June 3

June 3 is the 154th day of the year (155th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 211 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

• 350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.^[1]
• Anastasios II, who begins the reorganization of the Byzantine army.^[2]
• 1098 – After a five-month siege during the First Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch (today's Turkey).^[3]
• 1140 – The French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy.^[4]
• 1326 – The Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark.^[5]
• 1539 – Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.^[6]

1601–1900

• 1602 – An English naval force defeats a fleet of Spanish galleys, and captures a large Portuguese carrack at the Battle of Sesimbra Bay^[7]
• Tadoussac, Quebec, in the course of his third voyage to New France, and begins erecting fortifications.^[8]
• 1621 – The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherland.
• 1658 – Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France.
• 1665 – James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.
• 1781 – Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending British raid.
• 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
  .
• 1844 – The last pair of great auks is killed.^[9]
• Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia
  .
• 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor: Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.^[10]
• 1866 – The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States.
• 1885 – In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
• 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.

1901–present

• United States National Guard
  by 450,000 men.
• 1935 – One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
• 1937 – The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
• 1940 – World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
• 1940 – Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.^[11]
• 1941 – World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants.
• Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island
  .
• U.S. Navy sailors and Marines attack Latino youths in the five-day Zoot Suit Riots.^[12]
• 1950 – Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
• 1962 – At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• crashes near Goussainville
  , France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
• 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.
• 1980 – An explosive device is detonated at the Statue of Liberty. The FBI suspects Croatian nationalists.
• 1980 – The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, causing five deaths and $300 million (equivalent to $1109 million in 2023) worth of damage.
• 1982 – The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street; he survives but is left paralysed.
• 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.
• 1989 – The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
• Kyūshū
  , Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.
• 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.
• 1998 – After suffering a mechanical failure, a high speed train derails at Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people.
• 2006 – The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.
• Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board and six people on the ground.^[13]
• 2012 – The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on the River Thames.
• 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
  Jilin Province in northeastern China.^[14]
• Accra, Ghana
  , kills more than 200 people.
• 2017 – London Bridge attack: Eight people are murdered and dozens of civilians are wounded by Islamist terrorists. Three of the attackers are shot dead by the police.
• sit-in protest.^[15]

• 1139 – Conon of Naso, Basilian abbot (d. 1236)
• 1421 – Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici, Italian noble (d. 1463)^[16]
• 1454 – Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania (1474–1523) (d. 1523)
• 1537 – João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (d. 1554)^[17]
• 1540 – Charles II, Archduke of Austria (d. 1590)
• 1554 – Pietro de' Medici, Italian noble (d. 1604)
• 1576 – Giovanni Diodati, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1649)^[18]
• 1594 – César, Duke of Vendôme, French nobleman (d. 1665)

1601–1900

• 1603 – Pietro Paolini, Italian painter (d. 1681)
• 1635 – Philippe Quinault, French playwright and composer (d. 1688)
• John Hale
  , American minister (d. 1700)
• 1659 – David Gregory, Scottish-English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1708)
• 1662 – Willem van Mieris, Dutch painter (d. 1747)
• 1723 – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician, geologist, and botanist (d. 1788)^[19]
• 1726 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (d. 1797)
• 1736 – Ignaz Fränzl, German violinist and composer (d. 1811)^[20]
• 1770 – Manuel Belgrano, Argentinian economist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1820)^[21]
• 1808 – Jefferson Davis, American colonel and politician, President of the Confederate States of America from 1861 - 1865 (d. 1889)^[22]
• 1817 – Princess Clémentine of Orléans^[23]
• Governor of Senegal
  (d. 1889)
• Superior General of the Society of Jesus
  (d. 1892)
• 1819 – Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (d. 1891)^[24]
• 1819 – Magdalene Thoresen, Danish writer (d. 1903)^[25]
• 1832 – Charles Lecocq, French pianist and composer (d. 1918)
• Frederik VIII of Denmark
  (d. 1912)
• 1844 – Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (d. 1899)
• 1844 – Detlev von Liliencron, German poet and author (d. 1909)
• 1852 – Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (d. 1896)
• 1853 – Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (d. 1942)^[26]
• 1864 – Otto Erich Hartleben, German poet and playwright (d. 1905)
• 1864 – Ransom E. Olds, American businessman, founded Oldsmobile and REO Motor Car Company (d. 1950)
• 1865 – George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1936)^[27]
• George Howells Broadhurst
  , English-American director and manager (d. 1952)
• 1873 – Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and psychobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
• 1877 – Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (d. 1953)^[28]
• 1879 – Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1945)
• 1879 – Raymond Pearl, American biologist and botanist (d. 1940)
• 1879 – Vivian Woodward, English footballer and soldier (d. 1954)
• 1881 – Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter and set designer (d. 1964)
• 1890 – Baburao Painter, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1954)
• 1897 – Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Georg von Békésy, Hungarian-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
• 1900 – Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (d. 1932) ^[29]
• 1900 – Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist and academic (d. 1997)

