indian National Army storms the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib), the most sacred shrine of Sikhism , near Amritsar .1987 - Trade unionists in Vanuatu found the Vanuatu Labour Party .1989 - The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.1991 - Mount Unzen erupts in Japan in Kyūshū killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.1998 - Eschede train disaster : an ICE high speed train derails in Lower Saxony , Germany , causing 101 deaths.2006 - The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro 's formal declaration of independence.2007 - USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) engaged pirates after they boarded the Danish ship Danica White off the coast of Somalia . (details )
Births
1540 - Charles I of Austria (d. 1590 )1635 - Philippe Quinault , French writer (d. 1688 )1659 - David Gregory , Scottish astronomer (d. 1708 )1723 - Giovanni Antonio Scopoli , Italian-born naturalist (d. 1788 )1726 - James Hutton , Scottish geologist (d. 1797 )1770 - Manuel Belgrano , Argentine politician (d. 1820 )1808 - Jefferson Davis , American politician and President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889 )1818 - Louis Faidherbe , French general (d. 1889 )1819 - Anton Anderledy , Swiss Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1892 )1832 - Alexandre Charles Lecocq , French composer (d. 1918 )1843 - Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1912 )1844 - Garret Hobart , 24th Vice President of the United States (d. 1899 )1844 - Detlev von Liliencron , German poet (d. 1909 )
1853 - William Matthew Flinders Petrie , English Egyptologist (d. 1942 )1864 - Otto Erich Hartleben , German writer (d. 1905 )1864 - Ransom E. Olds , American automobile pioneer (d. 1950 )
1865 - George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1936 )1866 - George Howells Broadhurst , English director (d. 1952 )1873 - Otto Loewi , Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. 1961 )1877 - Raoul Dufy , French painter (d. 1953 )1878 - Barney Oldfield , American race car driver (d. 1946 )1879 - Raymond Pearl , American biologist (d. 1940 )1881 - Mikhail Larionov , Russian painter (d. 1964 )1888 - Tom Brown , American musician (d. 1958 )1899 - Georg von Békésy , Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. 1972 )1901 - Maurice Evans , English actor (d. 1989 )1903 - Eddie Acuff , American actor (d. 1956 )1904 - Jan Peerce , American tenor (d. 1984 )1905 - Martin Gottfried Weiss , German, commandant of Dachau concentration camp (d. 1946 , by execution )1906 - Josephine Baker , American dancer (d. 1975 )1907 - Paul Rotha , English director (d. 1984 )1911 - Ellen Corby , American actress (d. 1999 )1911 - Paulette Goddard , American actress (d. 1990 )
1913 - Pedro Mir , Dominican Poet Laureate (d. 2000 )1917 - Leo Gorcey , American actor (d. 1969 )1918 - Patrick Cargill , English actor (d. 1996 )1918 - Lili St. Cyr , American ecdysiast (d. 1999 )
1921 - Forbes Carlile , Australian athlete1922 - Alain Resnais , French director1923 - Igor Shafarevich , Russian mathematician1924 - Colleen Dewhurst , Canadian actress (d. 1991 )1924 - Ted Mallie , American radio and television announcer (d. 1999 )
1924 - Torsten Wiesel , Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate
1924 - Jimmy Rogers , American blues guitarist (d. 1997 )
1925 - Tony Curtis , American actor1926 - Allen Ginsberg , American poet (d. 1997 )1927 - Boots Randolph , American saxophonist (d. 2007 )1929 - Werner Arber , Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate1929 - Chuck Barris , American game show host
1930 - Marion Zimmer Bradley , American author (d. 1999 )1930 - Dakota Staton , American jazz singer (d. 2007 )
1930 - Ben Wada , Japanese television producers
1931 - Françoise Arnoul , French actress1931 - Raúl Castro , Cuban statesman
1931 - John Norman , American author
1931 - Lindy Remigino , American athlete
1933 - Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah , emir of Bahrain (d. 1999 )1934 - Rolland D. McCune , American theologian1936 - Jim Gentile , baseball player1936 - Larry McMurtry , American author
1937 - Solomon P. Ortiz , American politician1937 - Edward Winter , American actor (d. 2001 )
1939 - Steve Dalkowski , baseball player1939 - Ian Hunter (singer) , English musician
1942 - Curtis Mayfield , American musician (d. 1999 )1943 - Billy Cunningham , American basketball player1944 - Edith McGuire , American runner1944 - Eddy Ottoz , Italian athlete
1946 - Michael Clarke American musician (d. 1993 )1946 - Eddie Holman , American singer
1946 - Tristan Rogers , Australian-American actor
1947 - Mickey Finn , British guitarist and percussionist (T. Rex ) (d. 2003 )1947 - Mike Burgmann , Australian racing driver (d. 1986 )
1947 - John Dykstra , American special effects supervisor
1950 - Melissa Mathison , American screenwriter1950 - Suzi Quatro , American musician and actress
1950 - Christos Verelis , Greek politician
1950 - Deniece Williams , American singer
1952 - Billy Powell , American keyboardist (Lynyrd Skynyrd )1952 - David Richards , CBE , British motor racing entrepreneur
1954 - Dan Hill , Canadian singer and songwriter1954 - Wally Weir , Quebec ice hockey player
1956 - Brad Nessler , American sports broadcaster1956 - George Burley , Scottish football player and manager
