June 3rd, 1948

Born on June 3rd, 1948

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 27,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 286 days, exactly on January 30th, 2025, people who were born on June 3rd, 1948 will be 28,000 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, 1948

68

Mário Contumélias

Portuguese journalist

*June 3rd, 1948, Setúbal †April 13th, 2017, Lisbon

75

Carlos Franzetti

Argentine composer (born 1948)

*June 3rd, 1948, Buenos Aires

75

Jan Reker

Dutch footballer and manager

*June 3rd, 1948, Eindhoven

74

Rolf Heißler

German criminal

*June 3rd, 1948, Bayreuth †May 18th, 2023, Offenbach am Main

68

Roman Zhuravskyi

Ukrainian association football player (1948-2017)

*June 3rd, 1948, Lviv †February 19th, 2017, Lviv

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

49

Arianne Zucker

American actress and model

*June 3rd, 1974, Northridge

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

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

31

Mario Götze

German association football player

*June 3rd, 1992, Memmingen

37

Jenny Skavlan

Norwegian actress

*June 3rd, 1986, Oslo

43

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Emir of Qatar

*June 3rd, 1980, Doha

31

Monika Linkytė

Lithuanian singer and songwriter

*June 3rd, 1992, Gargždai

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

73

Paulo Branco

Film producer

*June 3rd, 1950, Lisbon

72

Jill Biden

American educator and First Lady of the United States

*June 3rd, 1951, Hammonton

90

Roxcy Bolton

American activist and feminist

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

59

James Purefoy

British actor

*June 3rd, 1964, Taunton

92

Raúl Castro

Former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba

*June 3rd, 1931, Birán

73

Suzi Quatro

American rock musician (born 1950)

*June 3rd, 1950, Detroit

49

Nels Nelsen

Canadian ski jumper

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

67

Colleen Dewhurst

Canadian-American actress (1924-1991)

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

70

Franz Bücheler

German classical philologist (1837-1908)

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

27

Lukas Klostermann

German association football player

*June 3rd, 1996, Herdecke

57

Bill Callahan

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (1966-)

*June 3rd, 1966, Silver Spring

85

Tony Curtis

American actor (1925–2010)

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

Same year
Born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

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Public holidays on June 3rd

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Born on June 3rd, 1948
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1948 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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