Page 6: Historical Events In June - 03

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

1948  On June - 03 the 200" (5.08 m) Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory   

1948  On June - 03 "Sleepy Hallow" opens at St James Theater NYC for 12 performances   

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

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

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

1955  KLFY TV channel 10 in Lafayette, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1959  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Rolling Stones begin first US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro &Bobby Vee) on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history gemini 4 launched; 2nd US 2-man flight (McDivitt &White)   

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

1966  On this day in history alice Calhoun, actress (Flowing Gold, Between Friends), dies at 65   

1967  On June - 03 arthur Mitchell Ransome, critic/children's book author, dies   

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

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

1975  On June - 03 ozzie Nelson, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), dies at 69   

1976  Queen's Bhoemian Rhapsody goes gold on this day in history.   

1976  US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of charles I of Austria (d. 1590)   

1610  On June - 03 birth of jacob Neefs, Flemish engraver/publisher, baptised   

1657  On this day in history birth of manuel de Egues, composer   

1659  David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708) was born on June - 03.   

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  Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born naturalist (d. 1788) was born on this day in history.   

1726  On this day in history birth of james Hutton, Edinburgh Scotland, geologist   

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

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

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

1397  Death of William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (b. 1328) on June - 03.   

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

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.