Historical Events In June - 03

1948  On this day in history korczak Ziolkowski begins sculpture of Crazy Horse near Mt Rushmore   

1948  On June - 03 the 200" (5.08 m) Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory   

1948  "Sleepy Hallow" opens at St James Theater NYC for 12 performances on June - 03.   

1949  On June - 03 dragnet is first broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles)   

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  On June - 03 amedos Peter Giannine, founder of Bank of America dies at 79   

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

1952  On this day in history romanian premier Petru Groza chosen president   

1953  Congress cites research of NYC librarian Robert Henderson in proving on June - 03.   

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

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

1957  Howard Cosell's first TV show on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history howard Cosell's 1st TV show   

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

1959  1st US Air Force Academy graduation on this day in history.   

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

1960  On this day in history 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 June - 03 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  Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130 on this day in history.   

1963  John XXIII, [Angelo G Roncalli], Pope (1958-63), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1964  On June - 03 ringo Starr collapses from tonsilitis &pharyngitis   

1964  Rolling Stones begin first US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro &Bobby Vee) on this day in history.   

1965  Gemini 4 launched; 2nd US 2-man flight (McDivitt &White) on June - 03.   

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 June - 03 arthur Mitchell Ransome, critic/children's book author, dies   

1970  Douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Fries boer/writer, dies at 70 on June - 03.   

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

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 June - 03.   

1979  On this day in history the oil rig Ixtoc I in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled   

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

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1540  Charles I of Austria (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.   

1610  On June - 03 birth of jacob Neefs, Flemish engraver/publisher, baptised   

1657  On this day in history birth of manuel de Egues, composer   

1659  David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.   

1660  On June - 03 birth of johannes Schenck, composer   

1685  On June - 03 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 June - 03 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  On June - 03 death of ivan Shishman of Bulgaria   

1397  Death of William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (b. 1328) on this day in history.   

1411  On this day in history death of duke Leopold IV of Austria (b. 1371)   

1548  Death of Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Catholic bishop of Mexico (b. 1468) on June - 03.   

1594  On June - 03 death of michel Renichon, priest, executed   

1615  Death of Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567) on June - 03.