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June 3 in recent years 2008 (Tuesday) 2007 (Sunday) 2006 (Saturday) 2005 (Friday) 2004 (Thursday) 2003 (Tuesday) 2002 (Monday) 2001 (Sunday) 2000 (Saturday)

June 3 is the 154th day of the year (155th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) International holidays and commemorations June 8 - Dragon Boat Festival ( Traditional Chinese) June 9 - Shavuot International holidays July 1 - Canada Day ( Canada) July 1 - July Morning ( Bulgaria) Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays and commemorations June 8 - Dragon Boat Festival ( Traditional Chinese) June 9 - Shavuot June 2007 is the sixth month of that year It began on a Friday and 30 days later ended on a Saturday. June 2006 was a month with thirty days The following events also occurred during the month 2005: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October June 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September June 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September June 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September June 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 211 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 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. Events By Place Roman Empire January 18 — Magnentius is proclaimed emperor by the army in Autun. Usurpers are individuals or groups of individuals who obtain and maintain the power or rights of another by force and without legal authority The Constantinian dynasty is an informal name for the ruling family of the Roman Empire from Constantius Chlorus († 305) to the death of Julian The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Gladiators (gladiatores "swordsmen" or "one who uses a sword" from la ''gladius'' "sword" were professional fighters in Ancient Rome who fought
• 1098 - First Crusade: Antioch falls to the crusaders after an eight-month siege. The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the dual goals of conquering the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and freeing Antioch on the Orontes (Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Δάφνῃ Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ Μεγάλη Antiochia ad Orontem also For other uses please see Siege of Antioch (disambiguation The Siege of Antioch took place during the First Crusade in 1097
• 1140 - French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Heresy, as a blanket term describes a practice or belief that is labeled as unorthodox
• 1326 - Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark. Treaty of Novgorod, signed on June 3th 1326 in Novgorod, marked the end of decades of the Norwegian-Novgorodian border skirmishes in the far-northern region Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional or Finnmárku ( Sami language) is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway.
• 1539 - DeSoto claims Florida for Spain. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
• 1608 - Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec. Samuel de Champlain (c 1575 - 25 December 1635) "The Father of New France " was a French navigator geographer cartographer The Viceroyalty of New France (Nouvelle-France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Tadoussac is a village of 857 inhabitants (2005 in Quebec, Canada.
• 1620 - Construction of the oldest stone church in French North America, Notre-Dame-des-Anges, begins at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Viceroyalty of New France (Nouvelle-France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Quebec City ( French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) (kwɨˈbɛk or /keˈbɛk/ is the Capital of the Canadian province Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
• 1621 - The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherlands. Dutch West India Company ( Dutch: Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie or GWC; English: Chartered West India Company was a company of New Netherland (Dutch Nieuw-Nederland, Latin Novum Belgium or Nova Belgica) 1614–1674 is the name of the former Dutch territory on the eastern coast
• 1658 - Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France. Pope Alexander VII ( February 13, 1599 &ndash May 22, 1667) born Fabio Chigi, was Pope from April 7, François-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval ( 30 April 1623 – 6 May 1708) was the first Roman Catholic bishop of 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. James II of England and Ireland James VII of Scotland (14 October 1633 &ndash 16 September 1701 was King of England, King of Scots, Later that same year James For the nursery rhyme see The Grand Old Duke of York. The title Duke of York is a title of Nobility in the British Peerage The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands A fleet, or naval fleet is a large formation of Warships, and the largest formation in any Navy. Lowestoft (ˈləʊstɒft/ /ˈləʊstəf is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England, lying between the eastern edge of The Broads National Park
• 1770 - Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo is founded in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, also known as the Carmel Mission, is a historic Roman Catholic mission church in Carmel-by-the-Sea California Carmel-by-the-Sea, usually called simply Carmel, is a small town endowed with a rich artistic history situated on the Monterey Peninsula in Monterey
• 1800 - U.S. President John Adams takes up residence in Washington, D.C. (in a tavern – the White House was not yet completed). Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by John Adams (October 30 1735 July 4 1826 was one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence
• 1850 - The traditional founding date of Kansas City, Missouri. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages This was the date on which it was first incorporated by Jackson County, Missouri as the "City of Kansas". Jackson County is a County located in the US state of Missouri.
• 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor - Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Battle of Cold Harbor, the final battle of Union Lt Gen Ulysses S During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the federal government of the United States, which was supported by the twenty-three The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 Hanover County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• 1866 - Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario, into the United States. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Fianna Éireann The Fenians, both the Fenian Brotherhood and Irish Republican Brotherhood, were fraternal organisations dedicated to the establishment of an independent Fort Erie (2006 population 29925 is a Town on the Niagara River in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1885 - Last military engagement fought on Canadian soil: Cree leader Big Bear escapes the North West Mounted Police. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Not to be confused with the Creek. Cree is an Exonym applied to various people indigenous to North America namely the Nehiyaw Nehithaw Nehilaw Big Bear or Mistahimaskwa ( c 1825 &ndash 17 January 1888) was born in the Canadian Northwest, and became Chief
• 1888 - The poem "Casey at the Bat", by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a "Casey at the Bat", subtitled "A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888" is a Baseball Poem written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. Ernest Lawrence Thayer ( August 14, 1863 - August 21, 1940) was an American writer and poet who wrote " Casey at the Bat The San Francisco Examiner is a US daily Newspaper. It has been published continuously in San Francisco, California, since
• 1889 - The Canadian Pacific Railway is completed from coast to coast. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Canadian Pacific Railway (
• 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. Electric power transmission, a process in the delivery of Electricity to consumers is the bulk transfer of electrical power The Willamette River (pronounced) is a Tributary of the Columbia River. Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers
• 1907 - Centro Escolar University is established by Librada Avelino and Carmen de Luna in Manila, Philippines. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Centro Escolar University ( ( Filipino: Pamantasang Centro Escolar) is a private University in the Philippines. The City of Manila The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP
• 1916 - The Reserve Officer Training Corps or ROTC is established by the U.S. Congress. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year ROTC links here For other uses see ROTC (disambiguation A Reserve Officers' Training Corps ( ROTC) ROTC produces officers in all branches The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses
• 1916 - The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men. The National Defense Act of 1916 provided for an expanded army during peace and wartime fourfold expansion of the National Guard, the creation of an Officers' and an Enlisted For the National Guard of a State and other countries' National Guard see National Guard.
