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

1949  Dragnet is first broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles) on June - 03.   

1949  The first negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown) on this day in history.   

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 June - 03.   

1950  On this day in history french expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal   

1952  On June - 03 romanian premier Petru Groza chosen president   

1953  On June - 03 congress cites research of NYC librarian Robert Henderson in proving   

1955  KLFY TV channel 10 in Lafayette, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting on June - 03.   

1956  On June - 03 3rd class travel on British Railways ends   

1957  On this day in history howard Cosell's first TV show   

1957  On June - 03 howard Cosell's 1st TV show   

1958  Referendum allows city to sell Chavez Ravine to the Dodgers on this day in history.   

1959  On June - 03 1st US Air Force Academy graduation   

1959  Ole Windingstad, composer, dies at 73 on June - 03.   

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 June - 03 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  Ringo Starr collapses from tonsilitis &pharyngitis on June - 03.   

1964  Rolling Stones begin first US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro &Bobby Vee) on June - 03.   

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 June - 03.   

1966  Alice Calhoun, actress (Flowing Gold, Between Friends), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1967  Arthur Mitchell Ransome, critic/children's book author, dies on this day in history.   

1970  On June - 03 douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Fries boer/writer, dies at 70   

1974  On this day in history yitzhak Rabin takes over from Golda Meir as Israels premier   

1975  Ozzie Nelson, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), dies at 69 on June - 03.   

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  The oil rig Ixtoc I in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled on this day in history.   

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

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1540  On this day in history birth of charles I of Austria (d. 1590)   

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

1657  Manuel de Egues, composer was born on this day in history.   

1659  On June - 03 birth of david Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708)   

1660  On June - 03 birth of johannes Schenck, composer   

1685  On this day in history birth of cornelis Hop, Amsterdam regent/diplomat   

1723  On June - 03 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 June - 03 kilidj Arslan I, Seldjoeken-sultan, dies in battle   

1395  On this day in history death of ivan Shishman of Bulgaria   

1397  On this day in history death of william Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (b. 1328)   

1411  Death of Duke Leopold IV of Austria (b. 1371) on this day in history.   

1548  On June - 03 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  On this day in history death of sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567)