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What happend on 3. June in History
In our data base we found 307 events happened on 3. June:
• 350: Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. [category: Events]
• 800: Staurakios, Byzantine chief minister [category: Deaths]
• 1140: French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy. [category: Events]
• 1326: Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark. [category: Events]
• 1395: Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria [category: Deaths]
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• 1397: William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English nobleman and commander (b. 1328) [category: Deaths]
• 1411: Leopold IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1371) [category: Deaths]
• 1537: John Manuel, Prince of Portugal (d. 1554) [category: Births]
• 1539: Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain. [category: Events]
• 1540: Charles II, Archduke of Austria (d. 1590) [category: Births]
• 1548: Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish bishop (b. 1468) [category: Deaths]
• 1594: John Aylmer, English bishop and scholar (b. 1521) [category: Deaths]
• 1608: Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec. [category: Events]
• 1615: Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567) [category: Deaths]
• 1621: The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherlands. [category: Events]
• 1635: Philippe Quinault, French writer (d. 1688) [category: Births]
• 1636: John Hale, American pastor during the Salem witch trials (d.1700) [category: Births]
• 1640: Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (b. 1584) [category: Deaths]
• 1649: Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (b. 1590) [category: Deaths]
• 1657: William Harvey, English physician (b. 1578) [category: Deaths]
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• 1658: Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France. [category: Events]
• 1659: David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708) [category: Births]
• 1659: Morgan Llwyd, Welsh preacher and writer (b. 1619) [category: Deaths]
• 1665: James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England) defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft. [category: Events]
• 1723: Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and naturalist (d. 1788) [category: Births]
• 1726: James Hutton, Scottish geologist (d. 1797) [category: Births]
• 1736: Ignaz Fränzl, German violinist and composer (d. 1811) [category: Births]
• 1770: Manuel Belgrano, Argentine politician (d. 1820) [category: Births]
• 1780: Thomas Hutchinson, American businessman, historian, and politician (b. 1711) [category: Deaths]
• 1808: Jefferson Davis, American politician, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1818: Louis Faidherbe, French general (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1819: Anton Anderledy, Swiss missionary, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1826: Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (b. 1766) [category: Deaths]
• 1832: Alexandre Charles Lecocq, French composer (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1839: In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2 million kg of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War. [category: Events]
• 1840: Michael O'Laughlen, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1867) [category: Births]
• 1843: Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1844: Detlev von Liliencron, German poet (d. 1909) [category: Births]
• 1844: Garret Hobart, American politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 1853: Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1855: Thecla Åhlander, Swedish actress (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1858: Julius Reubke, German composer (b. 1834) [category: Deaths]
• 1861: Stephen A. Douglas, American politician (b. 1813) [category: Deaths]
• 1861: American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races) – Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia, in first land battle of the War. [category: Events]
• 1864: Otto Erich Hartleben, German writer (d. 1905) [category: Births]
• 1864: Ransom E. Olds, American businessman, founded Oldsmobile and REO Motor Car Company (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1864: American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor – Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia. [category: Events]
• 1865: George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1865: Okada Izō, Japanese samurai (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
• 1866: George Howells Broadhurst, English director (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1866: The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario, into the United States. [category: Events]
• 1873: Otto Loewi, German pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1875: Georges Bizet, French composer (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
• 1877: Raoul Dufy, French painter (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1877: Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian writer, composer, and publisher (b. 1800) [category: Deaths]
• 1878: Barney Oldfield, American race car driver (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1879: Alla Nazimova, Russian-American actress, scriptwriter, and producer (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1879: Raymond Pearl, American biologist (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1881: Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1882: Christian Wilberg, German painter (b. 1839) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, Cree leader Big Bear escapes the North-West Mounted Police. [category: Events]
• 1888: Tom Brown, American trombonist (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1888: The poem "Casey at the Bat", by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner. [category: Events]
• 1889: The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23 km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon. [category: Events]
• 1889: The transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway is completed. [category: Events]
• 1894: Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German jurist (b. 1812) [category: Deaths]