• 1935 - One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality.
• 1937 - The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wallis Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer, then Simpson; 19 June 1895 or 1896 &ndash 24 April 1986 was an American
• 1940 - World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including ( German 'luftvafe is a generic German term for an Air force. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city
• 1940 - World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat. The Battle of Dunkirk was the defense and evacuation of the British and Allied forces that had been separated from the main body of the French defenses by the German advance Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War.
• 1943 - A mob of 60 from the Los Angeles Naval Reserve Armory beat up everyone perceived to be Hispanic, starting the week-long Zoot Suit Riots. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hispanic and Latino Americans are Americans of Hispanic or Latino descent, which comprises ancestry or origins in Hispanic America The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots that
• 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). Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also Rail transport in Great Britain, National Rail, Network Rail This article is about the defunct entity "British Railways" Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
• 1962 - An Air France Boeing 707 charter, Chateau de Sully crashed after aborted takeoff from Paris, killing 130. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Air France (formally Société Air France) is one of the world's largest Airlines Air France is based in Paris, France, and is a subsidiary of WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Chateau de Sully was a Boeing 707 used by Air France for a charter flight which crashed on June 3, 1962 while attempting to depart 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. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Northwest Airlines Inc (often abbreviated NWA) is the principal subsidiary WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions
• 1965 - Launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Gemini 4 (officially Gemini IV) was a June 1965 Manned space flight in NASA 's Gemini program. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Crew-member Ed White performs the first American spacewalk (EVA). Edward White may refer to Edward John White (1831–1913 Anglo-Australian meteorologist and astronomer Edward Douglass White (1845–1921 Extra-vehicular activity ( EVA) is work done by an Astronaut away from the Earth and outside of a Spacecraft.
• 1965 - For 21 minutes, Edward H. White floats free outside the space vehicle Gemini IV for the first time. Edward Higgins White II (LtCol, USAF ( November 14, 1930  &ndash January 27, 1967) was a United States Air Force officer and A spacecraft is a Vehicle or machine designed for Spaceflight. Gemini 4 (officially Gemini IV) was a June 1965 Manned space flight in NASA 's Gemini program.
• 1968 - Valerie Solanas, author of SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Valerie Jean Solanas ( April 9, 1936 – April 25, 1988) was an American Radical feminist writer best known for shooting SCUM Manifesto ( S ociety For C utting U p M en is a tract written in 1968 by Valerie Solanas that For the song by David Bowie, see Andy Warhol (song. Andrew Warhola (August 6 1928 &ndash February 22 1987 known as Andy Warhol
• 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. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Melbourne - Evans collision was a collision between the light aircraft carrier HMAS ''Melbourne'' (R21 of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN "RVN" redirects here RVN is also the former callsign of a TV station in Wagga Wagga New South Wales Australia For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Construction and acquisition Melbourne was constructed by Vickers-Armstrongs at their Naval Construction Yard in Barrow-in-Furness, England Construction Her keel was laid down at the Bethlehem Steel Company of Staten Island New York.
• 1973 - A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 For other uses see Supersonic. The term supersonic is used to define a speed that is over the Speed of sound ( Mach 1 WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Goussainville is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France.
• 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. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, about south of the U The Gulf of Mexico ( Spanish: Golfo de México) is the ninth largest Body of water in the world
• 1982 - The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) An ambassador is the highest ranking Diplomat who represents their country The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Shlomo Argov ( December 14, 1929 - February 23, 2003) was a prominent Israeli diplomat London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. He survives but is permanently paralysed.
• 1984 - The Indian National Army storms the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib), the most sacred shrine of Sikhism, near Amritsar. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The Indian National Army ( INA) or Azad Hind Fauj ( Hindi: आज़ाद हिन्द फ़ौज was an armed force formed by Indian nationalists Sikhism ( IPA: or; ਸਿੱਖੀ sikkhī, IPA:) founded on the teachings of Nanak and nine successive gurus in fifteenth century Amritsar (ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ meaning The Lake of the Holy Nectar, is the administrative headquarters of the Amritsar District in the state
• 1989 - The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Tiananmen Square ( is the large Plaza near the center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen (literally Gate of Heavenly Peace
• 1991 - Mount Unzen erupts in Japan in Kyūshū killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Mount Unzen ( jp 雲仙岳 Unzendake) is an active volcanic complex of several overlapping Stratovolcanoes also known as a Composite volcano For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. or Kyushu is the third-largest Island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands.
