03 June History
- 1098 - Christian Crusaders of the First Crusade seize Antioch, Turkey.
- 1539 - Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain.
- 1861 - Union troops defeat Confederate forces at Philippi, in western Virginia
- 1864 - Some 7,000 Union troops are killed within 30 minutes during the Battle of Cold Harbor in Virginia.
- 1888 - The classic baseball poem "Casey at the Bat," written by Ernest L. Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner.
- 1918 - The Finnish Parliament ratifies a treaty with Germany.
- 1923 - In Italy, dictator Benito Mussolini grants women the right to vote.
- 1928 - Manchurian warlord Chian Tso-Lin dies as a result of a bomb blast set off by the Japanese.
- 1938 - The German Third Reich votes to confiscate so-called "degenerate art."
- 1940 - The German Luftwaffe hits Paris with 1,100 bombs.
- 1942 - Japanese carrier-based planes strafe Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands as a diversion of the attack on Midway Island.
- 1952 - A rebellion by North Korean prisoners in the Koje prison camp in South Korea is put down by American troops.
- 1965 - Astronaut Edward White becomes the first American to walk in space when he exits the Gemini 4 space capsule.
- 1969 - 74 American sailors died when the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans was cut in two by an Australian aircraft carrier in the South China Sea.
- 1974 - Charles Colson, an aide to President Richard Nixon, pleads guilty to obstruction of justice.
- 1989 - The Chinese government begins its crackdown on pro-democracy activists in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Hundreds are killed and thousands are arrested.
03 June Birthdays
- 1726 - James Hutton, Scottish scientist, pioneer in the field of geology.
- 1804 - Richard Cobden, English economist and politician.
- 1808 - Jefferson Davis, President of Confederate States of America.
- 1904 - Charles R. Drew, American physician, researcher of blood plasma.
- 1906 - Josephine Baker, dancer and singer.
- 1922 - Alain Resnais, French film director.
- 1926 - Allen Ginsberg, American poet (Howl).
- 1936 - Larry McMurtry, novelist (The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment).