Historical Events In June - 03

1948  Korczak Ziolkowski begins sculpture of Crazy Horse near Mt Rushmore on June - 03.   

1948  The 200" (5.08 m) Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory on this day in history.   

1948  "Sleepy Hallow" opens at St James Theater NYC for 12 performances on this day in history.   

1949  Dragnet is first broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles) on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history the first negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown)   

1949  On June - 03 1st negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown)   

1949  On June - 03 amedos Peter Giannine, founder of Bank of America dies at 79   

1950  On June - 03 french expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal   

1952  On this day in history romanian premier Petru Groza chosen president   

1953  Congress cites research of NYC librarian Robert Henderson in proving on June - 03.   

1955  On this day in history kLFY TV channel 10 in Lafayette, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1956  On June - 03 3rd class travel on British Railways ends   

1957  Howard Cosell's first TV show on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history howard Cosell's 1st TV show   

1958  On this day in history referendum allows city to sell Chavez Ravine to the Dodgers   

1959  On June - 03 1st US Air Force Academy graduation   

1959  Ole Windingstad, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1960  On June - 03 seven helicopters of HS-4 from Yorktown rescued 53 merchant seamen from the British freighter Shun Lee which was breaking up on Pratas Reef, 500 miles northwest of Manila   

1960  On June - 03 test launchings of Bullpup air-to-surface missiles from a Marine Corps HUS-1 helicopter were successfully completed at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River.   

1962  Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130 on this day in history.   

1963  On June - 03 john XXIII, [Angelo G Roncalli], Pope (1958-63), dies at 81   

1964  Ringo Starr collapses from tonsilitis &pharyngitis on June - 03.   

1964  Rolling Stones begin first US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro &Bobby Vee) on this day in history.   

1965  Gemini 4 launched; 2nd US 2-man flight (McDivitt &White) on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history gemini 9 launched; 7th US 2-man flight (Stafford &Cernan)   

1966  Alice Calhoun, actress (Flowing Gold, Between Friends), dies at 65 on June - 03.   

1967  Arthur Mitchell Ransome, critic/children's book author, dies on this day in history.   

1970  Douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Fries boer/writer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1974  Yitzhak Rabin takes over from Golda Meir as Israels premier on June - 03.   

1975  On this day in history ozzie Nelson, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), dies at 69   

1976  Queen's Bhoemian Rhapsody goes gold on June - 03.   

1976  US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta on June - 03.   

1979  On June - 03 the oil rig Ixtoc I in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled   

1979  On this day in history arno Schmidt, writer, dies at 65   

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1540  On June - 03 birth of charles I of Austria (d. 1590)   

1610  Jacob Neefs, Flemish engraver/publisher, baptised was born on this day in history.   

1657  On June - 03 birth of manuel de Egues, composer   

1659  On this day in history birth of david Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708)   

1660  Johannes Schenck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1685  Cornelis Hop, Amsterdam regent/diplomat was born on this day in history.   

1723  On June - 03 birth of giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born naturalist (d. 1788)   

1726  On June - 03 birth of james Hutton, Edinburgh Scotland, geologist   

0545  Chlotilde, wife of French king Clovis/saint, dies at about 70 on June - 03.   

1107  Kilidj Arslan I, Seldjoeken-sultan, dies in battle on June - 03.   

1395  On June - 03 death of ivan Shishman of Bulgaria   

1397  On June - 03 death of william Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (b. 1328)   

1411  Death of Duke Leopold IV of Austria (b. 1371) on June - 03.   

1548  Death of Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Catholic bishop of Mexico (b. 1468) on June - 03.   

1594  Death of Michel Renichon, priest, executed on June - 03.   

1615  Death of Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567) on this day in history.