• 1998 - Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed train derails in Lower Saxony, Germany, causing 101 deaths. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The Eschede train disaster was one of the world's deadliest high-speed train accidents The InterCityExpress or ICE (German pronunciation) is a system of high-speed trains predominantly running in Germany and neighbouring countries Lower Saxony ( German: Niedersachsen ch is pronounced before an s --> lies in north-western Germany and is second Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• 2006 - The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (Државна заједница Србија и Црна Гора / Državna zajednica Srbija i Crna Gora, abbreviated Montenegro ( British English) Montenegrin / Serbian: PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE LANGUAGES WITHOUT CONSENSUS ON THE TALK PAGE!
• 2008 - Barack Obama becomes the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party, passing the needed number 2,118 delegates and becoming the first African American to win the nomination of any major political party. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

Births

• 1540 - Charles I of Austria (d. "Karl I" redirects here For the prince of Liechtenstein see Karl I of Liechtenstein. 1590)
• 1635 - Philippe Quinault, French writer (d. Philippe Quinault ( 3 June 1635 – 26 November 1688) French Dramatist and Librettist, was born in Paris 1688)
• 1659 - David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. David Gregory may refer to David Gregory (mathematician, Scottish mathematician David Gregory (journalist, American journalist at 1708)
• 1723 - Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born naturalist (d. Year 1708 ( MDCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (sometimes Latinized as Johannes Antonius Scopoli) ( June 3, 1723 &ndash May 8, 1788) was a Tyrolian 1788)
• 1726 - James Hutton, Scottish geologist (d. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Year 1726 ( MDCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a James Hutton MD (3 June 1726 OS (14 June 1726 NS) Edinburgh 26 March 1797 was a Scottish Geologist, 1797)
• 1770 - Manuel Belgrano, Argentine politician (d. Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano, usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano ( June 3, 1770 &ndash June 20, 1820 1820)
• 1808 - Jefferson Davis, American politician and President of the Confederate States of America (d. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Jefferson Finis Davis ( June 3, 1808 &ndash December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as President of the The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 1889)
• 1818 - Louis Faidherbe, French general (d. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Louis Léon César Faidherbe ( June 3, 1818 &ndash September 29, 1889) was a French general and colonial administrator 1889)
• 1819 - Anton Anderledy, Swiss Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Anton Maria Anderledy, ( June 3, 1819, Berisal (Valais Switzerland - January 18, 1892, Fiesole (Florence Italy was a Swiss Jesuit elected 1892)
• 1832 - Alexandre Charles Lecocq, French composer (d. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Alexandre Charles Lecocq ( June 3, 1832, Paris &ndash October 24, 1918, Paris was a French musical composer 1918)
• 1843 - Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Frederik VIII (Christian Frederik Vilhelm Carl ( June 3, 1843 &ndash May 14, 1912) was King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912 1912)
• 1844 - Garret Hobart, 24th Vice President of the United States (d. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Garret Augustus Hobart (June 3 1844 &ndash November 21 1899 was the twenty-fourth Vice President of the United States. The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death 1899)
• 1844 - Detlev von Liliencron, German poet (d. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Detlev von Liliencron ( June 3, 1844 - July 1909 was a German Lyric poet and novelist from Kiel. 1909)
• 1853 - William Matthew Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (d. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Professor Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie FRS ( 3 June 1853 &ndash 28 July 1942) known as Flinders Petrie, was an 1942)
• 1864 - Otto Erich Hartleben, German writer (d. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Otto Erich Hartleben ( June 3, 1864 &ndash February 11, 1905) was a German Poet and Dramatist from Clausthal 1905)
• 1864 - Ransom E. Olds, American automobile pioneer (d. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Ransom Eli Olds ( June 3, 1864 – August 26, 1950) was a pioneer of the American Automobile industry, for whom both the Oldsmobile 1950)
• 1865 - George V of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 1936)
• 1866 - George Howells Broadhurst, English director (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common George Howells Broadhurst ( June 3, 1866 - January 31, 1952) was an Anglo-American theatre owner/manager director producer and 1952)
• 1873 - Otto Loewi, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Otto Loewi ( June 3, 1873 &ndash December 25, 1961) was a German pharmacologist whose discovery of Acetylcholine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1961)
• 1877 - Raoul Dufy, French painter (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Raoul Dufy ( 3 June 1877 – 23 March 1953) was a French Fauvist painter 1953)
• 1878 - Barney Oldfield, American race car driver (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Berna Eli "Barney" Oldfield ( June 3, 1878 &ndash October 4, 1946) was an Automobile racer and pioneer 1946)
• 1879 - Raymond Pearl, American biologist (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Raymond Pearl ( 3 June 1879 &ndash 17 November 1940) was an American Biologist, regarded as one of the founders of 1940)
• 1881 - Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov ( Russian: Михаил Фёдорович Ларионов, June 3, 1881 &ndash May 10, 1964 1964)
• 1888 - Tom Brown, American musician (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Tom Brown, sometimes known by the Nickname Red Brown ( June 3, 1888 &ndash March 25, 1958) was an early New Orleans 1958)
