June 3 in History

Historical Events on June 3

713 The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, deposed and sent into exile by conspirators of the Opsikion army in Thrace. He is succeeded by Anastasios II, who begins the reorganization of the Byzantine army.

1861 American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia.

1935 One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.

1937 The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.

1940 World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.

1941 World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants.

1942 World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.

1943 In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots.

1973 A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.

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Famous Birthdays on June 3

1808 Jefferson Davis

1924 Karunanidhi

1976 Jamie McMurray

1986 Rafael Nadal

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Famous Deaths on June 3

1924 Franz Kafka

1989 Ruhollah Khomeini

2009 David Carradine

2016 Muhammad Ali

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