
June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ==Events== *1098 - Crusaders take Antioch, Turkey. *1140 - French scholar, Peter Abelard 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 forces attack Confederate States of America 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 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 and downtown Portland, Oregon. *1916 - The Reserve Officer Training Corps is established by the Congress of the United States. * 1916 - The National Defense Act was signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men. *1935 - 1,000 unemployed men board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario. *1937 - The Edward VIII of the United Kingdom marries Wallis Simpson. *1940 - World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris. * 1940 - World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a Germany tactical victory and with Allies forces in full evacuation. * 1943 - A mob of 60 from the Los Angeles, California Naval Reserve Armory beats up everyone perceived to be Hispanic American, starting a week-long race riot (see Zoot Suit Riots). *1950 - First ascent of Annapurna, 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 American crew. *1965 - Edward White floated free outside the space vehicle Gemini IV for the first time for 21 minutes. * 1968 - Valerie Solanas, author of ''SCUM manifesto'', attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him thrice. *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 cuts the United States destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) in half. *1973 - A Soviet Union 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)'', 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 China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation. * 1991 - In an incident at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, South Korea, students throw Egg (food)s at Prime Minister of South Korea Chung Won Shik. *1997 - Lionel Jospin becomes Prime Minister of France. *1998 - Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed rail derails, causing 101 deaths. * 1998 - Teen idol Brad Renfro is arrested in Knoxville, Tennessee, Tennessee, charged with possession of marijuana and cocaine. *2002 - The peak day of Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II celebrations occurs in the United Kingdom. ==Births== *1540 - Archduke Charles II of Austria, Regent of Inner Austria (d. 1590) *1726 - James Hutton, Scottish geologist (d. 1797) *1770 - Manuel Belgrano, Argentina lawyer, politician, military and creator of Argentina's flag. *1808 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889) *1844 - Detlev von Liliencron, German poet (d. 1909) *1864 - Ransom E. Olds, American automobile pioneer (d. 1950) *1865 - King George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1936) *1877 - Raoul Dufy, French painter (d. 1953) *1878 - Barney Oldfield, American auto racer (d. 1946) *1888 - Tom Brown (trombonist), American jazz musician (d. 1958) *1888 - Jim Tully, novelist (d. 1947) *1901 - Maurice Evans (actor), English actor (d. 1989) *1904 - Jan Peerce, American tenor (d. 1984) *1906 - Josephine Baker, American dancer, singer and actress (d. 1975) *1911 - Paulette Goddard, American actress (d. 1990) *1918 - Lili St. Cyr, American ecdysiast (d. 1999) *1922 - Alain Resnais, French director *1924 - Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian actress (d. 1991) *1924 - Gunther Ruhle, journalist, theater director *1924 - Torsten Wiesel, Swedish scientist *1925 - Tony Curtis, American actor *1925 - Gerhard Zwerenz, writer *1926 - Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. 1997) *1926 - Boots Randolph, musician *1929 - Chuck Barris, American game show host, producer, purported spy *1930 - Marion Zimmer Bradley, American science fiction author (d. 1999) *1931 - Lindy Remigino, American athlete *1931 - John Norman, author *1934 - Rolland D. McCune, American theologian, Fundamentalist *1936 - Larry McMurtry, American author *1937 - Solomon P. Ortiz, American politician *1939 - Steve Dalkowski, American baseball pitcher *1942 - Curtis Mayfield, American songwriter, musician (d. 1999) *1943 - Billy Cunningham, basketball star, executive *1944 - Edith McGuire, American sprinter *1946 - Ian Hunter, musician ("Mott the Hoople") *1950 - Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter *1950 - Suzi Quatro, American musician, actress *1955 - JoEllen Zabel, American investment adviser, best friend *1961 - Lawrence Lessig, USA lawyer, author, Free Culture advocate *1963 - Rudy Demotte, Belgium politician *1964 - Kerry King, USA musician *1966 - Wasim Akram, Pakistan cricket *1967 - Anderson Cooper, USA reporter *1968 - Samantha Sprackling, Nigerian lead singer of Republica. *1970 - Esther Hart, Netherlands singer *1986 - Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player *1987 - Lalaine, actress ==Deaths== * 1411 - Leopold IV of Austria (Habsburg), Regent of Tyrol and Further Austria *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, 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) *1963 - Pope John XXIII (b. 1881) *1970 - Hjalmar