• 1899 - Georg von Békésy, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Georg von Békésy (Békésy György ( June 3, 1899 &ndash June 13, 1972) was a Hungarian biophysicist born in Budapest The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1972)
• 1901 - Maurice Evans, English actor (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Maurice Herbert Evans ( June 3, 1901 - March 12, 1989) was an English Actor who became a US citizen in 1941 1989)
• 1903 - Eddie Acuff, American actor (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Eddie Acuff ( June 3, 1903 in Caruthersville Missouri – December 17, 1956 in Hollywood California) was an 1956)
• 1904 - Jan Peerce, American tenor (d. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on WikipediaWikiProject_Opera#Infoboxes --> Jan Peerce ( June 3, 1904 – December 15, 1984) was 1984)
• 1905 - Martin Gottfried Weiss, German, commandant of Dachau concentration camp (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Martin Weiss (born 3 June 1905 in Weiden in der Oberpfalz – 29 May 1946) was the Commandant of Dachau concentration camp 1946, by execution)
• 1906 - Josephine Baker, American dancer (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Josephine Baker (or Joséphine Baker in Francophone countries ( June 3, 1906 &ndash April 12, 1975) was an American-born 1975)
• 1907 - Paul Rotha, English director (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Paul Rotha (born Paul Thompson, June 3, 1907, London - March 7, 1984, Wallingford, Oxfordshire) was 1984)
• 1911 - Ellen Corby, American actress (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ellen Corby ( June 3, 1911 &ndash April 14, 1999) was an American Academy Award -nominated Actor. 1999)
• 1911 - Paulette Goddard, American actress (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Paulette Goddard ( June 3, 1910 – April 23, 1990) was an Oscar -nominated American Film and Theatre 1990)
• 1913 - Pedro Mir, Dominican Poet Laureate (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Pedro Julio Mir Valentín ( 3 June 1913, San Pedro de Macorís &ndash 11 July 2000, Santo Domingo) was a Dominican 2000)
• 1917 - Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Leo Bernard Gorcey ( June 3, 1917 – June 2, 1969) was an American stage and movie actor who became famous for portraying on film 1969)
• 1918 - Patrick Cargill, English actor (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Patrick Cargill ( 3 June, 1918 &ndash 23 May, 1996) was a British Actor known for his role on the British television 1996)
• 1918 - Lili St. Cyr, American ecdysiast (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Lili St Cyr ( June 3, 1917 or 1918 &ndash January 29, 1999) was a prominent American Burlesque Stripper A striptease or Exotic dance is a form of erotic entertainment usually a Dance, in which the performer known as a "stripper" gradually undresses 1999)
• 1921 - Forbes Carlile, Australian athlete
• 1922 - Alain Resnais, French director
• 1923 - Igor Shafarevich, Russian mathematician
• 1924 - Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian actress (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Forbes Carlile MBE (born June 3 1921 in Armadale, Victoria) was Australia 's first post- World War II Olympics Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Alain Resnais (born June 3 1922 in Vannes, France) is a French Film director whose early works are often grouped within the New Wave or Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Igor Rostislavovich Shafarevich ( Russian: Игорь Ростиславович Шафаревич born June 3, 1923 in Zhytomyr) is a Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Colleen Dewhurst ( June 3, 1924 – August 22, 1991) was a Canadian actress whose distinguished stage career also encompassed significant 1991)
• 1924 - Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Theodore A (Ted Mallie (b June 3, 1924, Brooklyn New York  – d 1999)
• 1924 - Torsten Wiesel, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate
• 1924 - Jimmy Rogers, American blues guitarist (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Torsten Nils Wiesel (b June 3, 1924) was a Swedish co-recipient with David H The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. For other uses see James Rogers (disambiguation. Jimmy Rogers ( 3 June 1924 &ndash 19 December 1997)
• 1925 - Tony Curtis, American actor
• 1926 - Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz June 3, 1925) is an American film actor Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Irwin Allen Ginsberg (ˈgɪnzbɝg (June 3 1926 &ndash April 5 1997 was an American Poet. 1997)
• 1927 - Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Homer Louis "Boots" Randolph III ( June 3, 1927 &ndash July 3, 2007) was an American musician best known for his 1963 saxophone 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. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Werner Arber (born June 3, 1929) is a Swiss Microbiologist and Geneticist. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Chuck Barris (born Charles Hirsch Barris on June 3, 1929) is an American Game show producer and presenter who was responsible for many of Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley ( June 3, 1930 – September 25, 1999) was an American author of Fantasy novels such 1999)
• 1930 - Dakota Staton, American jazz singer (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Dakota Staton ( June 3, 1930 &ndash April 10, 2007) also known by the Muslim name Aliyah Rabia for a period was an 2007)
• 1930 - Ben Wada, Japanese television producers
• 1931 - Françoise Arnoul, French actress
• 1931 - Raúl Castro, Cuban statesman
• 1931 - John Norman, American author
• 1931 - Lindy Remigino, American athlete
• 1933 - Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, emir of Bahrain (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Ben Wada (和田 勉 Wada Ben) born Tsutomu Wada, July 3 1930 in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture, was a producer Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz (born June 3 1931 is the President of the Cuban Council of State and the Head of state of Cuba. John Frederick Lange Jr (born June 3, 1931) better known under his pen name John Norman, is a Professor of Philosophy and an author Lindy John Remigino (born June 3 1931) is an American athlete, the 1952 Olympic 100 m champion Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Emir Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, GCB, GCMG ( June 3 1933 &ndash March 6 1999) (عيسى بن سلمان آل خليفة 1999)
