More important events

1098 - First Crusade: Antioch falls to the crusaders after an eight-month siege.
1140 - French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy.
1608 - Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec.
1800 - U.S. President John Adams takes up residence in Washington, D.C. (in a tavern – the White House was not yet completed).
1850 - The traditional founding date of Kansas City, Missouri. This was the date on which it was first incorporated by Jackson County, Missouri as the "City of Kansas".
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor - Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
1885 - Last military engagement fought on Canadian soil: Cree leader Big Bear escapes the North West Mounted Police.
1889 - The Canadian Pacific Railway is completed from coast to coast.
1889 - The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon, United States.
1940 - World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
1940 - World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
1956 - British Rail renames 'Third Class' passenger facilities as 'Second Class' (Second Class facilities had been abolished in 1875, leaving just First Class and Third Class).

Important Events on June the 3rd:

1539 - Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain
1621 - Dutch West India Company receives charter for "New Netherlands"
1770 - Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo founded in California
1789 - Alex Mackenzie began exploration of Mackenzie River
1888 - Casey at the Bat published (SF Examiner)
1916 - ROTC established by Act of Congress
1932 - Lou Gehrig hits 4 consecutive HRs Yanks beat A's 20-13
1933 - A's score 11 runs in 2nd - Yanks score 10 in 5th & win 17-11
1934 - Dr Frederick Banting co-discoverer of insulin knighted
1935 - Atlantic crossing record French "Normandie": 1077 hours
1937 - Edward VIII - Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson
1942 - Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II
1948 - 200 inch Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory
1949 - Dragnet's 1st broadcast on radio (KFI in LA)
1957 - Howard Cosell's 1st TV show
1959 - 1st US Air Force Academy graduation
1965 - Gemini IV is launched Ed White 1st American to walk in space
1966 - Gemini 9 launched; 7th U.S. 2-man flight
1968 - Yanks turn 21st triple play in their history lose 4-3 to Twins
1972 - Yanks score 8 times in 13th beating White Sox 18-10
1976 - US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta
1979 - Ixtoc I rig in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled
1980 - Crew of Soyuz 36 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 35
1980 - Jimmy Carter wins enough delegates for renomination
1981 - Pope John Paul II released from hospital after attempt on life
1982 - Birth of a cute little baby girl

Birthdays of Great people born on June 3rd

1780 - William Hone, English author, bookseller (The Every-Day Book)
1808 - Jefferson Davis, President of Confederacy (1861-1865)
1844 - Garret Augustus Hobart, (R), 24th U.S. vice-president (1897-99)
1864 - Ransom Eli Olds, auto (Oldsmobile) & truck (REO) manufacturer
1865 - George V, king of England (1910-36)
1906 - Josephine Baker, dancer, singer
1911 - Paulette Goddard
1913 - Ellen Corby
1922 - Alain Resnais, French film director
1925 - Tony Curtis, (Bernard Schwartz), actor (Some Like It Hot, Trapeze)
1926 - Collen Dewhurst, actress
1926 - Allen Ginsberg, Beat poet (Howl)
1942 - Curtis Mayfield, musician
1950 - Suzi Quatro, Detroit (Happy Days)
1951 - Deneice Williams, singer
1982 - Kalaiselvi, Genius