• 1897: Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1899: Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1899: Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (b. 1825) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1901: Maurice Evans, English actor (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1901: Zhang Xueliang, Chinese warlord (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1903: Eddie Acuff, American actor (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1904: Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1904: Jan Peerce, American tenor (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1905: Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1906: Josephine Baker, American dancer, singer, and actress (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1906: Nate Barragar, American football player (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1906: John Maxwell, American golfer (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1907: Paul Rotha, English director (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1910: Paulette Goddard, American actress (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1911: Ellen Corby, American actress (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1913: Lloyd Percival, Canadian sports pioneer (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1913: Pedro Mir, Dominican poet and writer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1916: The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men. [category: Events]
• 1917: Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1918: Lili St. Cyr, American burlesque dancer, model, and actress (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1918: Patrick Cargill, English actor (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1921: Forbes Carlile, Australian athlete and coach [category: Births]
• 1921: Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Alain Resnais, French director [category: Births]
• 1923: Igor Shafarevich, Russian mathematician [category: Births]
• 1924: Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian actress (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1924: Jimmy Rogers, American singer and guitarist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1924: Karunanidhi, Indian Politician, 15th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu [category: Births]
• 1924: Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1924: Torsten Wiesel, Swedish scientist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1924: Franz Kafka, Czech novelist (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal, Archbishop of Glasgow (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1925: Tony Curtis, American actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1926: Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1927: Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (Million Dollar Band) (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1928: Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and political figure (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Chuck Barris, American game show host, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1929: Werner Arber, Swiss microbiologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1930: Ben Wada, Japanese writer and producer [category: Births]
• 1930: Dakota Staton, American singer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1930: George Fernandes, Indian politician [category: Births]
• 1930: Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1931: Françoise Arnoul, French actress [category: Births]
• 1931: John Norman, American author [category: Births]
• 1931: Lindy Remigino, American athlete [category: Births]
• 1931: Raúl Castro, Cuban politician, 17th Prime Minister of Cuba [category: Births]
• 1932: Lou Gehrig and teammate Tony Lazzeri hit four home runs in one game, and hit for the natural cycle, respectively. These two feats are both less common than a perfect game, which has occurred twenty one times in one hundred and twenty years. [category: Events]
• 1933: Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Emir of Bahrain (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1933: William Muldoon, American wrestler (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Rolland D. McCune, American theologian [category: Births]
• 1935: Irma P. Hall, American actress [category: Births]
• 1935: One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario. [category: Events]
• 1936: Jim Gentile, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1936: Larry McMurtry, American author [category: Births]
• 1937: Edward Winter, American actor (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1937: Solomon P. Ortiz, American politician [category: Births]
• 1937: The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson. [category: Events]
• 1938: David L. Mills, American computer engineer [category: Births]
• 1938: John Flanagan, Irish born-American athlete (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Ian Hunter, English singer-songwriter and musician (Mott the Hoople) [category: Births]
• 1939: Jon Tolaas, Norwegian poet and author (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1939: Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1939: Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1940: Connie Saylor, American race car driver (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1940: Loretta Long, American actress [category: Births]
• 1940: World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat. [category: Events]
• 1940: World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris. [category: Events]
• 1941: World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground, killing 180 of its inhabitants. [category: Events]
• 1942: Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Impressions) (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island. [category: Events]
• 1943: Billy Cunningham, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1943: In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots. [category: Events]
• 1944: Eddy Ottoz, Italian athlete [category: Births]
• 1944: Edith McGuire, American runner [category: Births]
• 1945: Bill Paterson, English actor [category: Births]
• 1945: Hale Irwin, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1945: John Derbyshire, English-American mathematician [category: Births]
• 1945: Ramon Jacinto, Filipino singer, guitarist, and businessman, founded the Rajah Broadcasting Network [category: Births]
• 1946: Eddie Holman, American singer [category: Births]
