June 3

Events

1098 - First Crusade: Antioch falls to the crusaders after an Siege of Antioch|eight-month siege.

1140 - French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy.

1608 - Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec.

1620 - Building of 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 - English naval forces defeat the Dutch fleet.

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).

1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor - United States|Union forces attack Confederate States of America| 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 Canada|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 River|Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon, United States.

1916 - The Reserve Officer Training Corps|ROTC is established by the Congress of the United States|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 Canada|Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario.

1937 - The Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson. General Mola is killed in a plane crash.

1940 - World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.

1940 - World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a Germany|German tactical victory and with Allies|Allied forces in full evacuation.

1943 - A mob of 60 from the Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles Naval Reserve Armory beats up everyone perceived to be Hispanic American|Hispanic, starting a week-long race riot (see Zoot Suit Riots).

1950 - First ascent of Annapurna|Annapurna I, 10th highest mountain in the world.

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

1960 - In ''Gideon v. Wainwright'', the United States Supreme Court rules that all accused persons must be given the right to an attorney.

1962 - An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashed shortly after 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 Higgins White|Edward H. White floats free outside the space vehicle ''Gemini IV'' for the first time.

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

1969 - The science fiction television series ''Star Trek'' airs its final new episode after being canceled by NBC. The show premiered on September 8, 1966.

1969 - Off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne|HMAS ''Melbourne'' cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754)|USS ''Frank E. Evans'' in half.

1973 - A Soviet Union|Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.

1973 - Reggae stars Bob Marley and the Wailers release the classic album ''Exodus (album)|Exodus'', which will 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. Some estimate the spill to be 428 million gallons, making it the largest unintentional oil spill ever.

1989 - The government of PR China|China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.

1991 - At Hankuk University of Foreign Studies|Hankuk University in Seoul, South Korea, students throw Egg (food)|eggs at Prime Minister of South Korea|South Korean prime minister Chung Won Shik.

1997 - Lionel Jospin becomes Prime Minister of France.

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

2002 - The peak day of Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee celebrations occurs in the United Kingdom.

Births

1540 - Archduke 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 physician and naturalist (d. 1788)

1726 O.S. - James Hutton, Scottish geologist (d. 1797)

1770 - Manuel Belgrano, Argentine lawyer and politician (d. 1820)

1808 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889)

1844 - Detlev von Liliencron, German poet (d. 1909)

1853 - William Matthew Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (d. 1942)

1864 - Ransom E. Olds, American automobile pioneer (d. 1950)

1865 - King George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1936)

1873 - Otto Loewi, German-born pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1961)

1877 - Raoul Dufy, French painter (d. 1953)

1878 - Barney Oldfield, American race car driver (d. 1946)

1888 - Tom Brown (trombonist)|Tom Brown, American musician (d. 1958)

1899 - Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1972)

1901 - Maurice Evans (actor)|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, singer, and actress (d. 1975)

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)

1922 - Alain Resnais, French director

1924 - Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian actress (d. 1991)

1924 - Torsten Wiesel, Swedish neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1925 - Tony Curtis, American actor

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

1926 - Boots Randolph, American musician

1927 - Edward Killingstone, American writer (d. 1954)

1929 - Werner Arber, Swiss microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1929 - Chuck Barris, American game show host, producer, and purported spy

1930 - Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (d. 1999)

1931 - John Norman, American author

1931 - Lindy Remigino, American athlete

1934 - Rolland D. McCune, American theologian

1936 - Larry McMurtry, American author

1936 - Jim Gentile, baseball player

1937 - Solomon P. Ortiz, American politician

1939 - Steve Dalkowski, baseball player

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

1943 - Billy Cunningham, American basketball player

1944 - Edith McGuire, American runner

1946 - Ian Hunter, English musician (Mott the Hoople)

1950 - Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter

1950 - Suzi Quatro, American musician and actress

1957 - Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player

1961 - Lawrence Lessig, American lawyer and author

1961 - Scott Byrne, American drummer (Instant Death) (d. 2005)

1963 - Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician

1964 - Kerry King, American musician (Slayer)

1965 - Kurt von Finck, American open source advocate

1966 - Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer

1967 - Anderson Cooper, American reporter

1968 - Jamie O'Neal, American singer

1968 - Samantha Sprackling|Saffron, Nigerian singer (Republica)

1970 - Esther Hart, Dutch singer

1972 - Kelly Jones, Welsh singer

1976 - Yuri Ruley, American drummer (mxpx)

1986 - Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player

1987 - Lalaine, American actress

1987 - Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress

Deaths

1397 - William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (b. 1328)

1411 - Duke Leopold IV of Austria (Habsburg)|Leopold IV of Austria (b. 1371)

1548 - Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Catholic bishop of Mexico (b. 1468)

1594 - John Aylmer (English constitutionalist)|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)

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)

1894 - Karl Eduard Zachariae, German expert on Byzantine Law (b. 1812)

1899 - Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (b. 1825)

1924 - Franz Kafka, Austrian novelist (b. 1883)

1928 - Li Yüan-hung， Chinese general and political figure (b. 1864)

1954 - Edward Killingstone, American Writer (b. 1927)

1963 - Nazim Hikmet, Turkish poet (b. 1902)

1963 - Pope John XXIII (b. 1881)

1964 - Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)

1970 - Hjalmar Schacht, Nazi official (b. 1877)

1971 - Heinz Hopf, German mathematician (b. 1894)

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 in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)

1977 - Roberto Rossellini, Italian film director (b. 1906)

1989 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Shi'ite leader (b. 1900)

1990 - Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (b. 1949)

1991 - Katia Krafft, French vulcanologist (eruption) (b. 1942)

1991 - Maurice Krafft, French vulcanologist (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)

Holidays and observances

Feast day of Carl Lwanga|St Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs of Uganda

Roman Empire - Festival to Bellona (goddess)|Bellona

Jefferson Davis Day - Celebration of the birth of Jefferson Davis

External links

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/3 ---- June 2 - June 4 - May 3 - July 3 – historical anniversaries|listing of all days