June 3 is the 154th day of the year (155th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 211 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events[edit]

• 350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.
• 1140 – The French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy.
• 1326 – The Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark.
• 1539 – Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.
• 1608 – Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec.
• 1621 – The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherland.
• 1658 – Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in 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.
• 1781 – Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1862 – A 3000-strong riot occurred at Wardsend Cemetery in the Sheffield, England, against rumours of bodysnatching from the grounds.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor – Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
• 1866 – The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario, into the United States.
• 1885 – In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the 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 transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway is completed.
• 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.
• 1916 – The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
• 1932 – Lou Gehrig and his 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.
• 1935 – One thousand unemployed Canadian workers 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 victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
• 1941 – World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground, killing 180 of its inhabitants.
• 1942 – World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.
• 1943 – In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots.
• 1950 – The first successful ascent of an Eight-thousander; the summit of Annapurna is reached by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal.
• 1959 – Singapore was declared a self-governing state even though it was still a part of the British Empire.
• 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.
• 1965 – The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk.
• 1968 – Valerie Solanas, the author of SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times.
• 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.
• 1973 – A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
• 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.
• 1980 – The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak. Seven tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska, which take five lives, 357 single-family homes, 33 mobile homes, 85 apartments, 49 businesses and cause $300 million in damages all told, according to statistics compiled on the deadly storm by the National Weather Service and the American Red Cross.
• 1982 – The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street. He survives but is permanently paralysed.
• 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. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.
• 1989 – The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
• 1991 – Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.
• 1992 – Aboriginal Land Rights are granted in Australia in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Eddie Mabo.
• 1998 – Eschede train disaster: an ICE high-speed train derails in Lower Saxony, Germany, causing 101 deaths.
• 2006 – The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.
• 2012 – A Dana Air Flight crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing 168 people.
• 2013 – At least 119 people are killed in a fire at the Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry Plant in Northeast China.

Births[edit]