• 1934 - Rolland D. McCune, American theologian
• 1936 - Jim Gentile, baseball player
• 1936 - Larry McMurtry, American author
• 1937 - Solomon P. Ortiz, American politician
• 1937 - Edward Winter, American actor (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rolland D McCune (born June 3, 1934) is an American theologian who is professor of Systematic Theology at the Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Edward Gentile (pronounced "jen-TEE-uhl" born June 3, 1934 in San Francisco California) also nicknamed "Diamond Jim" is a Larry Jeff McMurtry (born June 3, 1936) is an American Novelist, Screenwriter, Essayist and Bookseller. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Solomon Porfirio Ortiz (born June 3, 1937 in Robstown, Texas) is an American politician from the State of Texas who currently Edward Winter is a name shared by the following individuals Edward Winter (British administrator (1622&ndash1686 English royal administrator in British 2001)
• 1939 - Steve Dalkowski, baseball player
• 1939 - Ian Hunter (singer), English musician
• 1942 - Curtis Mayfield, American musician (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Steven Louiso Dalkowski (born June 3 1939 in New Britain Connecticut) is a retired Left-handed Pitcher in Minor league Ian Hunter (born Ian Hunter Patterson 3 June 1939 Oswestry, Shropshire) is an English Singer-songwriter. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Curtis Lee Mayfield ( June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American soul, R&B, and Funk 1999)
• 1943 - Billy Cunningham, American basketball player
• 1944 - Edith McGuire, American runner
• 1944 - Eddy Ottoz, Italian athlete
• 1946 - Michael Clarke American musician (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William John "Billy" Cunningham (born June 3 1943 is an American former professional Basketball player and coach who was Nicknamed the Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edith Marie McGuire (born June 3, 1944) later known as Edith McGuire Duvall, is a former American sprinter Eddy Ottoz (born 3 June, 1944 in Mandelieu-la-Napoule) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 110 metre hurdles Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Clarke (born Michael James Dick) ( June 3, 1946 &ndash December 19, 1993) was an American musician best 1993)
• 1946 - Eddie Holman, American singer
• 1946 - Tristan Rogers, Australian-American actor
• 1947 - Mickey Finn, British guitarist and percussionist (T. Rex) (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Eddie Holman (born 3 June 1946, Norfolk, Virginia) is an American Singer and Recording artist. Tristan Rogers (born June 3 1946 in Melbourne Australia) is an Australian - American Actor. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mickey Finn or occasionally Micky Finn (born Michael Norman Finn 3 June 1947, Thornton Heath, Surrey, England &mdash TRex (occasionally spelled T Rex or T-Rex) were an English rock band fronted by guitarist singer and songwriter Marc Bolan. 2003)
• 1947 - Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Mike Burgmann ( June 3, 1947 – October 5, 1986) was a Sydney accountant and racing car driver who was involved in an accident at 1986)
• 1947 - John Dykstra, American special effects supervisor
• 1950 - Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter
• 1950 - Suzi Quatro, American musician and actress
• 1950 - Christos Verelis, Greek politician
• 1950 - Deniece Williams, American singer
• 1952 - Billy Powell, American keyboardist (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• 1952 - David Richards, CBE, British motor racing entrepreneur
• 1954 - Dan Hill, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1954 - Wally Weir, Quebec ice hockey player
• 1956 - Brad Nessler, American sports broadcaster
• 1956 - George Burley, Scottish football player and manager
• 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
• 1965 - Jeff Blumenkrantz, American composer and actor
• 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
• 1970 - Ammon McNeely, American rock climber
• 1971 - Carl Everett, American baseball player
• 1974 - Kelly Jones, Welsh singer (Stereophonics)
• 1974 - Arianne Zuker, American actress
• 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
• 1980 - Lazaros Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player
• 1980 - Olusheyi Banjo, American gospel singer,writer
• 1982 - Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter
• 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
• 1986 - Al Horford, American basketball player
• 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. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) John Charles Dykstra, ASC (born June 3 1947 in Long Beach California, United States) is a two-time Academy Award -winning Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Melissa Mathison (born June 3, 1950) is an American Screenwriter. Suzi Quatro (born Susan Kay Quatronella, June 3 1950, Detroit, Michigan) is an American Singer-songwriter, Christos Verelis (Χρήστος Βερελής (born 3 June 1950) is a Greek politician Deniece "Niecy" Williams (born June 3, 1950) is a Grammy Award -winning American Singer, Songwriter and Record Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Norris "Billy" Powell (born June 3, 1952) is the longtime Keyboardist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Lynyrd Skynyrd (ˌlɛnɚdˈskɪnɝd is an American Southern rock band David Pender Richards CBE (born 3 June 1952 Wales is the chairman of Prodrive, and a former team principal of the BAR and Benetton The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. An entrepreneur is a person who has possession over a company enterprise, or Venture, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Dan Hill (born Daniel Grafton Hill IV with whom he wrote the songs "Can't We Try" and "(Can This Be Real Love" Wally Weir (born June 3, 1954 in Verdun, Quebec) is a retired professional Ice hockey player who played 320 games in the National Hockey Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brad Nessler (born June 3, 1956 in St Charles Minnesota is an American Sportscaster, who currently calls College basketball games George Elder Burley (born 3 June 1956 in Cumnock, Kyle, East Ayrshire) is a Scottish football