June 3rd, 1746

Born on June 3rd, 1746

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 101,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 491 days, exactly on September 8th, 2025, people who were born on June 3rd, 1746 will be 102,000 days old!

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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

Born on June 3rd, 1746

80

James Hook

British composer

*June 3rd, 1746, Norwich †January 1st, 1827, Boulogne-sur-Mer

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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

78

José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa

Spanish military officer and viceroyal administrator (1743-1821)

*June 3rd, 1743, Oviedo †June 30th, 1821, Madrid

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

66

Alla Nazimova

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

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

92

Raúl Castro

Former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba

*June 3rd, 1931, Birán

77

Catharine Cappe

British writer, memoirist, and philanthropist

*June 3rd, 1744, Long Preston †July 27th, 1821, York

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

59

James Purefoy

British actor

*June 3rd, 1964, Taunton

27

Lukas Klostermann

German association football player

*June 3rd, 1996, Herdecke

68

Josephine Baker

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

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

59

Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville

French naval commander (1745-1804)

*June 3rd, 1745, Rochefort †August 19th, 1804, Toulon

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Born in 1746

72

Gaspard Monge

French mathematician, inventor of descriptive geometry and father of differential geometry (1746-1818)

*May 9th, 1746, Beaune †July 28th, 1818, Paris

82

Francisco Goya

Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)

*March 30th, 1746, Fuendetodos †April 16th, 1828, Bordeaux

81

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer

*January 12th, 1746, Zürich †February 17th, 1827, Brugg

47

William Jones

Anglo-Welsh philologist and scholar of ancient India (1746-1794)

*September 28th, 1746, Westminster †April 27th, 1794, Kolkata

61

Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis

French lawyer (1746-1807)

*April 1st, 1746, Le Beausset †August 25th, 1807, Paris

40

Maria Magdalena van Beethoven

Mother of Ludwig van Beethoven (1746–1787)

*December 19th, 1746, Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein †July 17th, 1787, Bonn

91

Michele Arditi

Italian lawyer and academic

*September 12th, 1746, Presicce †April 23rd, 1838, Naples

80

Giuseppe Piazzi

Italian Catholic priest of the Theatine order, mathematician, and astronomer (1746-1826)

*July 16th, 1746, Ponte in Valtellina †July 22nd, 1826, Naples

56

Hieronymus van Alphen

Dutch poet and writer

*August 8th, 1746, Gouda †April 2nd, 1803, The Hague

71

Tadeusz Kościuszko

Polish and American military leader (1746–1817)

*February 12th, 1746, Mieračoŭščyna †October 15th, 1817, Solothurn

65

Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch

Politician (1746-1812)

*September 2nd, 1746, London †January 11th, 1812, Dalkeith Palace

51

Karl Ludwig von Erlach

Swiss commander-in-chief

*November 10th, 1746, Bern †March 5th, 1798, Wichtrach

53

William Billings

American choral composer (1746-1800)

*October 7th, 1746, Boston †September 26th, 1800, Boston

81

Georg Wilhelm Pfingsten

German teacher (1746-1827)

*March 5th, 1746, Kiel †November 26th, 1827, Schleswig

73

Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis

Spanish general (1746-1819)

*October 4th, 1746, Seville †November 25th, 1819, Seville

63

Venanzio Rauzzini

Italian opera singer and teacher (1746-1810)

*December 19th, 1746, Camerino †April 8th, 1810, Bath

72

Joachim Heinrich Campe

German writer and academic

*June 29th, 1746, Deensen †October 22nd, 1818, Brunswick

62

Joseph Quesnel

Canadian composer

*November 15th, 1746, Saint-Malo †July 3rd, 1809, Montreal

72

Karl Georg Riedesel zu Eisenbach

(1746-1819)

*November 21st, 1746, Wetzlar †January 28th, 1819, Stuttgart

78

Paul Brigham

American politician

*January 17th, 1746, Coventry †June 15th, 1824, Norwich

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1746 is a normal year and no leap year.

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