1901–present

• 1901 – Maurice Evans, English actor (d. 1989)
• 1901 –
  Zhang Xueliang
  , Chinese general and warlord (d. 2001)
• 1903 – Eddie Acuff, American actor (d. 1956)
• 1904 – Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (d. 1950)
• 1904 – Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (d. 1984)
• SS
  officer (d. 1946)
• 1906 – R. G. D. Allen, English economist, mathematician, and statistician (d. 1983)
• 1906 – Josephine Baker, French actress, singer, and dancer; French Resistance operative (d. 1975)
• 1906 – Walter Robins, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1968)
• 1907 – Paul Rotha, English director and producer (d. 1984)
• 1910 – Paulette Goddard, American actress and model (d. 1990)
• 1911 – Ellen Corby, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 1913 – Pedro Mir, Dominican poet and author (d. 2000)
• 1914 – Ignacio Ponseti, Spanish physician and orthopedist (d. 2009)
• 1917 – Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969)
• 1918 – Patrick Cargill, English actor and producer (d. 1996)
• 1918 – Lili St. Cyr, American burlesque dancer (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Forbes Carlile, Australian pentathlete and coach (d. 2016)
• 1921 – Jean Dréjac, French singer and composer (d. 2003)
• 1922 – Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Igor Shafarevich, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 2017)
• Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
  (d. 2018)
• 1924 – Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (d. 1991)
• 1924 – Jimmy Rogers, American singer and guitarist (d. 1997)^[30]
• 1924 – Torsten Wiesel, Swedish neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate^[31]
• 1925 – Tony Curtis, American actor (d. 2010)^[32]
• 1926 – Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. 1997)^[33]
• 1926 – Flora MacDonald, Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (d. 2015)
• 1927 – Boots Randolph, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Donald Judd, American sculptor and painter (d. 1994)
• 1928 – John Richard Reid, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2020)
• 1929 – Werner Arber, Swiss microbiologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 – Chuck Barris, American game show host and producer (d. 2017)
• 1930 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author and poet (d. 1999)
• 1930 – George Fernandes, Indian journalist and politician, Minister of Defence for India (d. 2019)
• 1930 – Dakota Staton, American singer (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Abbas Zandi, Iranian wrestler (d. 2017)
• 1930 – Ben Wada, Japanese director and producer (d. 2011)
• 1930 – Joe Coulombe, founder of Trader Joe's (d. 2020)^[34]
• 1931 – Françoise Arnoul, Algerian-French actress (d. 2021)
• 1931 – Raúl Castro, Cuban commander and politician, 18th President of Cuba
• 1931 – John Norman, American philosopher and author
• 1931 – Lindy Remigino, American runner and coach (d. 2018)
• 1931 – Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahranian king (d. 1999)
• 1936 – Larry McMurtry, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2021)
• 1936 – Colin Meads, New Zealand rugby player and coach (d. 2017)
• 1937 – Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, French racing driver (d. 2021)
• 1939 – Frank Blevins, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player (d. 2020)
• 1939 – Ian Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 – Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1999)
• 1943 – Billy Cunningham, American basketball player and coach
• 1943 – Noel Thornton, Australian rugby league player (d. 2018)^[35]
• 1944 – Thomas Burns, British bishop
• 1944 – Edith McGuire, American sprinter and educator
• 1944 – Eddy Ottoz, Italian hurdler and coach
• 1945 – Hale Irwin, American golfer and architect
• 1945 – Ramon Jacinto, Filipino singer, guitarist, and businessman, founded the Rajah Broadcasting Network
• 1945 – Bill Paterson, Scottish actor
• 1946 – Michael Clarke, American drummer (d. 1993)
• 1946 – Eddie Holman, American pop/R&B/gospel singer
• 1946 – Penelope Wilton, English actress
• 1948 – Jan Reker, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1950 – Frédéric François, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter
• 1950 – Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2015)
• 1950 – Juan José Muñoz, Argentinian businessman (d. 2013)
• 1950 – Larry Probst, American businessman
• 1950 – Suzi Quatro, American-English singer-songwriter and guitarist^[36]
• 1950 –
  Greek Minister of Transport and Communications
• 1951 – Jill Biden, American educator, First Lady of the United States^[37]
• 1951 – Deniece Williams, American singer-songwriter^[38]
• 1954 – Dan Hill, Canadian singer-songwriter^[39]
• 1954 – Susan Landau, American mathematician and engineer
• 1956 – George Burley, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1956 – Danny Wilde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 – Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
• 1959 – Sam Mills, American football player (d. 2005)^[40]
• 1959 – Imbi Paju, Estonian-Finnish journalist and author
• Governor of Kansas^[41]
• 1960 – Catherine Davani, first female Papua New Guinean judge (d. 2016)^[42]
• 1960 – Tracy Grimshaw, Australian television host
• 1960 – Carl Rackemann, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1961 – Lawrence Lessig, American lawyer, academic, and author, founded the Creative Commons
• 1961 – Peter Vidmar, American gymnast
• 1961 –
  Ed Wynne
  , English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1962 – Susannah Constantine, English fashion designer, journalist, and author
• 1962 – Dagmar Neubauer, German sprinter
• 1963 – Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician, 8th Minister-President of Wallonia
• 1963 – Toshiaki Karasawa, Japanese actor
• 1964 – André Bellavance, Canadian politician
• 1964 – Kerry King, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1964 – James Purefoy, English actor
• 1965 – Hans Kroes, Dutch swimmer
• 1965 –
  Michael Moore, British accountant and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1966 – Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer, coach, and sportscaster^[43]
• 1967 – Anderson Cooper, American journalist and author^[44]
• 1967 – Tamás Darnyi, Hungarian swimmer^[45]
• 1967 – Newton, English singer-songwriter^[46]
• 1969 – Takako Minekawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1969 – Dean Pay, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1971 – Luigi Di Biagio, Italian footballer and manager
• 1971 – Mary Grigson, Australian cross-country mountain biker^[47]
• 1972 – Julie Gayet, French actress
• 1974 – Kelly Jones, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 –
  Serhii Rebrov, Ukrainian international footballer and manager^[48]
• 1975 – Jose Molina, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
• 1976 – Nikos Chatzis, Greek basketball player
• 1976 – Jamie McMurray, American race car driver
• 1977 – Cris, Brazilian footballer
• 1978 – Lyfe Jennings, American singer-songwriter and producer
• Luis Fernando López
  , Colombian race walker
• 1979 – Christian Malcolm, Welsh sprinter
• 1979 – Pierre Poilievre, Canadian politician, Leader of the Opposition^[49]
• 1980 – Amauri, Brazilian-Italian footballer
• 1981 – Sosene Anesi, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 – Sam Murphy, Australian rugby league player^[50]
• 1982 – Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter
• 1982 – Manfred Mölgg, Italian skier
• 1983 – Pasquale Foggia, Italian footballer
• 1985 – Papiss Cissé, Senegalese footballer
• 1985 – Łukasz Piszczek, Polish footballer
• 1986 – Al Horford, Dominican basketball player
• 1986 – Micah Kogo, Kenyan runner
• 1986 – Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
• 1986 – Tomáš Verner, Czech ice skater
• 1987 – Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
• 1989 – Katie Hoff, American swimmer^[51]
• 1989 – Imogen Poots, English actress and model^[52]
• 1991 – Yordano Ventura, Dominican baseball player (d. 2017)
• 1992 – Mario Götze, German footballer
• Mutiara Baswedan, Indonesian lawyer, educator, and model^[53]
• 1998 – Hwang Eun-bi, South Korean singer and actress^[54]
• 1999 – Cameron Green, Australian cricketer^[55]
• 2001 – Jalen Suggs, American basketball player^[56]

