# On this day: June 3

June 3 is the 154th day of the year (155th in leap years), with 211 days left until the end of the year.

## June 3 in one line

Headline entries for June 3, from Wikipedia: in 1892, Liverpool F.C., one of England's most successful football clubs, was founded; born 1986: Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player; died 1924: Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (born 1883). In 2026 it is a Wednesday, in 2027 a Thursday.

## Events on June 3

- 1098 After a five-month siege during the First Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Crusade)
- 1326 The Treaty of Novgorod established the border between Norway and the Novgorod Republic in Finnmark. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Novgorod_(1326))
- 1539 Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto)
- 1602 Anglo-Spanish War: The English navy defeated a Spanish–Portuguese fleet off Sesimbra, Portugal, and captured a carrack. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sesimbra_Bay)
- 1658 Pope Alexander VII appointed François de Laval as the first apostolic vicar of New France. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Laval)
- 1770 Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, a historic Catholic mission church in present-day Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, and the site of the first Christian confirmation in Alta California, was established. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Carlos_Borromeo_de_Carmelo)
- 1781 American Revolutionary War: Jack Jouett rode 40 miles (64 km) to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of British cavalry who had been sent to capture them. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Jouett)
- 1844 The last known pair of great auks, the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus of flightless birds, were killed on Eldey, Iceland. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk)
- 1882 The British merchant ship Virago sank off Alderney with the loss of 26 crew. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Virago)
- 1892 Liverpool F.C., one of England's most successful football clubs, was founded. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_F.C.)
- 1917 A socialist convention in Leeds, United Kingdom, called for an end to the First World War and the establishment of Workers' and Soldiers' Delegates across the country. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds_Convention)
- 1921 At his trial for the assassination of Talaat Pasha, viewed as the main orchestrator of the Armenian genocide, Soghomon Tehlirian was acquitted after arguing: "I have killed a man, but I am not a murderer." [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Talaat_Pasha)
- 1937 Half a year after abdicating the British throne, Edward, Duke of Windsor, married American socialite Wallis Simpson in a private ceremony in France. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII)
- 1940 Franz Rademacher, a Nazi official, proposed that the island of Madagascar be made available as a destination for the resettlement of the Jewish population of Europe. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar_Plan)
- 1940 World War II: During the Battle of France, the Luftwaffe bombs Paris. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_France)
- 1941 World War II: In reprisal for the participation of the local population in the Battle of Crete, the German Wehrmacht destroyed the village of Kandanos, Greece, and killed about 180 of its inhabitants. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandanos_massacre)
- 1950 Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal, members of the French Annapurna expedition, became the first climbers to reach the summit of a peak higher than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_French_Annapurna_expedition)
- 1963 Buddhist crisis: South Vietnamese soldiers attacked Buddhist protesters in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalised. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu%E1%BA%BF_chemical_attacks)
- 1968 American radical feminist Valerie Solanas shot and wounded visual artist Andy Warhol and two others at Warhol's New York City studio, the Factory. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Solanas)
- 1969 During a SEATO exercise in the South China Sea, a collision between HMAS Melbourne and USS Frank E. Evans resulted in the latter vessel being cut in two and the deaths of 74 personnel. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne%E2%80%93Evans_collision)
- 1973 At the Paris Air Show, a Tupolev Tu-144 broke up in mid-air, killing all six members of its crew and eight bystanders on the ground. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Paris_Air_Show_Tupolev_Tu-144_crash)
- 1979 Having invaded Uganda and deposed President Idi Amin, Tanzanian forces secured Uganda's western border, ending a seven-month war. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda%E2%80%93Tanzania_War)
- 1982 A failed assassination attempt was made on Shlomo Argov, the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, triggering an Israeli decision to invade Lebanon three days later. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shlomo_Argov)
- 1984 Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Blue_Star)
- 1989 The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square)
- 2025 Prime minister of Mongolia Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene resigned after weeks of protests. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luvsannamsrain_Oyun-Erdene)

