Historical Events In June - 03

1948  On this day in history korczak Ziolkowski begins sculpture of Crazy Horse near Mt Rushmore   

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 June - 03.   

1949  On this day in history dragnet is first broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles)   

1949  The first negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1952  On June - 03 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  On June - 03 howard Cosell's first TV show   

1957  Howard Cosell's 1st TV show on June - 03.   

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

1960  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 on June - 03.   

1960  On this day in history 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  On June - 03 air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130   

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

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

1964  On this day in history rolling Stones begin first US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro &Bobby Vee)   

1965  Gemini 4 launched; 2nd US 2-man flight (McDivitt &White) on June - 03.   

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  Douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Fries boer/writer, dies at 70 on June - 03.   

1974  Yitzhak Rabin takes over from Golda Meir as Israels premier on this day in history.   

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

1976  On June - 03 queen's Bhoemian Rhapsody goes gold   

1976  On this day in history uS presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta   

1979  On this day in history the oil rig Ixtoc I in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled   

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

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1540  On this day in history birth of charles I of Austria (d. 1590)   

1610  On this day in history birth of jacob Neefs, Flemish engraver/publisher, baptised   

1657  On this day in history 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 June - 03.   

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

1723  Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born naturalist (d. 1788) was born on June - 03.   

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

0545  On this day in history chlotilde, wife of French king Clovis/saint, dies at about 70   

1107  On June - 03 kilidj Arslan I, Seldjoeken-sultan, dies in battle   

1395  On this day in history death of ivan Shishman of Bulgaria   

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

1411  On June - 03 death of duke Leopold IV of Austria (b. 1371)   

1548  On this day in history death of juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Catholic bishop of Mexico (b. 1468)   

1594  On this day in history death of michel Renichon, priest, executed   

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