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What happened in history on this day: June 3?
On June 3 in ...
- 1949 - The last episode of comedy variety program The Admiral Broadway Revue is broadcast, after only 7 episodes.
- 1969 - NBC airs the final episode of TV show Star Trek.
- 1980 - ESPN begins televising college World Series games.
- 1983 - MGM releases the film WarGames to theaters.
- 1988 - Fox releases the film Big to theaters.
Births on June 3
- 1900 - Birth of Gordon Sinclair in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; journalist (Toronto Star, "Let's Be Personal" on CFRB), panelist (Front Page Challenge).
- 1901 - Birth of Maurice Evans in Dorchester, England; actor (Maurice - Bewitched).
- 1911 - Birth of Dr Mason Gross; TV professor (Think Fast, Two for the Money).
- 1911 - Birth of Paulette Goddard [Marion Levy] in Switzerland; actress (The Great Dictator).
- 1913 - Birth of Ellen Corby in Racine, Wisconsin, USA; actress (Grandma Walton - The Waltons).
- 1922 - Birth of Alain Resnais in France; director (Providence, Hiroshima, Mon Amour).
- 1924 - Birth of Colleen Dewhurst in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; actress (Between Two Women (Emmy Award 1986), Those She Left Behind (Emmy Award 1989), Murphy Brown (Emmy Award 1991), Maggie Geyser - The Blue and the Gray, Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea), president of Actor's Equity (1985-1991).
- 1925 - Birth of Tony Curtis [Bernard Schwartz] in Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Some Like It Hot, Trapeze, Hollywood Babylon, McCoy, The Persuaders).
- 1926 - Birth of Colleen Dewhurst in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; actress (Maggie - Blue and Grey).
- 1929 - Birth of Chuck Barris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; TV game show producer/host (The Gong Show).
- 1935 - Birth of Irma P. Hall; actress (Soul Food, All Souls).
- 1946 - Birth of Tristan Rogers in Australia; actor (Robert Scorpio - General Hospital).
- 1950 - Birth of Suzi Quatro in Detroit, Michigan, USA; singer ("Stumblin' In") / actress (Happy Days).
- 1958 - Birth of Scott Valentine; actor (Nick - Family Ties, My Demon Lover, Black Scorpion).
- 1987 - Birth of Lalaine Dupree; actress (Lizzie McGuire).
Deaths on June 3
- 1963 - Death of Paul Maxey of a heart attack at age 57; actor (Matt - Lassie TV show, Mayor - The People's Choice).
- 1975 - Death of Ozzie Nelson of liver cancer at age 69; bandleader/actor/producer (Red Skelton Show on radio, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet TV and radio show).
- 1986 - Patricia Wheel, actress (Christine - Woman to Remember), dies at age 42.
- 1987 - Will Sampson, actor (From Here to Eternity, Yellow Rose), dies at age 54.
- 1991 - Death of Eva LeGallienne of a heart attack at age 92; actress (Dupont Show of the Month TV show, Hallmark Hall of Fame TV show, Ford Theatre Hour TV show, Playhouse 90 TV show, Studio One TV show, St. Elsewhere TV show).
- 2009 - Death of David Carradine at age 72; American actor ((Kwai Chang Caine - Kung Fu TV show, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Kill Bill). Carradine was found hanging naked by a rope in a hotel closet in Bangkok, Thailand.
- 2010 - US actress Rue McClanahan (Blanche - The Golden Girls, Golden Palace) dies following a stroke at age 76.
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