JUNE 3

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Holidays and observances

Liturgical Feast days

External links

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 - The Pope 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, DC (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".

★ 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor - Union forces attack Confederate troops at Cold Harbor, Virginia.

★ 1866 - Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario, into the United States to a heroes' welcome.

★ 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 was established by Librada Avelino and Carmen de Luna in Manila, Philippines.

★ 1916 - The 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.

★ 1932 - New York Yankee great Lou Gehrig hits four home runs in one game against the Philadelphia Athletics. Final score 20-13 in favour of the Yankees.

★ 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 beats up everyone perceived to be Hispanic, starting the week-long Zoot Suit Riots.

★ 1953 - Billy Joe McAllister jumps off the Tallahatchie Bridge, according to the 1967 hit song ''Ode to Billy Joe'' by Bobbie Gentry, and the movie which followed.

★ 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,'' the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew.

★ 1965 - For 21 minutes, Edward H. White floats free outside the space vehicle ''Gemini IV'' for the first time.

★ 1968 - Valerie Solanas, author of ''The SCUM Manifesto'', attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times.

★ 1969 - 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.

★ 1977 - Reggae stars Bob Marley and the Wailers release the classic album ''Exodus'', which would be named Time magazine's "Album of the Century" in 1999.

★ 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 Army storms the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib), the most sacred shrine of Sikhism, near Amritsar.

★ 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.

★ 1992 - The Mabo Decision is handed down, recognising the land rights of Australian Aborigines.

★ 1997 - Lionel Jospin becomes Prime Minister of France.

★ 1998 - Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed train derails in Lower Saxony, Germany, causing 101 deaths.

★ 2003 - Derek Jeter is named Yankees Team Captain

★ 2006 - The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.

★ 2006 - Canada conducts largest domestic anti-terrorism operation, arresting 17 suspected of planning attacks in Ontario.

Births

★ 1540 - Charles II 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, 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 Weiss, Commandant of Dachau concentartion camp (d. 1946)

★ 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 - Lili St. Cyr, American ecdysiast (d. 1999)

★ 1921 - Forbes Carlile, Australian athlete

★ 1922 - Alain Resnais, French director

★ 1923 - Igor Shafarevich, Russian mathematician

★ 1924 - 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 actor

★ 1926 - Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. 1997)

★ 1927 - Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (d. 2007)

★ 1929 - Werner Arber, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate

★ 1929 - 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 - 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 theologian

★ 1936 - Jim Gentile, baseball player

★ 1936 - Larry McMurtry, American author

★ 1937 - Solomon P. Ortiz, American politician

★ 1939 - Steve Dalkowski, baseball player

★ 1939 - Ian Hunter (singer), English musician

★ 1942 - Curtis Mayfield, American musician (d. 1999)

★ 1943 - Billy Cunningham, American basketball player

★ 1944 - Edith McGuire, American runner

★ 1944 - Eddy Ottoz, Italian athlete

★ 1946 - Eddie Holman, American singer

★ 1946 - Michael Clarke American musician (d. 1993)

★ 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 screenwriter

★ 1950 - Deniece Williams, American singer

★ 1950 - Suzi Quatro, American musician and actress

★ 1952 - Billy Powell, American keyboardist (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

★ 1954 - Dan Hill, Canadian singer and songwriter

★ 1956 - Brad Nessler, American sports broadcaster

★ 1957 - Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player

★ 1961 - Lawrence Lessig, American lawyer and author

★ 1962 - Susannah Constantine, British fashion guru

★ 1963 - Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician

★ 1963 - Toshiaki Karasawa, Japanese actor

★ 1964 - Kerry King, American musician (Slayer)

★ 1964 - Doro Pesch, German singer

★ 1964 - James Purefoy, British actor

★ 1965 - Mike Gordon, American musician

★ 1966 - Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer

★ 1967 - Anderson Cooper, American reporter

★ 1968 - Jamie O'Neal, American singer

★ 1968 - Samantha Sprackling, Nigerian singer

★ 1969 - Takako Minekawa, Japanese musician

★ 1969 - Hiroyuki Takami, Japanese musician

★ 1970 - Esther Hart, Dutch singer

★ 1970 - Julie Masse, French Canadian singer

★ 1970 - Peter Tägtgren, Swedish musician (Hypocrisy) and producer

★ 1971 - Carl Everett, American baseball player

★ 1974 - Kelly Jones, Welsh singer (Stereophonics)

★ 1975 - Jose Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player

★ 1976 - Jamie McMurray, American NASCAR driver

★ 1976 - Yuri Ruley, American drummer

★ 1976 - Enda Markey, Irish/Australian entertainer

★ 1977 - Cris, Brazilian footballer

★ 1977 - Az-Zahir Hakim, American football player

★ 1977 - Travis Hafner, American baseball player

★ 1979 - Tim Howard, American footballer

★ 1980 - Lazaros Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player

★ 1982 - Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter

★ 1983 - Joseph Arand, American national racewalking champion

★ 1986 - Alexandros Karageorgiou, Greek archer

★ 1986 - 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

★ 1987 - Lalaine, American actress and singer

★ 1987 - Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress

★ 2002 - Prince Tirso of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family

★ 2006 - 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)

★ 1818 - Egwale Seyon, Emperor of Ethiopia

★ 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. 1900)

★ 1989 - John McCauley, NHL official

★ 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)

★ 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

★ Roman Empire - Festival to Bellona.

★ Confederate Memorial Day observed in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Tennessee.

Liturgical Feast days

★ Vladimirskaya (in Russia)

★ Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs of Uganda.

★ Saint Kevin of Glendalough

★ Saint Clothilde (died 545)

★ Blessed Pope John XXIII

★ Saint Paula (died 273)

★ Saint Ovidius

★ Saint Gorg Preca

External links

★ BBC: On This Day

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★ On This Day in Canada
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