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 628 – Liang Shidu, Chinese rebel leader^[57]
• 800 – Staurakios, Byzantine general^[58]
• 1052 – Prince Guaimar IV of Salerno^[59]
• William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
  , English commander (b. 1328)
• 1411 – Leopold IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1371)
• 1453 – Loukas Notaras, last megas doux of the Byzantine Empire
• 1511 – Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah, Islamic scholar, author of the Oran fatwa^[60]
• 1548 – Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish-Mexican archbishop (b. 1468)
• 1553 – Wolf Huber, Austrian painter, printmaker and architect (b. 1485)
• 1594 – John Aylmer, English bishop and scholar (b. 1521)

1601–1900

• 1605 – Jan Zamoyski, Polish nobleman (b. 1542)
• 1615 – Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567)
• 1640 – Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1584)
• 1649 – Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (b. 1590)
• 1657 – William Harvey, English physician and academic (b. 1578)^[61]
• 1659 – Morgan Llwyd, Welsh minister and poet (b. 1619)
• 1665 – Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland, English noble (b. 1639)
• Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
  (b. 1711)
• 1826 – Nikolay Karamzin, Russian historian and poet (b. 1766)
• 1858 – Julius Reubke, German pianist and composer (b. 1834)
• Secretary of State of Illinois
  (b. 1813)
• 1865 – Okada Izō, Japanese samurai (b. 1838)
• 1875 – Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (b. 1838)
• 1877 – Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian botanist, composer, and publisher (b. 1800)
• 1882 – Christian Wilberg, German painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
• 1894 – Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1812)
• 1899 – Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1825)
• 1900 – Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (b. 1862)

