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What happened in history on this day: June 3?
On June 3 in ...
- 1775 - The Continental Congress approves the first domestic loan.
- 1781 - Jack Jouett rides to warn Thomas Jefferson of British attack.
- 1847 - The first US postage stamps are delivered to the post Office Department in Washington DC.
- 1861 - First land battle of the War Between the States: USA defeats Confederacy at Philippi, Virginia.
- 1888 - Casey at the Bat is published in the San Francisco Examiner.
- 1889 - The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
- 1916 - Reserve Officers' Training Corps is established by Act of US Congress.
- 1918 - US Supreme Court rules child labor laws unconstitutional.
- 1921 - A sudden cloudburst kills 120 near Pikes Peak, Colorado, USA.
- 1924 - Gila Wilderness Area established by US Forest Service.
- 1925 - Goodyear airship Pilgrim makes first flight (first with enclosed cabin).
- 1948 - 200-inch (5.08m) Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory.
- 1948 - Korczak Ziolkowski begins sculpture of Crazy Horse near Mount Rushmore.
- 1959 - First US Air Force Academy graduation.
- 1961 - Henry Marshall, Inspector, US Department of Agriculture, dies of 5 gunshots from a rifle, but is called a suicide by County Sheriff and Justice of the Peace. Marshall had discovered fraud in federal agriculture subsidies linked to Lyndon Johnson.
- 1965 - Gemini 4 launched; second US two-man flight (McDivitt and White).
- 1965 - US President Lyndon Johnson proposes to Congress to authorize replacing silver in circulation coins with cheaper base metals.
- 1966 - Gemini 9 launched; 7th US two-man flight (Stafford and Cernan).
- 1976 - US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta.
- 1980 - U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy wins several primaries, including California, on 'Super Tuesday', but not enough to overtake President Jimmy Carter for the Democratic Party nomination. Jimmy Carter wins enough delegates for renomination as US President.
- 1980 - A series of deadly tornadoes strikes Grand Island, Nebraska, causing over $300m in damage, killing 5 people and injuring over 250.
- 2004 - Central Intelligence Agency director George Tenet tenders his resignation, citing "personal reasons". John E. McLaughlin, US Central Intelligence Agency Deputy Director, becomes the acting Director until a permanent Director is chosen and confirmed by Congress.
- 2008 - US Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama wins the support of a group of uncommitted delegates, giving him more than the required 2118 to win the party's nomination.
- 2019 - (to June 5) U.S. President Donald Trump makes a state visit to the United Kingdom, meeting with Queen Elizabeth II and outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May. Trump also attends D-Day commemorative ceremonies.
- 2020 - SpaceX successfully launches and deploys 60 Starlink satellites into a low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, bringing the total number of Starlink satellites in orbit to 482.
Births on June 3
- 1808 - Birth of Jefferson Davis in Kentucky, USA; President of Confederate States of America (1861-65).
- 1904 - Birth of Charles Drew in Washington DC, USA; pioneer of blood plasma preservation, first director of the Red Cross blood bank.
- 1904 - Birth of Jan Peerce [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth] in New York City, New York, USA; tenor (New York Metropolitan Opera).
- 1913 - Birth of Ellen Corby in Racine, Wisconsin, USA; actress (Grandma Walton - The Waltons).
- 1925 - Birth of Tony Curtis [Bernard Schwartz] in Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Some Like It Hot, Trapeze, Hollywood Babylon, McCoy, The Persuaders).
- 1929 - Birth of Chuck Barris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; TV game show producer/host (The Gong Show).
- 1950 - Birth of Suzi Quatro in Detroit, Michigan, USA; singer ("Stumblin' In") / actress (Happy Days).
Deaths on June 3
- 1933 - William Muldoon, US boxing commissioner, dies at age 88.
- 1949 - Amedos Peter Giannine, founder of Bank of America, dies at age 79.
- 1961 - Henry Marshall, Inspector, US Department of Agriculture, dies of 5 gunshots from a rifle, but is called a suicide by County Sheriff and Justice of the Peace. Marshall had discovered fraud in federal agriculture subsidies linked to Lyndon Johnson.
- 1990 - Robert Noyce, co-inventor (semi-conductor)/founded Intel, dies (born 1927).
- 1990 - Death of Stiv Bators; American singer (The Dead Boys) (born 1949).
- 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.
- 2016 - Death of Muhammad Ali AKA Cassius Clay at age 74; American Olympic and professional boxer (born 1942).
- 2022 - Death of Ann Turner Cook at age 95 at home in Saint Petersburg, Florida; novelist, teacher, face of Gerber baby foods for over 90 years.
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