manager Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Horst-Ulrich Hänel (born June 3, 1957 in Plau am See, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a former Field hockey player from West Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lawrence Lessig (born June 3 1961) is an American academic and political activist Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Susannah Caroline Constantine (born 3 June 1962 is an award-winning English fashion guru, style advisor presenter, Bestselling fashion Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rudy WG Demotte (born June 3, 1963 in Ronse) is a Belgian socialist Politician who served as Minister for (real name Kiyoshi Karasawa (唐沢 潔 Karasawa Kiyoshi) is a Japanese theatre and film actor Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Kerry King (born June 3, 1964, in Los Angeles California) is a Guitarist, best known as one of the founding members of the Thrash Slayer is an American Thrash metal band founded by Guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King in Doro Pesch (full name Dorothee Pesch born 3 June, 1964, Düsseldorf, Germany) is a female vocalist formerly of the German heavy James Brian Mark Purefoy (born June 3 1964) is an English Actor. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Mike Gordon (born June 3, 1965 in Sudbury, Massachusetts) is a bass player and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Jeff Blumenkrantz (born June 3, 1965 in Long Branch New Jersey) is an American Actor and Musical theatre Composer Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Wasim Akram ( Urdu: وسیم اکرم) (born June 3, 1966 in Lahore, Punjab) is a former Pakistani Cricketer Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Anderson Hays Cooper (born June 3 1967 is an American Emmy Award -winning Journalist, author and television personality Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jamie O'Neal (born Jamie Murphy on June 3, 1968, in Sydney Australia) is a contemporary country singer and songwriter who has had success Samantha Marie Sprackling (born 3 June, 1968, Ibadan, Nigeria) more commonly known as Saffron, was the lead Singer Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a Japanese Musician, Composer and Writer. Background As an accomplished all-around musician Minekawa's musical skills set her firmly Hiroyuki Takami (貴水博之 Takami Hiroyuki, born June 3, 1969 Saitama City, Japan　birthname Fukuda Hiroyuki 福田博之 is a member of Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Esther Hart (b Katinka Hartkamp June 3 1970, Rotterdam) is a Dutch Singer. Peter Tägtgren (born June 3, 1970) is a Swedish musician He is the founder main composer lead Singer, and Guitarist of the Hypocrisy is a Death metal band from Sweden. It was formed in 1990 in Ludvika, Sweden by Peter Tägtgren Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ammon McNeely (born June 3, 1970) is an American rock climber, who holds the most Speed Climbing World Records and First Rock climbing is a Sport in which participants climb up or across natural rock formations or man-made rock walls with the goal of reaching the Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Carl Edward Everett III (born June 3, 1971 in Tampa Florida) is a former Major League Baseball Outfielder currently playing for the Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Kelly Jones (born 3 June, 1974) is a Welsh Singer-songwriter and Guitarist and the lead singer of the band Stereophonics Stereophonics are a British Rock band, consisting of Kelly Jones, Richard Jones, Javier Weyler and Adam Zindani. Arianne Bethene Zucker (born June 3, 1974 in Northridge California) and known professionally as Arianne Zuker is an American Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. José Benjamin Molina Matta (born June 3 1975 in) is a Major League Baseball Catcher for the New York Yankees. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Christopher McMurray (born June 3, 1976 in Joplin Missouri) is a NASCAR race car driver The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. Yuri Zane Ruley (born June 3 1976 in Tacoma Washington) is an American Drummer, playing in the punk band MxPx Enda Markey (b 3 June 1976 Dublin, Ireland is a stage and television actor Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Cristiano Marques Gomes, more widely known by his nickname Cris, is a Brazilian footballer born on 3 June 1977 in Guarulhos Brazil Az-Zahir Ali Hakim (born June 3, 1977 in Los Angeles, California) is an American football Wide receiver who is currently Travis Lee Hafner (ˈhæfnɚ (born June 3, 1977 in Jamestown North Dakota) is a Left-handed hitting Designated hitter in Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Lazaros Papadopoulos ( in Greek: Λάζαρος Παπαδόπουλος; born June 3rd, 1980 in Krasnodar, U Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva ( born) is a Russian Pole vaulter She is a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist (2004 and 2008 was elected Female Athlete of the Year by Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Alexandros Karageorgiou (born June 3, 1986) is an archer from Greece. Brenden Richard Jefferson (born June 3 1986 is an American film and television Actor and Songwriter. Rafael Nadal Parera (rafaˈel naˈðal (born June 3 1986 is a Spanish professional Tennis player who has been ranked World No (ˈtomaːʃ ˈvɛrnɛr (born June 3, 1986 in Písek) is a Czech figure skater. Adrián Vallés (born June 3, 1986 in Teulada, Alicante) is a Spanish Race car driver Alfred (Al Joel Horford Reynoso (born June 3 1986 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican Basketball player for the Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Lalaine Ann Vergara-Paras (born June 3, 1987 in Burbank, California) also known as Lalaine, is an American actress is a Japanese actress working for Toho. She has performed in many famous movies and television dramas including Crying out Love In the Center of the See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Prince Kubrat of Bulgaria Prince of Panagiurishte (born November 5, 1965) is the third son of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria and his wife Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Ivan Shishman (Иван Шишман ruled as emperor ( Tsar) of Bulgaria in Tarnovo 1371-1395 William Montacute 2nd Earl of Salisbury ( June 25, 1328 &ndash June 3, 1397) was an English nobleman and commander in the English 1328)
