June 3rd, 1879

Born on June 3rd, 1879

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1879

66

Alla Nazimova

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

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

74

Vivian Woodward

English footballer (1879-1954)

*June 3rd, 1879, London †January 31st, 1954, London Borough of Ealing

61

Raymond Pearl

American biogerontologist (1879-1940)

*June 3rd, 1879, Farmington †November 17th, 1940, Hershey

69

Paul Hoffmann

German politician (1879-1949)

*June 3rd, 1879, Berlin †April 18th, 1949, Werden

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

49

Arianne Zucker

American actress and model

*June 3rd, 1974, Northridge

49

Nels Nelsen

Canadian ski jumper

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

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

43

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Emir of Qatar

*June 3rd, 1980, Doha

37

Rafael Nadal

Spanish tennis player (born 1986)

*June 3rd, 1986, Manacor

87

Chuck Barris

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

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

75

Raoul Dufy

French artist (1877-1953)

*June 3rd, 1877, Le Havre †March 23rd, 1953, Montcuq

70

Franz Bücheler

German classical philologist (1837-1908)

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

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

90

Roxcy Bolton

American activist and feminist

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

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

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

68

Josephine Baker

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

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

92

Raúl Castro

Former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba

*June 3rd, 1931, Birán

88

Otto Loewi

German pharmacologist

*June 3rd, 1873, Frankfurt †December 25th, 1961, New York City

67

Colleen Dewhurst

Canadian-American actress (1924-1991)

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

59

James Purefoy

British actor

*June 3rd, 1964, Taunton

85

Tony Curtis

American actor (1925–2010)

*June 3rd, 1925, New York City †September 29th, 2010, Las Vegas

27

Lukas Klostermann

German association football player

*June 3rd, 1996, Herdecke

Same year
Born in 1879

76

Albert Einstein

German-born theoretical physicist; developer of the theory of relativity (1879–1955)

*March 14th, 1879, Ulm †April 18th, 1955, Princeton

60

Leon Trotsky

Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)

*October 26th, 1879, Bereslavka †August 21st, 1940, Coyoacán

89

Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

*October 29th, 1879, Werl †May 2nd, 1969, Sasbach

52

Vachel Lindsay

American poet

*November 10th, 1879, Springfield †December 5th, 1931, Springfield

92

Rudolf Friml

Czech composer

*December 7th, 1879, Prague †November 12th, 1972, Hollywood

80

Max von Laue

German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi

*October 9th, 1879, Koblenz †April 24th, 1960, West Berlin

77

Frieda Lawrence

German writer

*August 11th, 1879, Metz †August 11th, 1956, Taos

85

Louis Prével

French rower (1879-1964)

*January 29th, 1879, Nice †November 26th, 1964, Nice

66

Charles Delestraint

French general (1879-1945)

*March 12th, 1879, Biache-Saint-Vaast †April 19th, 1945, Dachau concentration camp

91

E. M. Forster

English novelist (1879-1970)

*January 1st, 1879, London †June 7th, 1970, Coventry

54

Louis Joseph Vance

American writer (1879-1933)

*September 19th, 1879, Washington, D.C. †December 16th, 1933, New York City

60

Paul Klee

Swiss artist (1879-1940)

*December 18th, 1879, Münchenbuchsee †June 29th, 1940, Muralto

74

Francis Picabia

French painter and writer (1879-1953)

*January 22nd, 1879, Paris †November 30th, 1953, Paris

70

Ramana Maharshi

Indian Hindu sage (1879–1950)

*December 30th, 1879, Tiruchuli Assembly constituency †April 14th, 1950, Sri Ramana Ashram

58

Warner Oland

Swedish-American actor (1879–1938)

*October 3rd, 1879, Västerbotten County †August 6th, 1938, Stockholm

94

Mary Forbes

British-American actress (1883-1974)

*December 30th, 1879, Hornsey †July 22nd, 1974, Beaumont

70

Sarojini Naidu

Indian poet, politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949

*February 13th, 1879, Hyderabad †March 2nd, 1949, Lucknow

73

Annie Kenney

British suffragette (1879-1953)

*September 13th, 1879, Springhead †July 9th, 1953, Letchworth Garden City

65

Stefan Filipkiewicz

Polish artist (1879-1944)

*July 28th, 1879, Tarnów †August 23rd, 1944, Mauthausen concentration camp

79

James Branch Cabell

American author

*April 14th, 1879, Richmond †May 5th, 1958, Richmond

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1879 is a normal year and no leap year.

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