All Events

Historical Events on June 3

  • Byzantine Empire

    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.

  • American Civil War

    1861

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

  • Vancouver, British Columbia

    1935

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

  • Edward VIII

    1937

    The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.

  • World War II

    1940

    World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.

  • Wehrmacht

    1941

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

  • Empire of Japan

    1942

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

  • Los Angeles, California

    1943

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

  • Soviet Union

    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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