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What are the important events that happened on June 3? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 3: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 3 is the 154th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 211 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 21, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 485,808 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectapentacontatetragon’ day.
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Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 259 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,547 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 3 Historical Events
- 350 –Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.
- 1140 –French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy.
- 1539 –Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.
- 1620 –Construction of the oldest stone church in French North America, Notre-Dame-des-Anges, begins in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
- 1916 –The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
Who were born on June 3?
- 1723 –Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born naturalist (d. 1788)
- 1906 –Josephine Baker, American dancer (d. 1975)
- 1917 –Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969)
- 1949 –Floyd Lloyd, Jamaican reggae singer
- 1984 –Emily Scott, Australian model
Who died on June 3?
- 1395 –Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria
- 1826 –Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (b. 1766)
- 1970 –Hjalmar Schacht, Nazi official (b. 1877)
- 1977 –Roberto Rossellini, Italian film director (b. 1906)
- 1991 –Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist (b. 1946)
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