Historical Events In June - 03

1948  Korczak Ziolkowski begins sculpture of Crazy Horse near Mt Rushmore on this day in history.  

1948  On this day in history the 200" (5.08 m) Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory  

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 June - 03.  

1949  The first negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown) on June - 03.  

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

1949  Amedos Peter Giannine, founder of Bank of America dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1950  French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal on June - 03.  

1952  Romanian premier Petru Groza chosen president on June - 03.  

1953  On June - 03 congress cites research of NYC librarian Robert Henderson in proving  

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1955  On June - 03 kLFY TV channel 10 in Lafayette, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting  

1956  On this day in history 3rd class travel on British Railways ends  

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

1957  On June - 03 howard Cosell's 1st TV show  

1958  On June - 03 referendum allows city to sell Chavez Ravine to the Dodgers  

1959  1st US Air Force Academy graduation on this day in history.  

1959  On June - 03 ole Windingstad, composer, dies at 73  

1960  On this day in history 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  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 on this day in history.  

1962  Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130 on June - 03.  

1963  John XXIII, [Angelo G Roncalli], Pope (1958-63), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1964  On this day in history ringo Starr collapses from tonsilitis &pharyngitis  

1964  Rolling Stones begin first US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro &Bobby Vee) on June - 03.  

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

1966  On June - 03 gemini 9 launched; 7th US 2-man flight (Stafford &Cernan)  

1966  On June - 03 alice Calhoun, actress (Flowing Gold, Between Friends), dies at 65  

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

1970  On June - 03 douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Fries boer/writer, dies at 70  

1974  On this day in history yitzhak Rabin takes over from Golda Meir as Israels premier  

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

1976  On this day in history queen's Bhoemian Rhapsody goes gold  

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

1979  The oil rig Ixtoc I in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled on June - 03.  

1979  On June - 03 arno Schmidt, writer, dies at 65  

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1540  Charles I of Austria (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.  

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

1657  Manuel de Egues, composer was born on June - 03.  

1659  David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.  

1660  On this day in history birth of johannes Schenck, composer  

1685  Cornelis Hop, Amsterdam regent/diplomat was born on June - 03.  

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

1726  James Hutton, Edinburgh Scotland, geologist was born on this day in history.  

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

1107  On this day in history kilidj Arslan I, Seldjoeken-sultan, dies in battle  

1395  Death of Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria on June - 03.  

1397  On this day in history death of william Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (b. 1328)  

1411  On this day in history death of duke Leopold IV of Austria (b. 1371)  

1548  On June - 03 death of juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Catholic bishop of Mexico (b. 1468)  

1594  Death of Michel Renichon, priest, executed on this day in history.  

1615  Death of Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567) on June - 03.