June 3rd, 1626

Born on June 3rd, 1626

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 145,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 664 days, exactly on February 26th, 2026, people who were born on June 3rd, 1626 will be 146,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 3rd?

June 3rd, 1982

A failed assassination attempt was made on Shlomo Argov, the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom; this was later used as justification for the First Lebanon War.

June 3rd, 1979

Having invaded Uganda and deposed President Idi Amin, Tanzanian forces secured Uganda's western border, ending a seven-month war.

June 3rd, 1973

At the Paris Air Show, a Tupolev Tu-144 broke up in mid-air, killing all six members of its crew and eight bystanders on the ground.

June 3rd, 1969

During a SEATO exercise, HMAS Melbourne of the Royal Australian Navy collided with the U.S. Navy's USS Frank E. Evans, cutting the latter in two and killing 74 people.

June 3rd, 1963

Buddhist crisis: South Vietnamese Army soldiers attacked protesting Buddhists in Huế, with liquid chemicals from tear gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalised.

June 3rd, 1950

Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal, members of the French Annapurna expedition, became the first climbers to reach the summit of a peak higher than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level.

June 3rd, 1937

A few months after abdicating the British throne, Edward, Duke of Windsor, married American socialite Wallis Simpson in a private ceremony in France.

June 3rd, 1921

At his trial for the assassination of Talat Pasha, viewed as the main orchestrator of the Armenian genocide, Soghomon Tehlirian was acquitted after arguing: "I have killed a man, but I am not a murderer."

June 3rd, 1892

Liverpool F.C. (stadium pictured), one of England's most successful football clubs, was founded.

June 3rd, 1844

The last known pair of great auks (one pictured), the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus of flightless birds, were killed on Eldey, Iceland.

June 3rd, 1781

American Revolutionary War: Jack Jouett made a 40-mile (64 km) ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of coming British cavalry who had been sent to capture them.

June 3rd, 1770

Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, a historic Catholic mission church in present-day Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, and the site of the first Christian confirmation in Alta California, was established.

June 3rd, 1658

Pope Alexander VII appointed François de Laval as the first apostolic vicar of New France.

June 3rd, 1602

Anglo-Spanish War: An English naval force defeated a Spanish-Portuguese fleet off Sesimbra, Portugal, and captured a carrack.

June 3rd, 2019

Khartoum massacre: In Sudan, over 100 people are killed when security forces accompanied by Janjaweed militiamen storm and open fire on a sit-in protest.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 3rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on June 3rd?

49

Arianne Zucker

American actress and model

*June 3rd, 1974, Northridge

31

Mario Götze

German association football player

*June 3rd, 1992, Memmingen

37

Jenny Skavlan

Norwegian actress

*June 3rd, 1986, Oslo

31

Monika Linkytė

Lithuanian singer and songwriter

*June 3rd, 1992, Gargždai

37

Rafael Nadal

Spanish tennis player (born 1986)

*June 3rd, 1986, Manacor

43

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Emir of Qatar

*June 3rd, 1980, Doha

70

Franz Bücheler

German classical philologist (1837-1908)

*June 3rd, 1837, Rheinberg †May 3rd, 1908, Bonn

87

Chuck Barris

American game show creator, producer, and host (1929-2017)

*June 3rd, 1929, Philadelphia †March 21st, 2017, Palisades

49

Nels Nelsen

Canadian ski jumper

*June 3rd, 1894, Salangen Municipality †June 3rd, 1943, Field

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

*June 3rd, 1953, Hilversum †September 23rd, 1987, New York City

90

Roxcy Bolton

American activist and feminist

*June 3rd, 1926, Duck Hill †May 17th, 2017, Coral Gables

92

Raúl Castro

Former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba

*June 3rd, 1931, Birán

59

James Purefoy

British actor

*June 3rd, 1964, Taunton

27

Lukas Klostermann

German association football player

*June 3rd, 1996, Herdecke

66

Alla Nazimova

Russian-American actress, screenwriter and producer (1879–1945)

*June 3rd, 1879, Yalta †July 13th, 1945, Los Angeles

70

George V

King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India (1865–1936)

*June 3rd, 1865, Marlborough House †January 20th, 1936, Sandringham House

68

Josephine Baker

American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)

*June 3rd, 1906, St. Louis †April 12th, 1975, Paris

33

Fabian Götze

German footballer

*June 3rd, 1990, Ronsberg

67

Colleen Dewhurst

Canadian-American actress (1924-1991)

*June 3rd, 1924, Montreal †August 22nd, 1991, New York City

26

Louis Hofmann

German actor

*June 3rd, 1997, Bensberg

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71

Francesco Redi

Italian entomologist and poet

*February 18th, 1626, Arezzo †March 1st, 1697, Pisa

71

John Aubrey

English writer and antiquarian (1626-1697)

*March 12th, 1626, Malmesbury †June 7th, 1697, Oxford

85

Richard Cromwell

English politician (1626–1712); Lord Protector

*October 4th, 1626, Huntingdon †July 12th, 1712, Cheshunt

62

Christina of Sweden

Queen of Sweden (1626-1689), ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654

*December 18th, 1626, Stockholm †April 19th, 1689, Rome

53

Jan Steen

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1626-1679)

*January 1st, 1626, Leiden †February 3rd, 1679, Leiden

63

Giovanni Legrenzi

Italian composer (1626–1690)

*August 12th, 1626, Clusone †May 27th, 1690, Venice

44

Leopold Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden

German noble (1626-1671)

*September 16th, 1626, Baden-Baden †March 1st, 1671, Baden-Baden

70

Madame de Sévigné

French noble and epistolarian writer

*February 5th, 1626, Paris †April 17th, 1696, Grignan

41

Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur

Spanish missionary and saint (1626-1667)

*March 21st, 1626, Vilaflor, Santa Cruz de Tenerife †April 25th, 1667, Antigua Guatemala

50

Sabbatai Zevi

Sephardic Rabbi

*August 1st, 1626, İzmir †September 17th, 1676, Ulcinj

24

William II, Prince of Orange

Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland (1626–1650)

*May 27th, 1626, The Hague †November 6th, 1650, The Hague

59

Matthias Tretzscher

Organ builder

*April 2nd, 1626, Hroznětín †January 1st, 1686, Kulmbach

73

Lucas Achtschellinck

Flemish landscape painter (1626-1699)

*January 16th, 1626, City of Brussels †May 12th, 1699, City of Brussels

44

Karl Mecklenburg

German canon (1626-1670)

*March 8th, 1626, Schwerin †August 20th, 1670, Mirow

58

Géraud de Cordemoy

French historian, philosopher and lawyer

*October 6th, 1626, Paris †October 15th, 1684, Paris

67

Emilie von Hessen-Kassel

(1626-1693)

*February 11th, 1626, Bad Hersfeld †February 15th, 1693, Frankfurt

60

Josua Arnd

German historian and theologian (1626-1687)

*September 9th, 1626, Güstrow †April 5th, 1687, Güstrow

65

Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken

German noble (1626-1692)

*May 17th, 1626, Stegeborg Castle †March 3rd, 1692, Osterholz-Scharmbeck

56

Ferdinand von Fürstenberg

Prince-bishop of Paderborn and Münster

*October 21st, 1626, Bilstein Castle (Lennestadt) †June 26th, 1683, Paderborn

25

Henriette Marie of the Palatinate

Princess of Bohemia and German noble (1626-1651)

*January 1st, 1626, The Hague †January 1st, 1651, Sárospatak

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1626 is a normal year and no leap year.

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