Historical Events on June 3, Special Events on This Day
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What Happened on June 3rd This Day in History
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Khartoum massacre: In Sudan, over 100 people are killed when security forces accompanied by Janjaweed militiamen storm and open fire on a sit-in protest. |
| 2017 | London Bridge attack: Eight people are murdered and dozens of civilians are wounded by Islamist terrorists. Three of the attackers are shot dead by the police. |
| 2015 | An explosion at a gasoline station in Accra, Ghana, kills more than 200 people. |
| 2013 | The trial of United States Army private Chelsea Manning for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks begins in Fort Meade, Maryland. |
| 2013 | At least 119 people are killed in a fire at a poultry farm in Jilin Province in northeastern China. |
| 2012 | A plane carrying 153 people on board crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board and six people on the ground. |
| 2012 | The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on the River Thames. |
| 2006 | The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence. |
| 1998 | After suffering a mechanical failure, a high speed train derails at Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people. |
| 1992 | Aboriginal land rights are recognised in Australia, overturning the long-held colonial assumption of terra nullius, in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Torres Strait Islander Eddie Mabo and leading to the Native Title Act 1993. |
| 1991 | Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists. |
| 1989 | The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation. |
| 1984 | Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000. |
| 1982 | The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street; he survives but is left paralysed. |
| 1980 | An explosive device is detonated at the Statue of Liberty. The FBI suspects Croatian nationalists. |
| 1980 | The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, causing five deaths and $300 million (equivalent to $987 million in 2021) worth of damage. |
| 1979 | A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000 m3) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded. |
| 1973 | A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft. |
| 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; resulting in 74 deaths. |
| 1965 | The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk. |
| 1963 | Soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army attack protesting Buddhists in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalized for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments. |
| 1962 | At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130. |
| 1950 | Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak. |
| 1943 | In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines attack Latino youths in the five-day Zoot Suit Riots. |
| 1942 | World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island. |
| 1941 | World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants. |
| 1940 | World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris. |
| 1940 | Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl. |
| 1937 | The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson. |
| 1935 | One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa. |
| 1916 | The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men. |
| 1889 | The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23 km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon. |
| 1885 | In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police. |
| 1866 | The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States. |
| 1864 | American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor: Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia. |
| 1861 | American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia. |
| 1844 | The last pair of great auks is killed. |
| 1839 | In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2 million kilograms of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War. |
| 1781 | Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton. |
| 1665 | James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft. |
| 1658 | Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France. |
| 1621 | The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherland. |
| 1608 | Samuel de Champlain lands at Tadoussac, Quebec, in the course of his third voyage to New France, and begins erecting fortifications. |
| 1602 | An English naval force defeats a fleet of Spanish galleys, and captures a large Portuguese carrack at the Battle of Sesimbra Bay |
| 1539 | Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain. |
| 1326 | The Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark. |
| 1140 | The French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy. |
| 1098 | After a five-month siege during the First Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch (today's Turkey). |
| 713 | The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, deposed and sent into exile by conspirators of the Opsikion army in Thrace. He is succeeded by Anastasios II, who begins the reorganization of the Byzantine army. |
| 350 | The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. |
Famous People Born on June 3
Here is a random list who born on June 3. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1818 | Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician, Governor of Senegal (d. 1889) |
| 1890 | Baburao Painter, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1954) |
| 1930 | Abbas Zandi, Iranian wrestler (d. 2017) |
| 1963 | Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician, 8th Minister-President of Wallonia |
| 1960 | Catherine Davani, first female Papua New Guinean judge (d. 2016) |
| 1976 | Jamie McMurray, American race car driver |
| 1950 | Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2015) |
| 1950 | Frédéric François, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter |
| 1961 | Peter Vidmar, American gymnast |
| 1914 | Ignacio Ponseti, Spanish physician and orthopedist (d. 2009) |
Famous People Deaths On June 3
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on June 3. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1548 | Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish-Mexican archbishop (b. 1468) |
| 1865 | Okada Izō, Japanese samurai (b. 1838) |
| 1906 | John Maxwell, American golfer (b. 1871) |
| 1994 | Puig Aubert, German-French rugby player and coach (b. 1925) |
| 1615 | Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567) |
| 1991 | Brian Bevan, Australian rugby league player (b. 1924) |
| 1858 | Julius Reubke, German pianist and composer (b. 1834) |
| 2021 | F. Lee Bailey, American attorney (b. 1933) |
| 1924 | Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (b. 1883) |
| 628 | Liang Shidu, Chinese rebel leader |
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