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

1949  On June - 03 dragnet is first broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles)   

1949  On June - 03 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  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  On this day in history romanian premier Petru Groza chosen president   

1953  On this day in history congress cites research of NYC librarian Robert Henderson in proving   

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 June - 03.   

1957  Howard Cosell's 1st TV show on this day in history.   

1958  Referendum allows city to sell Chavez Ravine to the Dodgers on June - 03.   

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  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  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 June - 03 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 June - 03 gemini 4 launched; 2nd US 2-man flight (McDivitt &White)   

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

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

1979  Arno Schmidt, writer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

0545  Chlotilde, wife of French king Clovis/saint, dies at about 70 on this day in history.   

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

1395  Death of Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

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

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.