June 3rd, 1976

Born on June 3rd, 1976

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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, 1976

47

Rodrigo Candamil

Colombian actor

*June 3rd, 1976, Tuluá

47

Farhad Majidi

Iranian footballer

*June 3rd, 1976, Tehran

47

Jamie McMurray

American racing driver

*June 3rd, 1976, Joplin

47

Nikos Chatzis

Greek professional basketball player

*June 3rd, 1976, Kalamata

47

Jens Kruppa

Swimmer

*June 3rd, 1976, Freital

47

Brian Herrington

American composer and music educator

*June 3rd, 1976, Beaumont

47

Nancy Álvarez

Argentine triathlete

*June 3rd, 1976, Buenos Aires

47

Julia von Heinz

German film director

*June 3rd, 1976, Berlin

47

Miriama Smith

New Zealand actress

*June 3rd, 1976, Rotorua

47

Aleksandra Balmazović

Slovenian actress

*June 3rd, 1976, Celje

47

Paul Berry

Northern Ireland politician (born 1976)

*June 3rd, 1976, Craigavon

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49

Arianne Zucker

American actress and model

*June 3rd, 1974, Northridge

43

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Emir of Qatar

*June 3rd, 1980, Doha

37

Jenny Skavlan

Norwegian actress

*June 3rd, 1986, Oslo

31

Mario Götze

German association football player

*June 3rd, 1992, Memmingen

37

Rafael Nadal

Spanish tennis player (born 1986)

*June 3rd, 1986, Manacor

31

Monika Linkytė

Lithuanian singer and songwriter

*June 3rd, 1992, Gargždai

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

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

59

James Purefoy

British actor

*June 3rd, 1964, Taunton

87

Chuck Barris

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

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

33

Fabian Götze

German footballer

*June 3rd, 1990, Ronsberg

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

90

Roxcy Bolton

American activist and feminist

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

49

Nels Nelsen

Canadian ski jumper

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

26

Louis Hofmann

German actor

*June 3rd, 1997, Bensberg

43

Keiji Suzuki

Japanese judoka

*June 3rd, 1980, Joso

49

Kelly Jones

Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist and director and lead singer of the band Stereophonics

*June 3rd, 1974, Cwmaman

92

Raúl Castro

Former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba

*June 3rd, 1931, Birán

37

Tomáš Verner

Czech figure skater

*June 3rd, 1986, Písek

46

Checco Zalone

Italian comedian, musician and actor

*June 3rd, 1977, Capurso

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Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

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Leap year

Yes: 1976 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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