# What happened on June 3 in history?

**Date:** June 3  
**Events recorded:** 50  
**Years spanned:** 350 – 2025  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/june/3/

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## Featured Event

**2025** — Reconstitution of the Academy of the Distrustful in the Sala Dalmases of the Historical Archive of the City of Barcelona in Barcelona.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_the_Distrustful)

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## Events on this date

- **350** — The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_usurpers))
- **713** — The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, deposed and sent into exile by conspirators of the Opsikion army in Thrace. He is succeeded by Anastasios II, who begins the reorganization of the Byzantine army. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire))
- **1098** — After a five-month siege during the First Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Crusade))
- **1140** — The French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Abelard))
- **1326** — The Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Novgorod_(1326)))
- **1539** — Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto))
- **1602** — An English naval force defeats a fleet of Spanish galleys, and captures a large Portuguese carrack at the Battle of Sesimbra Bay. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galley))
- **1608** — Samuel de Champlain lands at Tadoussac, Quebec, in the course of his third voyage to New France, and begins erecting fortifications. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_de_Champlain))
- **1621** — The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_West_India_Company))
- **1658** — Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Alexander_VII))
- **1665** — James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England))
- **1700** — Foundation of the Academy of the Distrustful in the library room of the Palau Dalmases in Barcelona. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_the_Distrustful))
- **1781** — Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending British raid. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Jouett))
- **1839** — In Humen, China, Lin Zexu destroys 1.2 million kilograms of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humen_Town))
- **1844** — The last pair of great auks is killed. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk))
- **1861** — American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War))
- **1863** — American Civil War: Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia begin marching to invade the North for a second time, starting the Gettysburg campaign. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee))
- **1864** — American Civil War: Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant sustain heavy casualties attacking Confederate troops under Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Cold Harbor in Hanover County, Virginia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant))
- **1885** — In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cree))
- **1889** — The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23 km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_power_transmission))
- **1892** — Liverpool F.C. is founded by John Houlding. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_F.C.))
- **1916** — The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Act_of_1916))
- **1935** — One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-to-Ottawa_Trek))
- **1937** — The Duke of Windsor (the former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom) marries Wallis Simpson. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII))
- **1940** — World War II: During the Battle of France, the Luftwaffe bombs Paris. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1940** — Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Rademacher))
- **1941** — World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht))
- **1942** — World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Japan))
- **1943** — In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines attack Latino youths in the five-day Zoot Suit Riots. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles))
- **1950** — Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Herzog))
- **1962** — At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orly_Airport))
- **1963** — Soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army attack protesting Buddhists in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalized for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu%E1%BA%BF_chemical_attacks))
- **1965** — The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_4))
- **1969** — Melbourne-Evans collision: Off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half, resulting in 74 deaths. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne%E2%80%93Evans_collision))
- **1973** — A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union))
- **1979** — A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000 m3) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I_oil_spill))
- **1980** — The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, United States, causing five deaths and $300 million (equivalent to $1172 million in 2025) worth of damage. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Grand_Island_tornado_outbreak))
- **1982** — The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street; he survives but is left paralysed. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shlomo_Argov))
- **1984** — Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Blue_Star))
- **1989** — The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square))
- **1991** — Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Unzen))
- **1992** — Australian Aboriginal land rights are recognised in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Torres Strait Islander Eddie Mabo which led to the Native Title Act 1993  overturning the long-held colonial assumption of terra nullius. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabo_v_Queensland_(No_2)))
- **1998** — After suffering a mechanical failure, a high speed train derails at Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschede_train_disaster))
- **2006** — The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro))
- **2012** — A plane carrying 153 people crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board plus six people on the ground. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Air_Flight_0992))
- **2012** — The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on the River Thames. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Diamond_Jubilee_Pageant))
- **2013** — The trial of United States Army private Chelsea Manning for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks begins in Fort Meade, Maryland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Manning))
- **2013** — At least 119 people are killed in a fire at a poultry farm in Jilin Province in northeastern China. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jilin_Baoyuanfeng_poultry_plant_fire))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khartoum_massacre))
- **2025** — Reconstitution of the Academy of the Distrustful in the Sala Dalmases of the Historical Archive of the City of Barcelona in Barcelona. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_the_Distrustful))

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## Notable births on June 3

- **2005** — **Désiré Doué** — French footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9_Dou%C3%A9))
- **2002** — **Tyrell Sloan** — Australian rugby league player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrell_Sloan))
- **2001** — **Jalen Suggs** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalen_Suggs))
- **2000** — **Beabadoobee** — Filipino singer-songwriter ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beabadoobee))
- **1999** — **Cameron Green** — Australian cricketer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Green))
- **1999** — **Dzhem Yamenov** — Bulgarian politician ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzhem_Yamenov))
- **1998** — **Sam Curran** — English cricketer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Curran))
- **1997** — **Louis Hofmann** — German actor ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Hofmann))
- **1994** — **Harrison Bader** — American baseball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bader))
- **1993** — **Otto Porter Jr.** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Porter_Jr.))

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## Notable deaths on June 3

- **2025** — **Jim Marshall** — American football player (born 1937) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Marshall_(defensive_end)))
- **2025** — **Shigeo Nagashima** — Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1936) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima))
- **2025** — **Edmund White** — American novelist, memoirist and essayist (born 1940) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_White))
- **2024** — **Brigitte Bierlein** — former Austrian chancellor (born 1949) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Bierlein))
- **2024** — **William Russell** — English actor (born 1924) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Russell_(English_actor)))
- **2021** — **F. Lee Bailey** — American attorney (born 1933) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Lee_Bailey))
- **2016** — **Muhammad Ali** — American boxer (born 1942) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali))
- **2015** — **Avi Beker** — Israeli political scientist and academic (born 1951) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avi_Beker))
- **2014** — **Svyatoslav Belza** — Russian journalist, author, and critic (born 1942) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svyatoslav_Belza))
- **2014** — **Gopinath Munde** — Indian politician, 3rd Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1949) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopinath_Munde))

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