• 1411 - Duke Leopold IV of Austria (b. Leopold IV of Austria, Duke of Further Austria ( 1371 - June 3, 1411) was an Austrian Habsburg Duke of the Leopoldinian 1371)
• 1548 - Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Catholic bishop of Mexico (b. Juan de Zumárraga (1468 &ndash 3 June 1548) was a Spanish Basque Franciscan Prelate and first Bishop 1468)
• 1594 - John Aylmer, English political theorist (b. John Aylmer, Ælmer or Elmer ( 1521 - June 3, 1594) was an English divine, Constitutionalist and a 1521)
• 1615 - Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. was a Japanese samurai second son of the Sengoku period Daimyo Sanada Masayuki (1544-1611 1567)
• 1640 - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (b. Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl of Suffolk, KG ( August 13, 1584 &ndash June 3, 1640) was an English nobleman and politician 1584)
• 1657 - William Harvey, English physician (b. William Harvey ( April 1, 1578 – June 3, 1657) was an English Physician who is credited with being the first in 1578)
• 1649 - Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (b. Manuel de Faria e Sousa (mɐnuˈɛɫ dɨ fɐˈɾiɐ i ˈsozɐ in Spanish "Faria y Sousa" ( 18 March 1590 - 3 June 1649) was Portuguese 1590)
• 1659 - Morgan Llwyd, Welsh Puritan preacher and writer (b. Morgan Llwyd (1619 Maentwrog parish Gwynedd &ndash June 3, 1659, Wrexham) was a Welsh Puritan Preacher, 1619)
• 1780 - Thomas Hutchinson, American colonial governor of Massachusetts (b. Year 1780 ( MDCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Thomas Hutchinson ( September 9 1711 June 3 1780) was the royal governor of Massachusetts from 1771 to 1774 and a prominent 1711)
• 1826 - Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (b. Year 1711 ( MDCCXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin ( Никола́й Миха́йлович Карамзи́н) (December 1 1766 – June 3 1826 a Russian author credited 1766)
• 1858 - Julius Reubke, German composer (b. Year 1766 ( MDCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Julius Reubke ( March 23 1834 &ndash June 3 1858) was a German Composer, pianist and organist. 1834)
• 1861 - Stephen A. Douglas, American politician (b. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Stephen Arnold Douglas ( April 23, 1813 - June 3, 1861) was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and 1813)
• 1865 - Okada Izō, Japanese samurai (b. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Okada Izō (岡田 以蔵 1832&ndash June 3, 1865) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, feared as one of the four most notable assassins 1838)
• 1875 - Georges Bizet, French composer (b. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Georges Bizet (25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875 was a French Composer and Pianist of the Romantic era 1838)
• 1877 - Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian musicologist (b. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ludwig Alois Ferdinand Ritter von Köchel (ˈkœçəl (January 14 1800 – June 3 1877 was a Musicologist, writer composer Botanist and publisher 1800)
• 1882 - Christian Wilberg, German painter (b. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Christian Wilberg ( November 20, 1839 in Havelberg – June 3, 1882 in Paris) was a German painter 1839)
• 1894 - Karl Eduard Zachariae, German expert on Byzantine Law (b. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1812)
• 1899 - Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (b. Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Johann Strauss II (also known as Johann Strauss the Younger, Johann Strauss Jr 1825)
• 1924 - Franz Kafka, Czech novelist (b. Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1883)
• 1928 - Li Yüan-hung, Chinese general and political figure (b. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Li Yuanhong ( Traditional Chinese: 黎元洪 Pinyin: Lí Yuánhóng courtesy Songqing 宋卿 1864 - June 3, 1928) was 1864)
• 1933 - William Muldoon, wrestler (b. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Muldoon (May 25 1845 or 1852 – June 3 1933 He was also a well-known Physical culture proponent Boxing trainer stage actor and one of the first 1852)
• 1955 - Barbara Graham, American murderer (b. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Barbara Graham, née Barbara Elaine Wood ( June 26, 1923 in Oakland California &ndash June 3, 1955 at San Quentin 1923)
• 1963 - Nazim Hikmet, Turkish poet (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nazım Hikmet Ran ( November 20, 1901 – June 3, 1963) commonly known as Nazım Hikmet (nɑːˌzɯm hikˈmɛt was a Turkish 1902)
• 1963 - Pope John XXIII (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Pope John (numberingBlessed 1881)
• 1964 - Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Sillanpää redirects here For other meanings see Sillanpää (disambiguation. The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1888)
• 1970 - Hjalmar Schacht, Nazi official (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dr Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht (22 January 1877 – 3 June 1970 was the Currency Commissioner and President of the Reichsbank under the Weimar Republic, and President 1877)
• 1971 - Heinz Hopf, German mathematician (b. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Heinz Hopf ( November 19, 1894 – June 3, 1971) was a German Mathematician born in Gräbschen, Germany (now 1894)
• 1973 - Dory Funk, professional wrestler (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Dory Funk (May 4 1919 – June 3 1973 was a Professional wrestler. 1919)
• 1975 - Ozzie Nelson, American band leader, producer, director, and actor (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Oswald George "Ozzie" Nelson ( March 20, 1906 - June 3, 1975) was an American entertainer who originated and starred in 1906)
• 1975 - Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister of Japan, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting was a Japanese Politician and the 61st 62nd and 63rd Prime Minister of Japan, elected on November 9 1964 and re-elected on February 17 1967 and January 14 1970 The is the usual English-language term used for the Head of government of Japan, although the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Prime The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1901)
