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!

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

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

• Rafael Nadal was born.
• George V was born.
• Tony Curtis was born.

Heartbreaking Deaths

• Muhammad Ali died.
• Franz Kafka died.
• Rue McClanahan died.