June 3
1621 - The Dutch West India Company received a charter for New Netherlands (now present-day New York).
1861 - American political figure Stephen Douglas died.
1935 - The French liner Normandie set a record on its maiden voyage, arriving in New York after crossing the Atlantic in just four days.
1937 - Edward, the Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward VIII who had abdicated the British throne), married American Wallis Simpson in a private ceremony in Monts, France.
1962 - Air France Flight 007, a U.S.-bound Boeing 707, crashed while attempting to take off from Orly Airport near Paris; all but two of the 132 people aboard were killed.
1963 - Pope John XXIII died at age 81.
1965 - Maj. Edward White became the first American astronaut to walk in space, during the Gemini 4 mission.
1977 - The United States and Cuba agreed to set up diplomatic interests sections in each other’s countries; Cuba also announced the immediate release of 10 Americans jailed on drug charges.
1979 - The world's worst oil spill occurred when an exploratory oil well, Ixtoc 1, blew out, spilling over 140 million gallons of oil into the Bay of Campeche off the coast of Mexico.
1989 - Chinese army troops headed to Beijing to crush student-led pro-democracy demonstrations.
1989 - Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, died.
1999 - Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic accepted a peace plan for Kosovo designed to end mass expulsions of ethnic Albanians and 11 weeks of NATO airstrikes.
2008 - Illinois Sen. Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination.
2009 - New Hampshire became the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage.
2011 - Physician-assisted suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian died at a Michigan hospital at age 83.
2012 - The River Thames became a royal highway as Queen Elizabeth II led a motley but majestic flotilla of more than 1,000 vessels to mark her Diamond Jubilee.
2017 - SpaceX launched its first recycled cargo ship to the International Space Station.
2020 - Prosecutors charged three more police officers in the death of George Floyd and filed a new, tougher charge of second-degree murder against Derek Chauvin, the officer who was caught on video pressing his knee to Floyd’s neck. (Chauvin would be convicted on all charges.)
Birthdays
28 - Anne Winters (actress)
29 - Sean Berdy (actor)
33 - Imogen Poots (actres)
35 - Lalaine (actress/singer)
35 - Michelle Keegan (actress)
36 - Josh Segarra (actor)
36 - Rafael Nadal (tennis player)
38 - Summer Rayne Oakes (model)
41 - Nikki M. James (actress)
48 - Arianne Zucker (actress)
54 - Jamie O'Neal (singer)
55 - Anderson Cooper (TV host)
58 - James Purefoy (actor)
64 - Scott Valentine (actor)
64 - Suzie Plakson (actress)
68 - Dan Hill (singer)
71 - Jill Biden (wife of President Joe Biden)
72 - Deneice Williams (singer)
76 - Tristan Rogers (actor)
76 - Eddie Holman (singer)
76 - Penelope Wilton (actress)
77 - Hale Irwin (golfer)
87 - Irma P. Hall (actress)
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Today in Sports History - June 3
1888 - The poem "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer was first published, in the San Francisco Daily Examiner.
1925 - Eddie Collins becomes the sixth player in MLB history to record 3,000 career hits.
1989 - The Houston Astros defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 in 22 innings in a game that took 7 hours and 14 minutes.
1995 - Montreal Expos pitcher Pedro Martinez has his perfect game broken up in the 10th inning vs. the San Diego Padres.
2012 - Tiger Woods, in winning the Memorial, records his 73rd PGA Tour victory, tying Jack Nicklaus' record.
2016 - Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali died at a hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona, at age 74.
2017 - Albert Pujols of the Los Angeles Angels hit his 600th career home run in a game against the Minnesota Twins.
2018 - Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors breaks Ray Allen's NBA Finals record for most 3-pointers with nine in a 122-103 Game 2 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
1621 - The Dutch West India Company received a charter for New Netherlands (now present-day New York).
1861 - American political figure Stephen Douglas died.
1935 - The French liner Normandie set a record on its maiden voyage, arriving in New York after crossing the Atlantic in just four days.
1937 - Edward, the Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward VIII who had abdicated the British throne), married American Wallis Simpson in a private ceremony in Monts, France.
1962 - Air France Flight 007, a U.S.-bound Boeing 707, crashed while attempting to take off from Orly Airport near Paris; all but two of the 132 people aboard were killed.
1963 - Pope John XXIII died at age 81.
1965 - Maj. Edward White became the first American astronaut to walk in space, during the Gemini 4 mission.
1977 - The United States and Cuba agreed to set up diplomatic interests sections in each other’s countries; Cuba also announced the immediate release of 10 Americans jailed on drug charges.
1979 - The world's worst oil spill occurred when an exploratory oil well, Ixtoc 1, blew out, spilling over 140 million gallons of oil into the Bay of Campeche off the coast of Mexico.
1989 - Chinese army troops headed to Beijing to crush student-led pro-democracy demonstrations.
1989 - Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, died.
1999 - Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic accepted a peace plan for Kosovo designed to end mass expulsions of ethnic Albanians and 11 weeks of NATO airstrikes.
2008 - Illinois Sen. Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination.
2009 - New Hampshire became the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage.
2011 - Physician-assisted suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian died at a Michigan hospital at age 83.
2012 - The River Thames became a royal highway as Queen Elizabeth II led a motley but majestic flotilla of more than 1,000 vessels to mark her Diamond Jubilee.
2017 - SpaceX launched its first recycled cargo ship to the International Space Station.
2020 - Prosecutors charged three more police officers in the death of George Floyd and filed a new, tougher charge of second-degree murder against Derek Chauvin, the officer who was caught on video pressing his knee to Floyd’s neck. (Chauvin would be convicted on all charges.)
Birthdays
28 - Anne Winters (actress)
29 - Sean Berdy (actor)
33 - Imogen Poots (actres)
35 - Lalaine (actress/singer)
35 - Michelle Keegan (actress)
36 - Josh Segarra (actor)
36 - Rafael Nadal (tennis player)
38 - Summer Rayne Oakes (model)
41 - Nikki M. James (actress)
48 - Arianne Zucker (actress)
54 - Jamie O'Neal (singer)
55 - Anderson Cooper (TV host)
58 - James Purefoy (actor)
64 - Scott Valentine (actor)
64 - Suzie Plakson (actress)
68 - Dan Hill (singer)
71 - Jill Biden (wife of President Joe Biden)
72 - Deneice Williams (singer)
76 - Tristan Rogers (actor)
76 - Eddie Holman (singer)
76 - Penelope Wilton (actress)
77 - Hale Irwin (golfer)
87 - Irma P. Hall (actress)
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Today in Sports History - June 3
1888 - The poem "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer was first published, in the San Francisco Daily Examiner.
1925 - Eddie Collins becomes the sixth player in MLB history to record 3,000 career hits.
1989 - The Houston Astros defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 in 22 innings in a game that took 7 hours and 14 minutes.
1995 - Montreal Expos pitcher Pedro Martinez has his perfect game broken up in the 10th inning vs. the San Diego Padres.
2012 - Tiger Woods, in winning the Memorial, records his 73rd PGA Tour victory, tying Jack Nicklaus' record.
2016 - Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali died at a hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona, at age 74.
2017 - Albert Pujols of the Los Angeles Angels hit his 600th career home run in a game against the Minnesota Twins.
2018 - Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors breaks Ray Allen's NBA Finals record for most 3-pointers with nine in a 122-103 Game 2 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