• 1537 – John Manuel, Prince of Portugal (d. 1554)
• 1540 – Charles II, Archduke of Austria (d. 1590)
• 1635 – Philippe Quinault, French writer (d. 1688)
• 1636 – John Hale, American pastor during the Salem witch trials (d.1700)
• 1659 – David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708)
• 1723 – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and naturalist (d. 1788)
• 1726 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist (d. 1797)
• 1736 – Ignaz Fränzl, German violinist and composer (d. 1811)
• 1770 – Manuel Belgrano, Argentine politician (d. 1820)
• 1808 – Jefferson Davis, American politician, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889)
• 1818 – Louis Faidherbe, French general (d. 1889)
• 1819 – Anton Anderledy, Swiss missionary, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1892)
• 1832 – Alexandre Charles Lecocq, French composer (d. 1918)
• 1840 – Michael O'Laughlen, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1867)
• 1843 – Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1912)
• 1844 – Garret Hobart, American politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (d. 1899)
• 1844 – Detlev von Liliencron, German poet (d. 1909)
• 1853 – Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist (d. 1942)
• 1855 – Thecla Åhlander, Swedish actress (d. 1925)
• 1864 – Otto Erich Hartleben, German writer (d. 1905)
• 1864 – Ransom E. Olds, American businessman, founded Oldsmobile and REO Motor Car Company (d. 1950)
• 1865 – George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1936)
• 1866 – George Howells Broadhurst, English director (d. 1952)
• 1873 – Otto Loewi, German pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
• 1877 – Raoul Dufy, French painter (d. 1953)
• 1878 – Barney Oldfield, American race car driver (d. 1946)
• 1879 – Alla Nazimova, Russian-American actress, scriptwriter, and producer (d. 1945)
• 1879 – Raymond Pearl, American biologist (d. 1940)
• 1881 – Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter (d. 1964)
• 1888 – Tom Brown, American trombonist (d. 1958)
• 1890 – Baburao Painter, Indian film producer, director, painter and sculptor (d. 1954)
• 1897 – Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
• 1900 – Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist (d. 1997)
• 1901 – Maurice Evans, English actor (d. 1989)
• 1901 – Zhang Xueliang, Chinese warlord (d. 2001)
• 1903 – Eddie Acuff, American actor (d. 1956)
• 1904 – Jan Peerce, American tenor (d. 1984)
• 1904 – Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (d. 1950)
• 1905 – Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (d. 1946)
• 1906 – Josephine Baker, American dancer, singer, and actress (d. 1975)
• 1906 – Nate Barragar, American football player (d. 1985)
• 1907 – Paul Rotha, English director (d. 1984)
• 1910 – Paulette Goddard, American actress (d. 1990)
• 1911 – Ellen Corby, American actress (d. 1999)
• 1913 – Pedro Mir, Dominican poet and writer (d. 2000)
• 1913 – Lloyd Percival, Canadian sports pioneer (d. 1974)
• 1914 – Ignacio Ponseti, Spanish physician (d. 2009)
• 1917 – Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969)
• 1918 – Patrick Cargill, English actor (d. 1996)
• 1918 – Lili St. Cyr, American burlesque dancer, model, and actress (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Forbes Carlile, Australian athlete and coach
• 1922 – Alain Resnais, French director
• 1923 – Igor Shafarevich, Russian mathematician
• 1924 – Karunanidhi, Indian Politician, 15th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
• 1924 – Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian actress (d. 1991)
• 1924 – Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (d. 1999)
• 1924 – Torsten Wiesel, Swedish scientist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1924 – Jimmy Rogers, American singer and guitarist (d. 1997)
• 1925 – Tony Curtis, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1925 – Arnold Peters, English actor (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal (d. 2001)
• 1926 – Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. 1997)
• 1926 – Flora MacDonald, Canadian politician
• 1927 – Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (Million Dollar Band) (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Werner Arber, Swiss microbiologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 – Chuck Barris, American game show host, director, and producer
• 1930 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (d. 1999)
• 1930 – George Fernandes, Indian politician
• 1930 – Dakota Staton, American singer (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Ben Wada, Japanese writer and producer
• 1931 – Françoise Arnoul, French actress
• 1931 – Raúl Castro, Cuban politician, 17th Prime Minister of Cuba
• 1931 – John Norman, American author
• 1931 – Lindy Remigino, American athlete
• 1933 – Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Emir of Bahrain (d. 1999)
• 1934 – Rolland D. McCune, American theologian
• 1935 – Irma P. Hall, American actress
• 1935 – Enzo Jannacci, Italian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Jim Gentile, American baseball player
• 1936 – Larry McMurtry, American author
• 1937 – Solomon P. Ortiz, American politician
• 1937 – Edward Winter, American actor (d. 2001)
• 1938 – David L. Mills, American computer engineer
• 1939 – Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player
• 1939 – Ian Hunter, English singer-songwriter and musician (Mott the Hoople)
• 1939 – Jon Tolaas, Norwegian poet and author (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American novelist
• 1940 – Loretta Long, American actress
• 1940 – Connie Saylor, American race car driver (d. 1993)
• 1942 – Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Impressions) (d. 1999)
• 1943 – Billy Cunningham, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 – Edith McGuire, American runner
