June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 211 days remain until the end of the year.

We have some interesting facts & historic events all about June 3^rd, including areas in religion, crime, health and more.

Keep reading for more interesting facts about June 3^rd in history!

Table of Contents

1. Global Celebrations
2. Historic Events
3. Famous Birthdays
4. Heartbreaking Deaths

Global Celebrations

• World Bicycle Day.
• Chimborazo Day
• Insect Repellent Awareness Day
• National Chocolate Macaroon Day
• National Repeat Day
• National Fish and Chip Day
• National Doughnut Day

Historic Events

What Happened On This Day – June 3

2013: The trial against whistleblower Bradley Manning begins

The American soldier, a trans woman now called Chelsea Manning, was responsible for leaking classified videos documenting U.S. war atrocities during the Iraq War. She was sentenced to 35 years confinement.

1998: 101 people die in the Eschede train disaster

Traveling at 200 km/h (120 mph), a high-speed ICE train derailed and crashed into a bridge. The accident was caused by a fatigue crack in one of the train’s wheels. It was the deadliest high-speed train disaster in history.

1982: The Israeli ambassador to the U.K. is shot

Shlomo Argov survived the assassination attempt by a Palestinian terrorist group, but he was permanently paralyzed. The event triggered the 1982 Lebanon War.

1973: The world’s first supersonic airliner crashes

The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144, sometimes referred to as Concordski, disintegrated in mid-air during the 1973 Paris Air Show. 14 people died.

1492: Martin Behaim presents the world’s first globe

The German geographer called his terrestrial globe Erdapfel, or Earth Apple. It is kept in a darkened room at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg, Germany.

1971: A female student sits for the university entrance exam. IRAN. Tehran.1971 [A.Abbas]

1965: Major Edward H. White II became the first US astronaut to complete a spacewalk 1965.

On the 3rd June Edward Higgins White became the first American astronaut to complete a spacewalk in the year 1965.

1958: Maurice Chevalier, Lucille Ball, and Desi Arnez, Hollywood, CA, 1958

1944: French acrobats performing for American troops after D-Day, Normandy, July 1944

1943: The Russian army takes down 162 of 500 Nazi planes in one of the biggest air battles of World War II in 1943.

1941: Former boardinghouses on the Isle of Man were used as internment camps for Italians and Germans, including refugees from Nazi Germany. ca.1941.

1937: Former King of England Edward VIII married Wallis Simpson in 1937.

Famous Birthdays

Births On This Day, June 3

1986: Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player

1931: Raúl Castro, Cuban politician, 17th Prime Minister of Cuba

1926: Allen Ginsberg, American poet

1808: Jefferson Davis, American colonel, politician, President of the Confederate States of America

1770: Manuel Belgrano, Argentinian economist, lawyer, politician

Rafael Nadal was born.

George V was born.

Tony Curtis was born.

Heartbreaking Deaths

Deaths On This Day, June 3

2016: Muhammad Ali, American boxer

2001: Anthony Quinn, Mexican/American actor, producer

1989: Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader, politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran

1924: Franz Kafka, Czech/German writer

1875: Georges Bizet, French composer

Muhammad Ali died.

Franz Kafka died.

Rue McClanahan died.