What are the important events that happened on June 3? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 3: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 3 is the 155th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 211 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 21, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,717,372,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectapentacontapentagon’ day.
Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 240 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,182 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 3 Historical Events
- 350 –Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.
- 1621 –The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherlands.
- 1940 –World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
- 1940 –World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
- 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.
- 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 –Launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Crew-member Ed White performs the first American spacewalk.
- 1968 –Valerie Solanas, author of SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times.
- 1973 –A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
Who were born on June 3?
- 1844 –Garret Hobart, 24th Vice President of the United States (d. 1899)
- 1864 –Ransom E. Olds, American pioneer (d. 1950)
- 1901 –Zhang Xueliang, Chinese warlord (d. 2001)
- 1931 –Françoise Arnoul, French actress
- 1945 –Bill Paterson, British actor
- 1956 –George Burley, Scottish football player and manager
- 1971 –Carl Everett, American baseball player
- 1974 –Kelly Jones, Welsh singer (Stereophonics)
- 1984 –Emily Scott, Australian model
- 1989 –Anthony Taugourdeau, French footballer
Who died on June 3?
- 1659 –Morgan Llwyd, Welsh Puritan preacher and writer (b. 1619)
- 1861 –Stephen A. Douglas, American politician (b. 1813)
- 1955 –Barbara Graham, American murderer (b. 1923)
- 1975 –Ozzie Nelson, American band leader, producer, director, and actor (b. 1906)
- 1983 –Nanna, Rafi Khawar, Pakistani actor
- 1987 –Will Sampson, American actor and artist (b. 1933)
- 1991 –Takeshi Nagata, Japanese geophysicist (b. 1913)
- 1992 –Robert Morley, English actor (b. 1908)
- 2010 –John Hedgecoe, English photographer (b. 1932)
- 2010 –Rue McClanahan, American actress (b. 1934)
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