03 June History


Month:                           Date:     

  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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).