June 3rd, 1953

Born on June 3rd, 1953

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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, 1953

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

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

63

Loalwa Braz

Brazilian pop singer (1953-2017)

*June 3rd, 1953, Rio de Janeiro †January 19th, 2017, Saquarema

70

Martin Bartenstein

Austrian politician

*June 3rd, 1953, Graz

70

John Moulder-Brown

British actor

*June 3rd, 1953, London

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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

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

72

Jill Biden

American educator and First Lady of the United States

*June 3rd, 1951, Hammonton

59

James Purefoy

British actor

*June 3rd, 1964, Taunton

73

Paulo Branco

Film producer

*June 3rd, 1950, Lisbon

90

Roxcy Bolton

American activist and feminist

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

33

Dominique Laffin

French actress (1952-1985)

*June 3rd, 1952, Saint-Mandé †June 12th, 1985, Paris

49

Nels Nelsen

Canadian ski jumper

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

92

Raúl Castro

Former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba

*June 3rd, 1931, Birán

68

Mário Contumélias

Portuguese journalist

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

71

David Richards

Welsh motorsports team manager

*June 3rd, 1952, St Paul's Cray

73

Suzi Quatro

American rock musician (born 1950)

*June 3rd, 1950, Detroit

57

Bill Callahan

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (1966-)

*June 3rd, 1966, Silver Spring

70

Rainer Kussmaul

German violinist, conductor, concertmaster and university teacher (1946-2017)

*June 3rd, 1946, Mannheim †March 27th, 2017, Freiburg im Breisgau

67

Thomas Flach

East German sailor

*June 3rd, 1956, Potsdam

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Born in 1953

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*January 1st, 1953, Duisburg

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

70

Jürgen Röber

German association football player and manager

*December 25th, 1953, Gernrode

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

71

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

64

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

*April 9th, 1953, Clinton †October 1st, 2017, Mandalay Bay

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

70

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

70

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

70

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

71

Jeb Bush

Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007

*February 11th, 1953, Midland

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No: With 365 days 1953 is a normal year and no leap year.

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