• 1946: Michael Clarke, American drummer (The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Firefall) (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1946: Penelope Wilton, English actress [category: Births]
• 1946: Tristan Rogers, Australian-American actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet politician (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: John Dykstra, American special effects supervisor [category: Births]
• 1947: Mickey Finn, English singer and musician (T.Rex, Mickey Finn's T-Rex, and Hapshash and the Coloured Coat) (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1947: Mike Burgmann, Australian race car driver (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1948: Jan Reker, Dutch football manager [category: Births]
• 1949: Floyd Lloyd, Jamaican singer [category: Births]
• 1950: Christos Verelis, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Deniece Williams, American singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1950: Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1950: Robert Z'Dar, American actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Suzi Quatro, English-American singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actress (The Pleasure Seekers/Cradle) [category: Births]
• 1950: First successful ascent of an Eight-thousander; Annapurna is summited by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal [category: Events]
• 1952: Billy Powell, American keyboardist and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1952: David Richards, English businessman [category: Births]
• 1953: John Moulder Brown, English actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Dan Hill, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1954: Wally Weir, Quebec ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1955: Barbara Graham, American criminal and convicted murderer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Brad Nessler, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1956: Danny Wilde, American singer and musician (The Quick and The Rembrandts) [category: Births]
• 1956: George Burley, Scottish footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1957: Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1958: Margot Käßmann, German bishop and theologian [category: Births]
• 1958: Suzie Plakson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1959: John Carlson, American radio host [category: Births]
• 1961: Ed Wynne, English musician, producer, and composer (Ozric Tentacles and Nodens Ictus) [category: Births]
• 1961: Lawrence Lessig, American lawyer and author [category: Births]
• 1961: Peter Vidmar, American gymnast [category: Births]
• 1962: Susannah Constantine, English fashion designer, journalist, and author [category: Births]
• 1963: Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician [category: Births]
• 1963: Toshiaki Karasawa, Japanese actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Nâzım Hikmet, Turkish poet (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Pope John XXIII (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: The Buddhist crisis: Soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam attack protesting Buddhists in Huế, South Vietnam, with liquid chemicals from tear gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalised for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments. [category: Events]
• 1964: James Purefoy, English actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Kerry King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Slayer) [category: Births]
• 1964: Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Hans Kroes, Dutch swimmer [category: Births]
• 1965: Jeff Blumenkrantz, American actor and composer [category: Births]
• 1965: Mike Gordon, American singer, musician, and filmmaker (Phish, Rhythm Devils, and SerialPod) [category: Births]
• 1965: Launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Crew-member Ed White performs the first American spacewalk. [category: Events]
• 1966: Jamie O'Neal, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1966: Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
• 1967: Anderson Cooper, American journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1967: Jason Jones, Canadian actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1968: Saffron, Nigerian singer and dancer (Republica and N-Joi) [category: Births]
• 1968: Valerie Solanas, author of SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times. [category: Events]
• 1969: Hiroyuki Takami, Japanese singer (Access) [category: Births]
• 1969: Takako Minekawa, Japanese singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1969: George Edwin Cooke, American soccer player (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1970: Ammon McNeely, American rock climber [category: Births]
• 1970: Esther Hart, Dutch singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1970: Julie Masse, French-Canadian singer [category: Births]
• 1970: Peter Tägtgren, Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Hypocrisy, Pain, Bloodbath, and Lock Up) [category: Births]
• 1970: Hjalmar Schacht, German economist, banker, and politician (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Carl Everett, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1971: John Hodgman, American author, actor, and humorist [category: Births]
• 1971: Heinz Hopf, German mathematician (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Matt Pike, American doom metal musician [category: Births]
• 1973: Dory Funk, American wrestler (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft. [category: Events]
• 1974: Arianne Zucker, American actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Kelly Jones, Welsh singer and musician (Stereophonics) [category: Births]
• 1975: Jeff Soto, American painter [category: Births]
• 1975: Jose Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Eisaku Satō, Japanese politician, 39th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Ozzie Nelson, American actor, bandleader, producer, and director (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Enda Markey, Irish-Australian actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1976: Jamie McMurray, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1976: Nikos Hatzis, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Az-Zahir Hakim, American football player [category: Births]
• 1977: Cristiano Marques Gomez, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Travis Hafner, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Archibald Vivian Hill, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Lyfe Jennings, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer [category: Births]