Schacht, minister of economics and president of the Reichsbank under Hitler (b. 1877) *1971 - Heinz Hopf, German mathematician (b. 1894) *1975 - Ozzie Nelson, American band leader, producer, director, and actor (b. 1906) *1977 - Roberto Rossellini, Italian film director, father of Isabella Rossellini, husband of Ingrid Bergman (b. 1906) *1989 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Shi'ite Islamic leader (b. 1900) *1990 - Stiv Bators, American musician, punk rock singer with The Dead Boys (b. October 22, 1949) *1991 - Katia and Maurice Krafft, French vulcanologists (b. 1942/1946) *1992 - Robert Morley, English actor (b. 1908) *2001 - Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor (b. 1915) *2003 - Felix de Weldon, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) *2004 - Frances Shand Kydd, mother of Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1936) *2005 - Harold Cardinal, Cree political leader, writer and lawyer, (b. 1945) ==Holidays and observances== *Feast day of Carl Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs of Uganda *Roman Empire - Festival to Bellona == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/3 BBC: On This Day] ---- June 2 - June 4 - May 3 - July 3 -- historical anniversaries ka:3 ივნისი la:3 Iunii ml:ജൂണ് 3 th:3 มิถุนายน
--User:Maveric149 23:45, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC) Template:June 3 selected anniversaries - Template talk:June 3 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:June_3_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- == Sam Ward == Is Sam Ward a real person? Perhaps from the Wizard of Oz or something? - User:Texture 16:57, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC) :Moved birth from article: *1988 - Sam Ward, munchkin :I suspect it's nonsense. User:Lupo 13:13, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC) I can find no reference Charles de Gaulle becoming Prime Minister on June 3 1944 (excepting copies of this Wikipedia article). It seems rather unlikely, three days before D-day and with the Vichy government still effectively in power. There is a reference to him becoming Prime Minister designate on June 1 1958 [http://econ161.berkeley.edu/TCEH/charlesdegaulle.html] (he may have been confirmed a few days later). If anyone has genuine references for this it would be good to see them; otherwise it's a little embarrassing to have something wrong on our front page. User:DJ Clayworth 19:45, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)
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June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ==Events== *1098 - Crusaders take Antioch, Turkey. *1140 - French scholar, Peter Abelard 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 forces attack Confederate States of America 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 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 and downtown Portland, Oregon. *1916 - The Reserve Officer Training Corps is established by the Congress of the United States. * 1916 - The National Defense Act was signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men. *1935 - 1,000 unemployed men board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario. *1937 - The Edward VIII of the United Kingdom marries Wallis Simpson. *1940 - World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris. * 1940 - World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a Germany tactical victory and with Allies forces in full evacuation. * 1943 - A mob of 60 from the Los Angeles, California Naval Reserve Armory beats up everyone perceived to be Hispanic American, starting a week-long race riot (see Zoot Suit Riots). *1950 - First ascent of Annapurna, 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 American crew. *1965 - Edward White floated free outside the space vehicle Gemini IV for the first time for 21 minutes. * 1968 - Valerie Solanas, author of ''SCUM manifesto'', attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him thrice. *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 cuts the United States destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) in half. *1973 - A Soviet Union 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)'', 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 China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation. * 1991 - In an incident at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, South Korea, students throw Egg (food)s at Prime Minister of South Korea Chung Won Shik. *1997 - Lionel Jospin becomes Prime Minister of France. *1998 - Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed rail derails, causing 101 deaths. * 1998 - Teen idol Brad Renfro is arrested in Knoxville, Tennessee, Tennessee, charged with possession of marijuana and cocaine. *2002 - The peak day of Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II celebrations occurs in the United Kingdom. ==Births== *1540 - Archduke Charles II of Austria, Regent of Inner Austria (d. 1590) *1726 - James Hutton, Scottish geologist (d. 1797) *1770 - Manuel Belgrano, Argentina lawyer, politician, military and creator of Argentina's flag. *1808 