Page 6: Historical Events In June - 03
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1948 On June - 03 korczak Ziolkowski begins sculpture of Crazy Horse near Mt Rushmore
1948 The 200" (5.08 m) Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory on June - 03.
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 this day in history.
1949 The first negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown) on June - 03.
1949 1st negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown) on June - 03.
1949 Amedos Peter Giannine, founder of Bank of America dies at 79 on June - 03.
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 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 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 Referendum allows city to sell Chavez Ravine to the Dodgers on this day in history.
1959 On this day in history 1st US Air Force Academy graduation
1959 Ole Windingstad, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 June - 03.
1962 On this day in history air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130
1963 John XXIII, [Angelo G Roncalli], Pope (1958-63), dies at 81 on this day in history.
1964 Ringo Starr collapses from tonsilitis &pharyngitis on June - 03.
1964 Rolling Stones begin first US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro &Bobby Vee) on June - 03.
1965 On June - 03 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 Alice Calhoun, actress (Flowing Gold, Between Friends), dies at 65 on this day in history.
1967 Arthur Mitchell Ransome, critic/children's book author, dies on June - 03.
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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