• 1979: A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000 m3) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded. [category: Events]
• 1980: Amauri, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Lazaros Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Tjerk Smeets, Dutch baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak. Seven tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska takes five lives, 357 single-family homes, 33 mobile homes, 85 apartments, 49 businesses and $300 million in damages. [category: Events]
• 1981: Salvatore Giardina, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Sosene Anesi, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1981: Timur Tekkal, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1982: Dihan Slabbert, South African singer-songwriter, musician, and composer (Hi-5) [category: Births]
• 1982: Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter [category: Births]
• 1982: The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street. He survives but is permanently paralysed. [category: Events]
• 1983: Janine Habeck, German model [category: Births]
• 1983: Pasquale Foggia, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Emily Scott, Australian model, DJ, and producer [category: Births]
• 1984: Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for the Sikhs, in Amritsar. [category: Events]
• 1985: Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan, Mongolian boxer [category: Births]
• 1985: Papiss Cissé, Senegalese footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Łukasz Piszczek, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Adrián Vallés, Spanish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1986: Al Horford, Dominican basketball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Alexandros Karageorgiou, Greek archer [category: Births]
• 1986: Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1986: Tomas Verner, Czech ice skater [category: Births]
• 1986: Anna Neagle, English actress (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Lalaine, American actress and singer (Vanity Theft) [category: Births]
• 1987: Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Michelle Keegan, English actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Will Sampson, American actor and artist (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Anthony Taugourdeau, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Katie Hoff, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1989: John McCauley, Canadian ice hockey referee (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation. [category: Events]
• 1990: Robert Noyce, American physicist, businessman and inventor, co-founded the Intel Corporation (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Stiv Bators, American singer, guitarist, actor, and composer (The Dead Boys and The Lords of the New Church) (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Katia Krafft, French volcanologist (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Takeshi Nagata, Japanese geophysicist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists. [category: Events]
• 1992: Mario Götze, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Robert Morley, English actor (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Aboriginal Land Rights are granted in Australia in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Eddie Mabo. [category: Events]
• 1994: Puig Aubert, French rugby player (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Dennis James, American actor and game show host (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed train derails in Lower Saxony, Germany, causing 101 deaths. [category: Events]
• 2001: Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Felix de Weldon, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Frances Shand Kydd, English mother of Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Quorthon, Swedish singer-songwriter and musician (Bathory) (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Harold Cardinal, Canadian political leader, educator, writer, and lawyer (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg [category: Births]
• 2006: Johnny Grande, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence. [category: Events]
• 2009: David Carradine, American actor (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Koko Taylor, American singer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Sam Butera, American saxophone player (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: John Hedgecoe, English photographer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Rue McClanahan, American actress (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Wax) (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Jack Kevorkian, American physician, pathologist, author, and activist (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: James Arness, American actor (d. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Andy Hamilton, Jamaican-English saxophonist and composer (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Brian Talboys, New Zealand politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Carol Ann Abrams, American producer, author, and educator (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Eduard Khil, Russian baritone singer (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Rajsoomer Lallah, Mauritian lawyer and judge (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Roy Salvadori, English Formula One driver and winner of 1959 Le Mans 24 hours (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• _: Charles Lwanga and Companions [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Clotilde [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Confederate Memorial Day (Kentucky, Louisiana, and Tennessee) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Economist day (Buenos Aires) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Festival to Bellona (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: June 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Kevin of Glendalough [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mabo Day (Australia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Opium Suppression Movement Day (Taiwan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ovidius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Vladimirskaya (Russian Orthodox) [category: Holidays and observances]