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889) *1844 - Detlev von Liliencron, German poet (d. 1909) *1864 - Ransom E. Olds, American automobile pioneer (d. 1950) *1865 - King George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1936) *1877 - Raoul Dufy, French painter (d. 1953) *1878 - Barney Oldfield, American auto racer (d. 1946) *1888 - Tom Brown (trombonist), American jazz musician (d. 1958) *1888 - Jim Tully, novelist (d. 1947) *1901 - Maurice Evans (actor), English actor (d. 1989) *1904 - Jan Peerce, American tenor (d. 1984) *1906 - Josephine Baker, American dancer, singer and actress (d. 1975) *1911 - Paulette Goddard, American actress (d. 1990) *1918 - Lili St. Cyr, American ecdysiast (d. 1999) *1922 - Alain Resnais, French director *1924 - Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian actress (d. 1991) *1924 - Gunther Ruhle, journalist, theater director *1924 - Torsten Wiesel, Swedish scientist *1925 - Tony Curtis, American actor *1925 - Gerhard Zwerenz, writer *1926 - Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. 1997) *1926 - Boots Randolph, musician *1929 - Chuck Barris, American game show host, producer, purported spy *1930 - Marion Zimmer Bradley, American science fiction author (d. 1999) *1931 - Lindy Remigino, American athlete *1931 - John Norman, author *1934 - Rolland D. McCune, American theologian, Fundamentalist *1936 - Larry McMurtry, American author *1937 - Solomon P. Ortiz, American politician *1939 - Steve Dalkowski, American baseball pitcher *1942 - Curtis Mayfield, American songwriter, musician (d. 1999) *1943 - Billy Cunningham, basketball star, executive *1944 - Edith McGuire, American sprinter *1946 - Ian Hunter, musician ("Mott the Hoople") *1950 - Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter *1950 - Suzi Quatro, American musician, actress *1955 - JoEllen Zabel, American investment adviser, best friend *1961 - Lawrence Lessig, USA lawyer, author, Free Culture advocate *1963 - Rudy Demotte, Belgium politician *1964 - Kerry King, USA musician *1966 - Wasim Akram, Pakistan cricket *1967 - Anderson Cooper, USA reporter *1968 - Samantha Sprackling, Nigerian lead singer of Republica. *1970 - Esther Hart, Netherlands singer *1986 - Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player *1987 - Lalaine, actress ==Deaths== * 1411 - Leopold IV of Austria (Habsburg), Regent of Tyrol and Further Austria *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, 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) *1963 - Pope John XXIII (b. 1881) *1970 - Hjalmar Schacht, minister of economics and president of the Reichsbank under Hitler (b. 1877) *1971 - Heinz Hopf, German mathematician (b. 1894) *1975 - Ozzie Nelson, American band leader, producer, director, and actor (b. 1906) *1977 - Roberto Rossellini, Italian film director, father of Isabella Rossellini, husband of Ingrid Bergman (b. 1906) *1989 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Shi'ite Islamic leader (b. 1900) *1990 - Stiv Bators, American musician, punk rock singer with The Dead Boys (b. October 22, 1949) *1991 - Katia and Maurice Krafft, French vulcanologists (b. 1942/1946) *1992 - Robert Morley, English actor (b. 1908) *2001 - Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor (b. 1915) *2003 - Felix de Weldon, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) *2004 - Frances Shand Kydd, mother of Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1936) *2005 - Harold Cardinal, Cree political leader, writer and lawyer, (b. 1945) ==Holidays and observances== *Feast day of Carl Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs of Uganda *Roman Empire - Festival to Bellona == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/3 BBC: On This Day] ---- June 2 - June 4 - May 3 - July 3 -- historical anniversaries ka:3 ივნისი la:3 Iunii ml:ജൂണ് 3 th:3 มิถุนายน
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--User:Maveric149 23:45, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC) Template:June 3 selected anniversaries - Template talk:June 3 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:June_3_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- == Sam Ward == Is Sam Ward a real person? Perhaps from the Wizard of Oz or something? - User:Texture 16:57, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC) :Moved birth from article: *1988 - Sam Ward, munchkin :I suspect it's nonsense. User:Lupo 13:13, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC) I can find no reference Charles de Gaulle becoming Prime Minister on June 3 1944 (excepting copies of this Wikipedia article). It seems rather unlikely, three days before D-day and with the Vichy government still effectively in power. There is a reference to him becoming Prime Minister designate on June 1 1958 [http://econ161.berkeley.edu/TCEH/charlesdegaulle.html] (he may have been confirmed a few days later). If anyone has genuine references for this it would be good to see them; otherwise it's a little embarrassing to have something wrong on our front page. User:DJ Clayworth 19:45, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)
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