1901–present

• 1902 – Vital-Justin Grandin, French-Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1829)
• 1906 – John Maxwell, American golfer (b. 1871)
• 1921 – Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (b. 1879)
• 1924 – Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (b. 1883)^[62]
• 1928 – Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864)
• 1933 – William Muldoon, American wrestler (b. 1852)
• 1938 – John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower and tug of war competitor (b. 1873)
• 1946 – Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1875)
• 1963 – Edmond Decottignies, French weightlifter (b. 1893)
• 1963 – Pope John XXIII (b. 1881)
• 1963 – Nâzım Hikmet, Turkish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1902)^[63]
• 1963 – Samuel Rocke, Australian politician who served as an independent member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia (b. 1874) ^[64]
• Turkish Speaker of the Parliament
  (b. 1887)
• 1964 – Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1969 – George Edwin Cooke, American soccer player (b. 1883)
• 1970 – Hjalmar Schacht, Danish-German economist, banker, and politician (b. 1877)
• 1971 – Heinz Hopf, German-Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1894)
• 1973 – Jean Batmale, French footballer and manager (b. 1895)
• 1974 – Michael Gaughan, Irish Republican died on hunger strike (b. 1949)^[65]
• 1975 – Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader (b. 1906)
• 1975 – Eisaku Satō, Japanese and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1901)^[66]
• 1977 – Archibald Hill, English physiologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
• 1977 – Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1981 – Carleton S. Coon, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1986 – Anna Neagle, English actress and singer (b. 1904)
• 1987 – Will Sampson, American actor and painter (b. 1933)
• 1989 – Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran (b. 1900)
• Intel Corporation
  (b. 1927)
• 1991 – Brian Bevan, Australian rugby league player (b. 1924)
• 1991 –
  Katia Krafft
  , French volcanologist and geologist (b. 1942)
• 1991 –
  Maurice Krafft
  , French volcanologist and geologist (b. 1946)
• 1991 – Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician and academic (b. 1918)
• 1992 – Robert Morley, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1993 – Yeoh Ghim Seng, Singaporean politician, acting President of Singapore (b. 1918)^[67]
• 1994 – Puig Aubert, German-French rugby player and coach (b. 1925)
• 1997 – Dennis James, American actor and game show host (b. 1917)
• 2001 – Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor and producer (b. 1915)
• 2002 – Lew Wasserman, American talent agent and manager (b. 1913)
• 2003 – Felix de Weldon, Austrian-American sculptor, designed the Marine Corps War Memorial (b. 1907)
• 2005 – Harold Cardinal, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
• 2006 – Clinton Jones, American Episcopal priest and gay rights activist (b. 1916) ^[68]
• 2009 – David Carradine, American actor (b. 1936)
• 2009 – Koko Taylor, American singer (b. 1928)
• 2010 – Rue McClanahan, American actress (b. 1934)^[69]
• 2011 – James Arness, American actor and producer (b. 1923)^[70]
• 2011 – Andrew Gold, American singer, songwriter, musician and arranger (b. 1951)^[71]
• 2011 –
  Chief Minister of Haryana
  (b. 1930)
• 2011 – Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, author, and activist (b. 1928)^[72]
• 2011 – Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Carol Ann Abrams, American producer, author, and academic (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Roy Salvadori, English racing driver and manager (b. 1922)^[73]
• 2012 – Brian Talboys, New Zealand journalist and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1921)^[74]
• 2013 – Atul Chitnis, German-Indian technologist and journalist (b. 1962)
• 2013 – Józef Czyrek, Polish economist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Frank Lautenberg, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
• 2014 – Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1942)
• 2014 –
  Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
  (b. 1949)
• 2015 – Avi Beker, Israeli political scientist and academic (b. 1951)^[75]
• 2016 – Muhammad Ali, American boxer (b. 1942)^[76]
• 2021 – F. Lee Bailey, American attorney (b. 1933) ^[77]

Holidays and observances

• Roman Empire: Festival for the goddess Bellona.
• Christian
  feast day
  :
  • Roman Catholic Church
    ), and its related observances:
    • Martyrs' Day (Uganda)
  • Clotilde
  • Kevin of Glendalough
  • Ovidius
  • Russian Orthodox
    )
  • June 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Confederate Memorial Day (Kentucky, and Tennessee, United States)
• Economist day (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Mabo Day (Australia)
• Opium Suppression Movement Day (Taiwan
  )
• World Bicycle Day^[78]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to June 3.

• "On This Day". BBC.
• The New York Times: On This Day
• "Historical Events on June 3". OnThisDay.com.