• 1944 – Eddy Ottoz, Italian athlete
• 1945 – John Derbyshire, English-American mathematician
• 1945 – Hale Irwin, American golfer
• 1945 – Ramon Jacinto, Filipino singer, guitarist, and businessman, founded the Rajah Broadcasting Network
• 1945 – Bill Paterson, English actor
• 1946 – Michael Clarke, American drummer (The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Firefall) (d. 1993)
• 1946 – Eddie Holman, American singer
• 1946 – Tristan Rogers, Australian-American actor
• 1946 – Penelope Wilton, English actress
• 1947 – Mike Burgmann, Australian race car driver (d. 1986)
• 1947 – John Dykstra, American special effects supervisor
• 1947 – Mickey Finn, English singer and musician (T.Rex, Mickey Finn's T-Rex, and Hapshash and the Coloured Coat) (d. 2003)
• 1948 – Jan Reker, Dutch football manager
• 1949 – Floyd Lloyd, Jamaican singer
• 1950 – Frédéric François, Belgian-Italian singer
• 1950 – Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter
• 1950 – Juan José Muñoz, Argentinian businessman (d. 2013)
• 1950 – Suzi Quatro, English-American singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actress (The Pleasure Seekers/Cradle)
• 1950 – Christos Verelis, Greek politician
• 1950 – Deniece Williams, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1950 – Robert Z'Dar, American actor
• 1952 – Billy Powell, American keyboardist and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2009)
• 1952 – David Richards, English businessman
• 1953 – John Moulder Brown, English actor
• 1954 – Dan Hill, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
• 1954 – Wally Weir, Quebec ice hockey player
• 1956 – Brad Nessler, American sportscaster
• 1956 – George Burley, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1956 – Danny Wilde, American singer and musician (The Quick and The Rembrandts)
• 1957 – Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
• 1958 – Margot Käßmann, German bishop and theologian
• 1958 – Suzie Plakson, American actress
• 1959 – John Carlson, American radio host
• 1961 – Lawrence Lessig, American lawyer and author
• 1961 – Ed Wynne, English musician, producer, and composer (Ozric Tentacles and Nodens Ictus)
• 1961 – Peter Vidmar, American gymnast
• 1962 – David Cole, American songwriter and record producer
• 1962 – Susannah Constantine, English fashion designer, journalist, and author
• 1963 – Anica Dobra, Serbian actress
• 1963 – Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician
• 1963 – Toshiaki Karasawa, Japanese actor
• 1964 – Kerry King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Slayer)
• 1964 – James Purefoy, English actor
• 1965 – Mike Gordon, American singer, musician, and filmmaker (Phish, Rhythm Devils, and SerialPod)
• 1965 – Jeff Blumenkrantz, American actor and composer
• 1965 – Hans Kroes, Dutch swimmer
• 1966 – Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer
• 1966 – Jamie O'Neal, American singer-songwriter
• 1967 – Anderson Cooper, American journalist and author
• 1967 – Jason Jones, Canadian actor and comedian
• 1968 – Saffron, Nigerian singer and dancer (Republica and N-Joi)
• 1969 – Takako Minekawa, Japanese singer-songwriter and musician
• 1969 – Hiroyuki Takami, Japanese singer (Access)
• 1970 – Esther Hart, Dutch singer-songwriter
• 1970 – Julie Masse, French-Canadian singer
• 1970 – Ammon McNeely, American rock climber
• 1970 – Peter Tägtgren, Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Hypocrisy, Pain, Bloodbath, and Lock Up)
• 1970 – Greg Hancock, USA Motorcycle Speedway rider, Two times world champion
• 1971 – Carl Everett, American baseball player
• 1971 – John Hodgman, American author, actor, and humorist
• 1972 – Julie Gayet, French actress
• 1972 – Matt Pike, American doom metal musician
• 1974 – Kelly Jones, Welsh singer and musician (Stereophonics)
• 1974 – Arianne Zucker, American actress
• 1975 – Jose Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1975 – Jeff Soto, American painter
• 1976 – Nikos Hatzis, Greek basketball player
• 1976 – Enda Markey, Irish-Australian actor and singer
• 1976 – Gregg McClymont, Scottish Labour Party politician
• 1976 – Jamie McMurray, American race car driver
• 1977 – Cristiano Marques Gomez, Brazilian footballer
• 1977 – Travis Hafner, American baseball player
• 1977 – Az-Zahir Hakim, American football player
• 1978 – Lyfe Jennings, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
• 1980 – Amauri, Italian footballer
• 1980 – Lazaros Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player
• 1980 – Tjerk Smeets, Dutch baseball player
• 1981 – Sosene Anesi, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 – Salvatore Giardina, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Timur Tekkal, German rugby player
• 1982 – Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter
• 1982 – Dihan Slabbert, South African singer-songwriter, musician, and composer (Hi-5)
• 1982 – Manfred Mölgg, Italian alpine ski racer
• 1983 – Pasquale Foggia, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Janine Habeck, German model
• 1984 – Emily Scott, Australian model, DJ, and producer
• 1985 – Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan, Mongolian boxer
• 1985 – Papiss Cissé, Senegalese footballer
• 1985 – Łukasz Piszczek, Polish footballer
• 1985 – Dan Ewing, Australian actor
• 1986 – Al Horford, Dominican basketball player
• 1986 – Alexandros Karageorgiou, Greek archer
• 1986 – Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
• 1986 – Adrián Vallés, Spanish race car driver
• 1986 – Tomas Verner, Czech ice skater
• 1987 – Lalaine, American actress and singer (Vanity Theft)
• 1987 – Michelle Keegan, English actress
• 1987 – Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
• 1989 – Katie Hoff, American swimmer
• 1989 – Anthony Taugourdeau, French footballer
• 1992 – Mario Götze, German footballer
• 2006 – Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg

