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 155^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 211 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 21, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,622,880 minutes 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 ‘hectapentacontapentagon’ day.

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 240 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 4,182 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 3 Historical Events

• 1665 –
  James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England) defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.
• 1861 –
  American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races) – Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia, in first land battle of the War.
• 1864 –
  American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor – Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
• 1866 –
  The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario, into the United States.
• 1889 –
  The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 mi between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
• 1940 –
  World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
• 1942 –
  World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.
• 1968 –
  Valerie Solanas, author of SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times.
• 1998 –
  Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed train derails in Lower Saxony, Germany, causing 101 deaths.
• 2006 –
  The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro’s formal declaration of independence.

Who were born on June 3?

• 1537 –
  John Manuel, Prince of Portugal (d. 1554)
• 1888 –
  Tom Brown, American musician (d. 1958)
• 1900 –
  Leo Picard, German-born Israeli geologist (d. 1997)
• 1906 –
  Josephine Baker, American dancer (d. 1975)
• 1931 –
  Raúl Castro, Cuban statesman
• 1936 –
  Larry McMurtry, American author
• 1939 –
  Ian Hunter, English musician
• 1943 –
  Billy Cunningham, American basketball player
• 1952 –
  David Richards, CBE, British motor racing entrepreneur
• 1977 –
  Travis Hafner, American baseball player

Who died on June 3?

• 1657 –
  William Harvey, English physician (b. 1578)
• 1928 –
  Li Yüan-hung, Chinese general and political figure (b. 1864)
• 1955 –
  Barbara Graham, American murderer (b. 1923)
• 1975 –
  Ozzie Nelson, American band leader, producer, director, and actor (b. 1906)
• 1986 –
  Anna Neagle, British actress (b. 1904)
• 1989 –
  John McCauley, hockey official (b. 1945)
• 1992 –
  Robert Morley, English actor (b. 1908)
• 2004 –
  Frances Shand Kydd, mother of Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1936)
• 2006 –
  Johnny Grande, original accordion/piano/keyboard player for Bill Haley’s Comets (b. 1932)
• 2009 –
  Sam Butera, American jazz musician (b. 1927)