Page 6: Historical Events In June - 03

1948  Korczak Ziolkowski begins sculpture of Crazy Horse near Mt Rushmore on June - 03.   

1948  The 200" (5.08 m) Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1949  On June - 03 the first negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown)   

1949  1st negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown) on June - 03.   

1949  Amedos Peter Giannine, founder of Bank of America dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1950  French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1957  Howard Cosell's 1st TV show on June - 03.   

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

1959  1st US Air Force Academy graduation on June - 03.   

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 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  On June - 03 air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130   

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

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

1964  On this day in history rolling Stones begin first US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro &Bobby Vee)   

1965  On this day in history gemini 4 launched; 2nd US 2-man flight (McDivitt &White)   

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  On this day in history douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Fries boer/writer, dies at 70   

1974  Yitzhak Rabin takes over from Golda Meir as Israels premier on June - 03.   

1975  On this day in history ozzie Nelson, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), dies at 69   

1976  On this day in history queen's Bhoemian Rhapsody goes gold   

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  Jacob Neefs, Flemish engraver/publisher, baptised was born on June - 03.   

1657  Manuel de Egues, composer was born on June - 03.   

1659  On this day in history birth of david Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708)   

1660  Johannes Schenck, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1723  Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born naturalist (d. 1788) was born on June - 03.   

1726  James Hutton, Edinburgh Scotland, geologist was born on this day in history.   

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 June - 03 death of william Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (b. 1328)   

1411  On June - 03 death of duke Leopold IV of Austria (b. 1371)   

1548  On this day in history death of juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Catholic bishop of Mexico (b. 1468)   

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

1615  On June - 03 death of sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567)