Deaths[edit]

• 628 – Liang Shidu, Chinese rebel leader
• 800 – Staurakios, Byzantine chief minister
• 1395 – Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria (b. 1350/1351)
• 1397 – William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English nobleman and commander (b. 1328)
• 1411 – Leopold IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1371)
• 1453 – Loukas Notaras, Megas Doux of the Byzantine Empire
• 1548 – Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish bishop (b. 1468)
• 1594 – John Aylmer, English bishop and scholar (b. 1521)
• 1615 – Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567)
• 1640 – Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (b. 1584)
• 1657 – William Harvey, English physician (b. 1578)
• 1649 – Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (b. 1590)
• 1659 – Morgan Llwyd, Welsh preacher and writer (b. 1619)
• 1780 – Thomas Hutchinson, American businessman, historian, and politician (b. 1711)
• 1826 – Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (b. 1766)
• 1858 – Julius Reubke, German composer (b. 1834)
• 1861 – Stephen A. Douglas, American politician (b. 1813)
• 1865 – Okada Izō, Japanese samurai (b. 1838)
• 1875 – Georges Bizet, French composer (b. 1838)
• 1877 – Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian writer, composer, and publisher (b. 1800)
• 1882 – Christian Wilberg, German painter (b. 1839)
• 1894 – Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German jurist (b. 1812)
• 1899 – Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (b. 1825)
• 1900 – Mary Kingsley, English ethnographic writer and explorer (b. 1862)
• 1902 – Vital-Justin Grandin, French-born Canadian Roman Catholic priest and bishop (b. 1829)
• 1906 – John Maxwell, American golfer (b. 1871)
• 1921 – Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower (b. 1879)
• 1924 – Franz Kafka, Czech novelist (b. 1883)
• 1928 – Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and political figure (b. 1864)
• 1933 – William Muldoon, American wrestler (b. 1852)
• 1938 – John Flanagan, Irish born-American athlete (b. 1873)
• 1946 – Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet politician (b. 1875)
• 1955 – Barbara Graham, American criminal and convicted murderer (b. 1923)
• 1963 – Nâzım Hikmet, Turkish poet (b. 1902)
• 1963 – Pope John XXIII (b. 1881)
• 1964 – Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1969 – George Edwin Cooke, American soccer player (b. 1883)
• 1970 – Mary Sawyer, American author (b. 1880)
• 1970 – Hjalmar Schacht, German economist, banker, and politician (b. 1877)
• 1971 – Heinz Hopf, German mathematician (b. 1894)
• 1973 – Dory Funk, American wrestler (b. 1919)
• 1975 – Ozzie Nelson, American actor, bandleader, producer, and director (b. 1906)
• 1975 – Eisaku Satō, Japanese politician, 39th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1901)
• 1977 – Archibald Vivian Hill, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
• 1977 – Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (b. 1906)
• 1986 – Anna Neagle, English actress (b. 1904)
• 1987 – Will Sampson, American actor and artist (b. 1933)
• 1989 – Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran (b. 1902)
• 1989 – John McCauley, Canadian ice hockey referee (b. 1944)
• 1990 – Stiv Bators, American singer, guitarist, actor, and composer (The Dead Boys and The Lords of the New Church) (b. 1949)
• 1990 – Tom Brown, American film and television actor (b. 1913)
• 1990 – Robert Noyce, American physicist, businessman and inventor, co-founded the Intel Corporation (b. 1927)
• 1991 – Katia Krafft, French volcanologist (b. 1942)
• 1991 – Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist (b. 1946)
• 1991 – Takeshi Nagata, Japanese geophysicist (b. 1913)
• 1992 – Robert Morley, English actor (b. 1908)
• 1994 – Puig Aubert, French rugby player (b. 1925)
• 1997 – Dennis James, American actor and game show host (b. 1917)
• 1998 – Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (b. 1922)
• 2001 – Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor (b. 1915)
• 2003 – Felix de Weldon, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
• 2004 – Quorthon, Swedish singer-songwriter and musician (Bathory) (b. 1966)
• 2004 – Frances Shand Kydd, English mother of Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1936)
• 2005 – Harold Cardinal, Canadian political leader, educator, writer, and lawyer (b. 1945)
• 2006 – Johnny Grande, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Sam Butera, American saxophone player (b. 1927)
• 2009 – David Carradine, American actor (b. 1936)
• 2009 – Koko Taylor, American singer (b. 1928)
• 2010 – John Hedgecoe, English photographer (b. 1932)
• 2010 – Rue McClanahan, American actress (b. 1934)
• 2011 – James Arness, American actor (d. 1923)
• 2011 – Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Wax) (b. 1951)
• 2011 – Jack Kevorkian, American physician, pathologist, author, and activist (b. 1928)
• 2011 – Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Carol Ann Abrams, American producer, author, and educator (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Andy Hamilton, Jamaican-English saxophonist and composer (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Rajsoomer Lallah, Mauritian lawyer and judge (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Roy Salvadori, English Formula One driver and winner of 1959 Le Mans 24 hours (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Brian Talboys, New Zealand politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Eduard Khil, Russian baritone singer (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Deacon Jones, American football player (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Frank Lautenberg, American politician (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian indigenous community leader, singer-songwriter and musician (Yothu Yindi) (b. 1956)

Holidays and observances[edit]

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Charles Lwanga and Companions
  • Clotilde
  • Kevin of Glendalough
  • Ovidius
  • John XXIII (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) (Lutheran Church)
  • Martyrs of Uganda (Episcopal Church, Lutheran Church)
  • Vladimirskaya (Russian Orthodox)
  • June 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Confederate Memorial Day (Kentucky, Louisiana, and Tennessee)
• Economist day (Buenos Aires)
• Festival to Bellona (Roman Empire)
• Mabo Day (Australia)
• Opium Suppression Movement Day (Taiwan)

In popular culture[edit]

"It was the third of June" is the opening lyric to the Bobbie Gentry song Ode to Billie Joe and Neil Diamond's Desiree

External links[edit]

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