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is the 154th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar (155th in
leap years), with 211 days remaining.
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.
*
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 a week-long race riot (see
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.
*
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 an
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
Britain,
Shlomo Argov, is shot on a
London street. He survives but is permanently paralysed.
*
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.
*
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)
*
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)
*
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 -
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)
* 1926 -
Boots Randolph, American musician
*
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)
*
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, English musician
*
1942 -
Curtis Mayfield, American musician (d.
1999)
*
1943 -
Billy Cunningham, American basketball player
*
1944 -
Edith McGuire, American runner
*
1946 -
Eddie Holman, American singer
* 1946 -
Michael Clarke American musician (d.
1993)
*
1950 -
Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter
* 1950 -
Deniece Williams, American singer
* 1950 -
Suzi Quatro, American musician and actress
*
1952 -
Billy Powell, American keyboardist
*
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
*
1963 -
Doro Pesch, German singer
* 1963 -
Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician
*
1964 -
Kerry King, American musician
*
1964 -
James Purefoy, British actor
*
1965 -
Kurt von Finck, American open source advocate
* 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
*
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 -
Krayzie Bone, American rapper
* 1974 -
Kelly Jones, Welsh singer (
Stereophonics)
*
1975 -
Jose Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
*
1976 -
Jamie McMurray, American
NASCAR driver
* 1976 -
Yuri Ruley, American drummer
*
1977 -
Cris, Brazilian footballer
* 1977 -
Az-Zahir Hakim, American football player
* 1977 -
Travis Hafner, American baseball player
*
1982 -
Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter
*
1985 -
Pretty Ricky, American singer
*
1986 -
Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
*
1987 -
Lalaine, American actress and singer.
* 1987 -
Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
*
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)
*
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)
*
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
*
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)
*
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)
*
1992 -
Robert Morley, English actor (b.
1908)
*
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.
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)
External links
*
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/3 BBC: On This Day*
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/20050603.html The New York Times: On This Day*
http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jun&day=03 On This Day in Canada----
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