Historical Events In June - 03
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1948 Korczak Ziolkowski begins sculpture of Crazy Horse near Mt Rushmore on this day in history.
1948 On June - 03 the 200" (5.08 m) Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory
1948 On this day in history "Sleepy Hallow" opens at St James Theater NYC for 12 performances
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 June - 03 1st negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown)
1949 On this day in history amedos Peter Giannine, founder of Bank of America dies at 79
1950 French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal on June - 03.
1952 Romanian premier Petru Groza chosen president on this day in history.
1953 On this day in history congress cites research of NYC librarian Robert Henderson in proving
1955 On this day in history kLFY TV channel 10 in Lafayette, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 On this day in history 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 1st US Air Force Academy graduation on this day in history.
1959 Ole Windingstad, composer, dies at 73 on June - 03.
1960 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 on June - 03.
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 June - 03.
1963 On this day in history john XXIII, [Angelo G Roncalli], Pope (1958-63), dies at 81
1964 Ringo Starr collapses from tonsilitis &pharyngitis on this day in history.
1964 Rolling Stones begin first US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro &Bobby Vee) on this day in history.
1965 On this day in history 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 On June - 03 alice Calhoun, actress (Flowing Gold, Between Friends), dies at 65
1967 On this day in history 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 Yitzhak Rabin takes over from Golda Meir as Israels premier on June - 03.
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 On this day in history uS presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta
1979 On this day in history the oil rig Ixtoc I in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled
1979 On this day in history arno Schmidt, writer, dies at 65
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