June 3 June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. Events 1000-1899 1098 - Crusaders take Antioch, Turkey. 1140 - French scholar, Peter Abelard found guilty of heresy. 1608 - Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec. 1620 - Building of oldest stone church in French North America, Notre-Dame-des-Anges, begins at Quebec City, Quebec Canada. 1621 - The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherlands. 1658 - The Pope appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France. 1665 - English naval forces defeat the Dutch fleet. 1770 - Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo is founded in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. 1800 - U.S. President John Adams takes up residence in Washington, DC (in a tavern -- the White House was not yet completed). 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor - Confederate forces attack Union troops at Cold Harbor, Virginia. 1866 - Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario into the United States to a heroes' welcome. 1885 - Last military engagement fought on Canadian soil: Cree leader Big Bear escapes the North West Mounted Police. 1888 - The poem Casey at the Bat, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner. 1889 - The Canadian Pacific Railway is completed from coast to coast 1889 - The first long distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon. 1900-1999 1916 - The ROTC is established by the United States Congress. 1916 - The National Defense Act was signed into law, increasing the size of the National Guard by 450,000 men. 1935 - 1,000 unemployed men board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario. 1937 - The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson. 1940 - World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris. 1940 - World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German tactical victory and with Allied forces in full evacuation. 1943 - A mob of 60 members of the Los Angeles Naval Reserve Armory beats up everyone perceived to be Hispanic, starting a week-long race riot. 1950 - First ascent of Annapurna I, 10th highest mountain in the world. 1953 - Billy Joe McAllister jumps off the Tallahatchee Bridge, according to the 1967 hit song Ode to Billy Joe by Bobbie Gentry, and the movie which followed. 1960 - In Gideon v. Wainwright, the United States Supreme Court rules that all accused persons must be given the right to an attorney. 1962 - An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Paris killing 130. 1963 - A Northwest Airlines DC-7 crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia killing 101. 1965 - Launch of Gemini 4, the first multi day mission by an American crew. 1968 - Valerie Solanas, author of The SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him thrice. 1969 - The science fiction television series Star Trek airs its final new episode after being canceled by NBC. The show premiered on September 8, 1966. 1969 - Off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cuts the American destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half. 1973 - A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft. 1973 - Reggae stars Bob Marley and the Wailers release the classic album Exodus, which will be named Time magazine's "Album of the Century" in 1999. 1979 - A blowout at the Ixtoc oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 600,000 tons (176,400,000 gallons) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the worst oil spill to date. Some estimate the spill to be 428 million gallons. 1989 - The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation. 1991 - In an incident at Hankuk University in Seoul, South Korea, students throw eggs at South Korean prime minister Chung Won Shik. 1997 - Lionel Jospin becomes Prime Minister of France. 1998 - Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed train derails, causing 101 deaths. 1998 - Teen idol Brad Renfro is arrested in Knoxville, Tennessee, charged with possession of marijuana and cocaine. Births 1500-1899 1540 - Archduke Charles II of Austria, Regent of Inner Austria 1726 - James Hutton, geologist (d. 1797) 1808 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889) 1844 - Detlev von Liliencron, poet (d. 1909) 1864 - Ransom E. Olds, automobile pioneer (d. 1950) 1865 - King George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1936) 1877 - Raoul Dufy, painter (d. 1953) 1878 - Barney Oldfield, auto racer (d. 1946) 1888 - Tom Brown, jazz musician (d. 1958) 1888 - Jim Tully, novelist (d. 1947) 1900-1999 1901 - Maurice Evans, actor (d. 1989) 1904 - Jan Peerce, American tenor (d. 1984) 1906 - Josephine Baker, dancer, singer and actress (d. 1975) 1911 - Paulette Goddard, actress (d. 1990) 1918 - Lili St. Cyr, ecdysiast (d. 1999) 1922 - Alain Resnais, director 1924 - Colleen Dewhurst, actress (d. 1991) 1924 - Günther Rühle, journalist, theater director 1924 - Torsten Wiesel, scientist, winner of 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1925 - Tony Curtis, actor 1925 - Gerhard Zwerenz, writer 1926 - Allen Ginsberg, Beat poet (d. 1997) 1926 - Boots Randolph, musician 1929 - Chuck Barris, game show host, producer, purported spy 1930 - Marion Zimmer Bradley, science fiction author (d. 1999) 1931 - Lindy Remigino, American athlete 1936 - Larry McMurtry, author 1937 - Solomon P. Ortiz, American politician 1942 - Curtis Mayfield, songwriter, musician (d. 1999) 1943 - Billy Cunningham, basketball star, executive 1944 - Edith McGuire, American sprinter 1946 - Ian Hunter, musician ("Mott the Hoople") 1950 - Melissa Mathison, Screenwriter 1950 - Suzi Quatro, musician, actress 1963 - Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician 1968 - Saffron Lead singer of Republica. 1970 - Esther Hart, Dutch singer 1987 - Lalaine, actress Deaths 1800-1899 1858 - Julius Reubke, composer (b. 1834) 1861 - Stephen A. Douglas, politician (b. 1813) 1875 - Georges Bizet, composer (b. 1838) 1894 - Karl Eduard Zachariae Expert on Byzantine Law (b. 1812) 1899 - Johann Strauss II, composer (b. 1825) 1900-1999 1924 - Franz Kafka, novelist (b. 1883) 1963 - Pope John XXIII (b. 1881) 1970 - Hjalmar Schacht, minister of economics and president of the Reichsbank under Hitler (b. 1877) 1971 - Heinz Hopf, mathematician (b. 1894) 1975 - Ozzie Nelson, band leader, producer, director, actor (b. 1906) 1977 - Roberto Rossellini, film director, father of Isabella Rossellini, husband of Ingrid Bergman (b. 1906) 1989 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Shi'ite Islamic leader (b. 1900) 1991 - Katia and Maurice Krafft, French volcanologists, killed at Mount Unzen, Japan (b. 1942/1946) 1992 - Robert Morley, actor (b. 1908) 2000-2099 2001 - Anthony Quinn, actor (b. 1915) 2003 - Felix de Weldon, sculptor (b. 1907) 2004 - Frances Shand Kydd, mother of Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1936) Holidays and observances Feast day of St Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs of Uganda Roman Empire - Festival to Bellona June 2 - June 4 - May 3 - July 3 -- listing of all days Most Popular Articles: Music    Musical Instruments    Guitar    Classical Music    History    Music Definition    Country Music    Rock Music    Pop Music    Hip Hop    Rap    DJ    Video Games    Casino Games    Poker    Blackjack    Casinos    Real Estate    Loan    Auction    eBay    Marketing    Search Engine Optimization    File Sharing    MP3    Music Industry    Kazaa    Internet    Supermodel    Fashion    Fashion Designers    Erotica    Modeling    Clothing    Boots    Shoes    Diamond Engagement Rings    Diamond    Rugs    Gospel Music    Affiliate    E-Commerce    Radio This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. 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