Historical Events In June - 03

1948  On June - 03 korczak Ziolkowski begins sculpture of Crazy Horse near Mt Rushmore   

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 June - 03.   

1949  On this day in history dragnet is first broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles)   

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

1949  On this day in history 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 June - 03 french expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal   

1952  On June - 03 romanian premier Petru Groza chosen president   

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

1955  On this day in history kLFY TV channel 10 in Lafayette, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 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  Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130 on this day in history.   

1963  On June - 03 john XXIII, [Angelo G Roncalli], Pope (1958-63), dies at 81   

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

1966  Gemini 9 launched; 7th US 2-man flight (Stafford &Cernan) on June - 03.   

1966  On this day in history alice Calhoun, actress (Flowing Gold, Between Friends), dies at 65   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1976  On June - 03 queen's Bhoemian Rhapsody goes gold   

1976  On June - 03 uS presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta   

1979  The oil rig Ixtoc I in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled on June - 03.   

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 June - 03.   

1610  Jacob Neefs, Flemish engraver/publisher, baptised was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of johannes Schenck, composer   

1685  Cornelis Hop, Amsterdam regent/diplomat was born on June - 03.   

1723  Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born naturalist (d. 1788) was born on this day in history.   

1726  On June - 03 birth of james Hutton, Edinburgh Scotland, geologist   

0545  Chlotilde, wife of French king Clovis/saint, dies at about 70 on June - 03.   

1107  On June - 03 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  Death of Duke Leopold IV of Austria (b. 1371) on this day in history.   

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

1594  Death of Michel Renichon, priest, executed on June - 03.   

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