Historical Events In June - 03

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

1948  The 200" (5.08 m) Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory on June - 03.  

1948  On this day in history "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  On this day in history the first negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown)  

1949  On this day in history 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 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  3rd class travel on British Railways ends on this day in history.  

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  1st US Air Force Academy graduation on June - 03.  

1959  On this day in history ole Windingstad, composer, dies at 73  

1960  On June - 03 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  John XXIII, [Angelo G Roncalli], Pope (1958-63), dies at 81 on June - 03.  

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

1966  On June - 03 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  On this day in history arthur Mitchell Ransome, critic/children's book author, dies  

1970  On this day in history douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Fries boer/writer, dies at 70  

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

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

1976  Queen's Bhoemian Rhapsody goes gold on June - 03.  

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

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

1979  Arno Schmidt, writer, dies at 65 on June - 03.  

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1540  Charles I of Austria (d. 1590) was born on June - 03.  

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

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

1659  On this day in history birth of david Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708)  

1660  Johannes Schenck, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1723  On this day in history birth of giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born naturalist (d. 1788)  

1726  James Hutton, Edinburgh Scotland, geologist was born on June - 03.  

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

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

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

1397  On June - 03 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  On this day in history death of sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567)