Major Events
- 1621 Dutch West India Company receives charter for The West Indies (The Americas, Caribbean and West Africa)
- 1929 Chile and Peru sign the Treaty of Lima, finally resolving their border dispute from the War of the Pacific (1879–83). Chile keeps Arica and Peru regains Tacna.
- 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
- 1979 Ixtoc I rig in the Gulf of Mexico blows, spilling 3 million barrels of oil in one of the worst oil spills in history
- 1989 Beginning of the Tiananmen Square Massacre as Chinese troops open fire on pro-democracy supporters in Beijing
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Jun 3 in Film & TV
- 1988 "Big" film directed by Penny Marshall, starring Tom Hanks premieres in US
Jun 3 in Music
- 1976 Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" goes gold
Jun 3 in Sport
- 1899 W. G. Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days
Did You Know?
American radical feminist Valerie Solanas attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times. She is later diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and pleads guilty to "reckless assault with intent to harm", serving a 3 year sentence.
James Hutton
Manuel Belgrano
Jefferson Davis
George V
Allen Ginsberg
Raúl Castro
Josephine Baker
Tony Curtis
Curtis Mayfield
Kelly Jones
Colin Meads
Billy Cunningham
Hale Irwin
Wasim Akram
Rafael Nadal
Fun Fact About June 3
1st baseball uniforms worn when the NY Knickerbockers wear a uniform of straw hats, white shirts and blue long trousers
Famous Weddings
- 1353 Peter of Castile [Peter the Cruel] (18) marries Blanch of Bourbon (14) in Valladolid, Spain. Peter abandons her 2 days later for his secret wife Maria de Padilla.
- 1805 Lady Caroline Ponsonby (19) marries future Prime Minister William Lamb, Lord Melbourne (26) in London, until her death in 1928
- 1869 French "Carmen" composer Georges Bizet (30) weds Genevieve Halevy (20) in Paris, until his death in 1875
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Georges Bizet
Franz Kafka
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John XXIII
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Muhammad AliArticles, Photos and Quiz
The Fire and Fury of Jonathan Martin
Jonathan Martin was a religious extremist who described the clergy as 'vipers from hell' and tried to burn down one of England’s most treasured cathedrals.
June 3, 1838
Zoot Suit Riots
A man in a zoot suit is inspected after being arrested by the LAPD in 1943
June 3, 1943