## Born on June 3

- 1726 James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (died 1797) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hutton)
- 1770 Manuel Belgrano, Argentinian economist, lawyer, and politician (died 1820) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Belgrano)
- 1808 Jefferson Davis, American colonel and politician, President of the Confederate States of America from 1861 - 1865 (died 1889) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis)
- 1843 Frederik VIII of Denmark (died 1912) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_VIII_of_Denmark)
- 1844 Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (died 1899) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garret_Hobart)
- 1865 George V of the United Kingdom (died 1936) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_V)
- 1873 Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and psychobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loewi)
- 1899 Georg von Békésy, Hungarian-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1972) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_von_B%C3%A9k%C3%A9sy)
- 1906 Josephine Baker, French actress, singer, and dancer; French Resistance operative (died 1975) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Baker)
- 1910 Paulette Goddard, American actress and model (died 1990) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulette_Goddard)
- 1922 Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (died 2014) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Resnais)
- 1925 Tony Curtis, American actor (died 2010) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Curtis)
- 1926 Allen Ginsberg, American poet (died 1997) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Ginsberg)
- 1929 Werner Arber, Swiss microbiologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Arber)
- 1931 Raúl Castro, Cuban commander and politician, 18th President of Cuba [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Castro)
- 1951 Jill Biden, American educator, First Lady of the United States [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Biden)
- 1961 Lawrence Lessig, American lawyer, academic, and author, founded the Creative Commons [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig)
- 1982 Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelena_Isinbayeva)
- 1985 Łukasz Piszczek, Polish footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81ukasz_Piszczek)
- 1986 Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Nadal)
- 1992 Mario Götze, German footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_G%C3%B6tze)
- 2005 Désiré Doué, French footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9_Dou%C3%A9)

## Died on June 3

- 1657 William Harvey, English physician and academic (born 1578) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Harvey)
- 1826 Nikolay Karamzin, Russian historian and poet (born 1766) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Karamzin)
- 1875 Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (born 1838) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bizet)
- 1899 Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator (born 1825) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Strauss_II)
- 1924 Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (born 1883) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka)
- 1946 Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician (born 1875) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kalinin)
- 1963 Pope John XXIII (born 1881) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII)
- 1963 Nâzım Hikmet, Turkish poet, author, and playwright (born 1902) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A2z%C4%B1m_Hikmet)
- 1964 Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Eemil_Sillanp%C3%A4%C3%A4)
- 1975 Eisaku Satō, Japanese and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (born 1901) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisaku_Sat%C5%8D)
- 1977 Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1906) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Rossellini)
- 1989 Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran (born 1900) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini)
- 2001 Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor and producer (born 1915) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Quinn)
- 2016 Muhammad Ali, American boxer (born 1942) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali)

## Holidays and observances

- Christian feast day: Charles Lwanga and Companions (Roman Catholic Church), and its related observances: Martyrs' Day (Uganda) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrs'_Day)
- Christian feast day: Clotilde [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clotilde)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Francis Ingleby [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Ingleby)
- Christian feast day: Juan Grande Román [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Grande_Rom%C3%A1n)
- Christian feast day: Kevin of Glendalough [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_of_Glendalough)
- Christian feast day: Ovidius [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditus_of_Braga)
- Christian feast day: Vladimirskaya (Russian Orthodox) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_of_Vladimir)
- Christian feast day: June 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_3_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics))
- Confederate Memorial Day (Kentucky, and Tennessee, United States) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Memorial_Day)
- Economist day (Buenos Aires, Argentina) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce_Consulate_of_Buenos_Aires)
- Mabo Day (Australia) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabo_Day)
- Opium Suppression Movement Day (Taiwan) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Taiwan)
- World Bicycle Day [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bicycle_Day)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia — “June 3”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_3) — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/June 3”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_3) — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/) — in how many language editions each entry's own article exists, used to fill the lists (CC0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence)](https://github.com/vacanza/holidays) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article [“June 3”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_3) and the articles it links to ([authors and history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_3?action=history)), retrieved 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for June 3 stays on the list; the remaining places, up to 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths, go to the entries whose own article — about the event itself, or else the person or thing it is about — appears in the most language editions (counted from Wikidata); an article about a person or thing, which covers far more than one day, counts half. An entry with no article of its own counts, also at half, by the least covered article it links, and one that links only places counts for nothing. Each list runs by year, and the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures, audio and video.

## June 3 in the calendar

| Year | Weekday | ISO week | Moon (UTC) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Wednesday | 2026-W23 | 🌖 Waning Gibbous |
| 2027 | Thursday | 2027-W22 | 🌘 Waning Crescent |
| 2028 | Saturday | 2028-W22 | 🌔 Waxing Gibbous |
| 2029 | Sunday | 2029-W22 | 🌖 Waning Gibbous |
| 2030 | Monday | 2030-W23 | 🌒 Waxing Crescent |

Moon phases are for the day in UTC; at the edges of a phase your local date can differ.

## Public holidays on June 3

- [🇰🇷 South Korea](https://whathappen.today/holidays/south-korea/): Local Election Day (2026)

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