1957 - Horst-Ulrich Hänel , German field hockey player1959 - John Carlson , American talk radio host1961 - Lawrence Lessig , American lawyer and author1962 - Susannah Constantine , British fashion guru1963 - Rudy Demotte , Belgian politician1963 - Toshiaki Karasawa , Japanese actor
1964 - Kerry King , American musician (Slayer )1964 - Doro Pesch , German singer
1964 - James Purefoy , British actor
1965 - Mike Gordon , American musician1965 - Jeff Blumenkrantz , American composer and actor1966 - Wasim Akram , Pakistani cricketer1967 - Anderson Cooper , American reporter1968 - Jamie O'Neal , American singer1968 - Samantha Sprackling , Nigerian singer
1969 - Takako Minekawa , Japanese musician1969 - Hiroyuki Takami , Japanese musician
1970 - Esther Hart , Dutch singer1970 - Julie Masse , French Canadian singer
1970 - Peter Tägtgren , Swedish musician (Hypocrisy ) and producer
1970 - Ammon McNeely , American rock climber 1971 - Carl Everett , American baseball player1971 - John Hodgman , American author and humorist
1974 - Kelly Jones , Welsh singer (Stereophonics )1974 - Arianne Zuker , American actress
1975 - Jose Molina , Puerto Rican baseball player1976 - Jamie McMurray , American NASCAR driver1976 - Yuri Ruley , American drummer
1976 - Enda Markey , Irish/Australian entertainer
1977 - Cris , Brazilian footballer1977 - Az-Zahir Hakim , American football player
1977 - Travis Hafner , American baseball player
1978 - Lyfe Jennings , R&B singer and song-writer1980 - Lazaros Papadopoulos , Greek basketball player1982 - Yelena Isinbayeva , Russian pole vaulter1982 - Dihan Slabbert , South African singer and composer1986 - Alexandros Karageorgiou , Greek archer1986 - Brenden Richard Jefferson , African-American actor
1986 - Rafael Nadal , Spanish tennis player
1986 - Tomas Verner , Czech Republic ice skater
1986 - Adrián Vallés , Spanish racing driver
1986 - Al Horford , American basketball player
1987 - Lalaine , American actress and singer1987 - Masami Nagasawa , Japanese actress
1989 - Katie Hoff , American swimmer1996 - Chloё Baker , amazing girl2002 - Prince Tirso of Bulgaria , titular Bulgarian royal family2006 - Countess Leonore , Member of the Dutch Royal Family
Deaths
1395 - Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria 1397 - William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury , English military leader (b. 1328 )1411 - Duke Leopold IV of Austria (b. 1371 )1548 - Juan de Zumárraga , Spanish Catholic bishop of Mexico (b. 1468 )1594 - John Aylmer , English political theorist (b. 1521 )1615 - Sanada Yukimura , Japanese samurai (b. 1567 )1640 - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk , English politician (b. 1584 )1657 - William Harvey , English physician (b. 1578 )1649 - Manuel de Faria e Sousa , Portuguese historian and poet (b. 1590 )1659 - Morgan Llwyd , Welsh Puritan preacher and writer (b. 1619 )1780 - Thomas Hutchinson , American colonial governor of Massachusetts (b. 1711 )1826 - Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin , Russian writer (b. 1766 )1858 - Julius Reubke , German composer (b. 1834 )1861 - Stephen A. Douglas , American politician (b. 1813 )1865 - Okada Izō , Japanese samurai (b. 1838 )1875 - Georges Bizet , French composer (b. 1838 )1877 - Ludwig Ritter von Köchel , Austrian musicologist (b. 1800 )1882 - Christian Wilberg , German painter (b. 1839 )1894 - Karl Eduard Zachariae , German expert on Byzantine Law (b. 1812 )1899 - Johann Strauss II , Austrian composer (b. 1825 )1924 - Franz Kafka , Czech novelist (b. 1883 )1928 - Li Yüan-hung , Chinese general and political figure (b. 1864 )1933 - William Muldoon , wrestler (b. 1852 )1955 - Barbara Graham , American murderer (b. 1923 )1963 - Nazim Hikmet , Turkish poet (b. 1902 )1963 - Pope John XXIII (b. 1881 )
1964 - Frans Eemil Sillanpää , Finnish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888 )1970 - Hjalmar Schacht , Nazi official (b. 1877 )1971 - Heinz Hopf , German mathematician (b. 1894 )1973 - Dory Funk , professional wrestler (b. 1919 )1975 - Ozzie Nelson , American band leader, producer, director, and actor (b. 1906 )1975 - Eisaku Sato , Prime Minister of Japan , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1901 )
1977 - Archibald Vivian Hill , English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886 )1977 - Roberto Rossellini , Italian film director (b. 1906 )
1983 - Nanna , Rafi Khawar, Lollywood actor, Lahore 1989 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini , Iranian Shi'ite leader (b. 1902 )1989 - John McCauley , NHL official (b. 1945 )
1990 - Stiv Bators , American musician (The Dead Boys ) (b. 1949 )1990 - Robert Noyce , American inventor (b. 1927 )
1991 - Katia Krafft , French volcanologist (eruption) (b. 1942 )1991 - Maurice Krafft , French volcanologist (eruption) (b. 1946 )
1991 - Takeshi Nagata , Japanese geophysicist (b. 1913 )
1992 - Robert Morley , English actor (b. 1908 )1994 - Puig Aubert , French rugby league footballer (b. 1925 )1997 - Dennis James , American television personality (b. 1917 )1998 - Poul Bundgaard , Danish actor and singer (b. 1922 )2001 - Anthony Quinn , Mexican-born actor (b. 1915 )2003 - Felix de Weldon , Austrian sculptor (b. 1907 )2004 - Frances Shand Kydd , mother of Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1936 )2004 - Quorthon , Swedish musician (Bathory ) (b. 1966 )
2005 - Harold Cardinal , Cree political leader, writer, and lawyer (b. 1945 )2006 - Johnny Grande , original accordion/piano/keyboard player for Bill Haley's Comets (b. 1932 )
Holidays and observances
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