• 1977 - Archibald Vivian Hill, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Archibald Vivian Hill CH CBE FRS ( 26 September 1886 &ndash 3 June 1977) was an English Physiologist The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1886)
• 1977 - Roberto Rossellini, Italian film director (b. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Roberto Rossellini ( May 8 1906 – June 3 1977) was an Italian Film director. 1906)
• 1983 - Nanna, Rafi Khawar, Lollywood actor, Lahore
• 1989 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Shi'ite leader (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Rafi Khawar ( Urdu: رفیع خاور) (died June 3, 1986) popularly known as Nanna ( Urdu: ننھا) was a renowned The cinema of Pakistan refers to Pakistan 's film industry Most of the feature films shot in Pakistan are in Urdu language but may also include films in Punjabi ( lahor is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and is the second largest city in Pakistan after Karachi. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Seyyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini ( Persian:, pronounced muːsæviː-je xomejniː}}( September 24, 1902 – June 3 1989 1902)
• 1989 - John McCauley, NHL official (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting John McCauley A US film director who made several fairly successful action/horror feature films during the 1970s and 80's 1945)
• 1990 - Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (b. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Steven John Bator, known as Stiv Bators ( October 22 1949 – June 2 1990) was an American Rock and roll and The Dead Boys were an American Punk rock band from Cleveland Ohio. 1949)
• 1990 - Robert Noyce, American inventor (b. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Norton Noyce ( December 12, 1927 &ndash June 3, 1990) nicknamed " the Mayor of Silicon Valley " co-founded 1927)
• 1991 - Katia Krafft, French volcanologist (eruption) (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Katia Krafft ( Mulhouse, 17 April 1942 – 3 June 1991) and her husband Maurice Krafft ( Guebwiller, 25 1942)
• 1991 - Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist (eruption) (b. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Katia Krafft ( Mulhouse, 17 April 1942 – 3 June 1991) and her husband Maurice Krafft ( Guebwiller, 25 1946)
• 1991 - Takeshi Nagata, Japanese geophysicist (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Takeshi Nagata (永田武 ( June 24 1913 &ndash June 3 1991) was a Japanese Geophysicist. Geophysics, a major discipline of Earth sciences, is the study of the Earth by quantitative physical methods especially by seismic, electromagnetic 1913)
• 1992 - Robert Morley, English actor (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Robert Morley CBE ( May 26, 1908 &ndash June 3, 1992) was an Oscar -nominated English Actor who 1908)
• 1994 - Puig Aubert, French rugby league footballer (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Puig Aubert (born March 24, 1925 in Andernach, Germany – died June 3, 1994 in Carcassonne, France) was debatably 1925)
• 1997 - Dennis James, American television personality (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Dennis James ( August 24, 1917 - June 3, 1997) was an American pioneering television personality 1917)
• 1998 - Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Poul Arne Bundgaard ( October 27, 1922 – June 3, 1998) was a Danish Actor and Singer. 1922)
• 2001 - Anthony Quinn, Mexican-born actor (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. For other people named Anthony Quinn see Anthony Quinn (disambiguation Anthony Quinn ( April 21, 1915 &ndash 1915)
• 2003 - Felix de Weldon, Austrian sculptor (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Felix Weihs de Weldon ( April 12, 1907 – June 3, 2003) was an American sculptor. 1907)
• 2004 - Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Ace "Quorthon" ( February 17, 1966 – June 3, 2004) was the founder and song writer of the pioneering Swedish Black metal Bathory was a Swedish heavy metal band formed by Quorthon in 1983 1966)
• 2005 - Harold Cardinal, Cree political leader, writer, and lawyer (b. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dr Harold Cardinal ( January 27, 1945 &ndash June 3, 2005) was a Cree writer political leader teacher negotiator and lawyer 1945)
• 2006 - Johnny Grande, original accordion/piano/keyboard player for Bill Haley's Comets (b. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. John A Grande ( January 14 1930 – June 3 2006) better known as Johnny Grande, was a member of 1932)

Holidays and observances

• Roman Empire - Festival to Bellona. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial See Enyo for the Greek counterpart and Bellona for other meanings of this word
• Confederate Memorial Day observed in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Tennessee. Confederate Memorial Day, also known as Confederate Decoration Day (Tennessee and Confederate Heroes Day (Texas is an official holiday and/or observance day in The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States.
• Vladimirskaya (in Russia)
• Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs of Uganda. The Theotokos of Vladimir,( Greek Θεοτόκος του Βλαντιμίρ also known as Our Lady of Vladimir, the Virgin of Vladimir or Vladimirskaya Carl Lwanga (also known as Charles Lwanga or Karoli Lwanga) (1860 or 1865– June 3, 1886) was a Ugandan Catholic The Uganda Martyrs were Ugandan Christians who were murdered for their faith
• Saint Kevin of Glendalough
• Saint Clothilde (d. Saint Kevin of Glendalough (c 498–618 is a Christian Saint who was the Abbot of Glendalough in County Wicklow, Ireland Saint Clotilde (475 – 545 also known as Clotilda or simply Clotild, was the daughter of Chilperic II of Burgundy and Caretena and wife of the Frankish 545)
• Blessed Pope John XXIII
• Saint Paula (d. Events By Place Byzantine Empire The Ostrogoths besiege Rome. Pope John (numberingBlessed Saint Paula (347–404 was an ancient Roman Saint. A member of one of the richest " senatorial " families which frivolously claimed descent from 273)
• Saint Ovidius

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Events By Place Roman Empire Under the command of Emperor Aurelian, the Roman Army sacks the city of Palmyra. Saint Ovidius (Santo Ovídio also Saint Auditus, is a Portuguese Saint.

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