3rd June anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1808
  • United States
  • "Birth of Jefferson Davis, the first and only President of the Confederate States of America."
  • 1942
  • United States
  • "Birth of Curtis Mayfield, blues musician"
• event
  • 1098
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • The end of the first siege of Antioch as the city falls to the Crusaders. (First Crusade) more
  • 1608
  • France
  • "French sailor and explorer Samuel de Champlain completed his third voyage to New France, landing at Tadoussac, Quebec."
  • 1658
  • France
  • Pope Alexander VII appointed François de Laval the first Roman Catholic bishop of New France.
  • 1937
  • Great Britain
  • The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Simpson
  • 1940
  • Great Britain
  • Evacuation of Dunkirk ends
  • 1942
  • United States
  • "The Battle of Midway began in the Pacific, with the USA fighting against Japanese naval forces"
  • 1946
  • France
  • "First modern bikini shown, at a fashion event in Paris. It had been created Louis Reard, a French engineer." more
  • 1946
  • Great Britain
  • Third Class travel ended on British Railways.
  • 1959
  • Singapore
  • Singapore became a self-governing state
  • 1968
  • United States
  • American Pop artist Andy Warhol was shot and critically wounded at his New York studio ‘The Factory’ by actress Valerie Solanas.
  • 1998
  • Germany
  • "Eschede train disaster: a high-speed train derailed in Lower Saxony, Germany, killing 101 people."
  • 2002
  • Great Britain
  • Two Bank Holidays declared in UK to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee
• Death
  • 1657
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of William Harvey, English physician who discovered the circulation of blood around the body"
  • 1659
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Morgan Llwyd, Welsh Puritan writer and preacher"
  • 1875
  • France
  • "Death of Georges Bizet, composer - unappreciated in his lifetime but now hailed as a master." more
  • 1899
  • Austria
  • "Death of Johann Strauss the Younger, composer of The Blue Danube and other waltzes"
  • 1924
  • Czech Republic
  • "Death of Franz Kafka, writer" more
  • 1933
  • United States
  • "Death of William Muldoon, American professional wrestler ."
  • 1967
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Arthur Ransome, British children's writer"
  • 1989
  • "Iran, Islamic Republic of"
  • "Death of Ayatollah Khomeini, Iranian Shiite cleric and political leader"