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Herzog and Lachenal Conquer Annapurna — June 3, 1950
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Herzog and Lachenal Conquer Annapurna — June 3, 1950

8,091 meters conquered: in 1950, Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal become the first to ...

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Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation — June 2, 1953
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Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation — June 2, 1953

150 million viewers witnessed Queen Elizabeth II's historic coronation at Westminster A...

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BOAC Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay ...
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17 lives lost: on June 1, 1943, German Junkers Ju 88s intercepted a BOAC de Havilland D...

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Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga Assassi...
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Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga Assassi...

29 assassins overthrew King Alexander I in 1903 Belgrade, ending his rule in Serbia com...

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Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 892 crashes near Na...
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Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 892 crashes near Na...

30 killed as Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 892 crashes near Nala Sopara in 1968, in ...

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Yeltsin Meets Chechen Rebel Leaders in Historic Firs...
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27% of Chechnya's population displaced, Boris Yeltsin meets rebel leaders in 1996 Mosco...

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On This Day, June 3

  • 2025: Reconstitution of the Academy of the Distrustful in the Sala Dalmases of the Historical Archive of the City of Barcelona in Barcelona.
  • 2019: Khartoum massacre: In Sudan, over 100 people are killed when security forces accompanied by Janjaweed militiamen storm and open fire on a sit-in protest.
  • 2013: The trial of United States Army private Chelsea Manning for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks begins in Fort Meade, Maryland.
  • 2013: At least 119 people are killed in a fire at a poultry farm in Jilin Province in northeastern China.
  • 2012: A plane carrying 153 people crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board plus six people on the ground.

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