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| June 3rd, 2007 (June 03 2007) | Event | USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) engaged pirates after they boarded the Danish ship Danica White off the coast of Somalia. (details) | |
| June 3rd, 2006 (June 03 2006) | Event | The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro s formal declaration of independence. | |
| June 3rd, 2006 (June 03 2006) | Birth | Countess Leonore, Member of the Dutch Royal Family | |
| June 3rd, 2006 (June 03 2006) | Death | Johnny Grande, original accordion/piano/keyboard player for Bill Haley s Comets (born in 1932) | |
| June 3rd, 2005 (June 03 2005) | Death | Harold Cardinal, Cree political leader, writer, and lawyer (born in 1945) | |
| June 3rd, 2004 (June 03 2004) | Death | Frances Shand Kydd, mother of Diana, Princess of Wales (born in 1936) | Princess of Wales Diana Quotes |
| June 3rd, 2004 (June 03 2004) | Death | Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (born in 1966) | |
| June 3rd, 2003 (June 03 2003) | Death | Felix de Weldon, Austrian sculptor (born in 1907) | |
| June 3rd, 2002 (June 03 2002) | Birth | Prince Tirso of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family | |
| June 3rd, 2001 (June 03 2001) | Death | Anthony Quinn, Mexican-born actor (born in 1915) | |
| June 3rd, 1998 (June 03 1998) | Event | Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed train derails in Lower Saxony, Germany, causing 101 deaths. | |
| June 3rd, 1998 (June 03 1998) | Death | Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (born in 1922) | |
| June 3rd, 1997 (June 03 1997) | Death | Dennis James, American television personality (born in 1917) | |
| June 3rd, 1994 (June 03 1994) | Death | Puig Aubert, French rugby league footballer (born in 1925) | |
| June 3rd, 1992 (June 03 1992) | Death | Robert Morley, English actor (born in 1908) | Robert Ley Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1991 (June 03 1991) | Event | Mount Unzen erupts in Japan in Kyushu killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists. | |
| June 3rd, 1991 (June 03 1991) | Death | Katia Krafft, French volcanologist (eruption) (born in 1942) | |
| June 3rd, 1991 (June 03 1991) | Death | Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist (eruption) (born in 1946) | |
| June 3rd, 1991 (June 03 1991) | Death | Takeshi Nagata, Japanese geophysicist (born in 1913) | |
| June 3rd, 1990 (June 03 1990) | Death | Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (born in 1949) | |
| June 3rd, 1990 (June 03 1990) | Death | Robert Noyce, American inventor (born in 1927) | |
| June 3rd, 1989 (June 03 1989) | Event | The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation. | |
| June 3rd, 1989 (June 03 1989) | Birth | Katie Hoff, American swimmer | |
| June 3rd, 1989 (June 03 1989) | Death | Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Shi ite leader (born in 1902) | Ruhollah Khomeini Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1989 (June 03 1989) | Death | John McCauley, NHL official (born in 1945) | |
| June 3rd, 1987 (June 03 1987) | Birth | Lalaine, American actress and singer | |
| June 3rd, 1987 (June 03 1987) | Birth | Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress | |
| June 3rd, 1986 (June 03 1986) | Birth | Alexandros Karageorgiou, Greek archer | |
| June 3rd, 1986 (June 03 1986) | Birth | Brenden Richard Jefferson, African-American actor | |
| June 3rd, 1986 (June 03 1986) | Birth | Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player | |
| June 3rd, 1986 (June 03 1986) | Birth | Tomas Verner, Czech Republic ice skater | Tom Ze Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1986 (June 03 1986) | Birth | Adrian Valles, Spanish racing driver | |
| June 3rd, 1986 (June 03 1986) | Birth | Al Horford, American basketball player | |
| June 3rd, 1984 (June 03 1984) | Event | The Indian National Army storms the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib), the most sacred shrine of Sikhism, near Amritsar. | |
| June 3rd, 1983 (June 03 1983) | Death | Nanna, Rafi Khawar, Lollywood actor, Lahore | |
| June 3rd, 1982 (June 03 1982) | Event | The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street. He survives but is permanently paralysed. | |
| June 3rd, 1982 (June 03 1982) | Birth | Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter | |
| June 3rd, 1980 (June 03 1980) | Birth | Lazaros Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player | |
| June 3rd, 1979 (June 03 1979) | Event | A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 600,000 tons (176,400,000 gallons) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the worst oil spill to date. | |
| June 3rd, 1977 (June 03 1977) | Birth | Cris, Brazilian footballer | |
| June 3rd, 1977 (June 03 1977) | Birth | Az-Zahir Hakim, American football player | |
| June 3rd, 1977 (June 03 1977) | Birth | Travis Hafner, American baseball player | |
| June 3rd, 1977 (June 03 1977) | Death | Archibald Vivian Hill, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1886) | |
| June 3rd, 1977 (June 03 1977) | Death | Roberto Rossellini, Italian film director (born in 1906) | |
| June 3rd, 1976 (June 03 1976) | Birth | Jamie McMurray, American NASCAR driver | |
| June 3rd, 1976 (June 03 1976) | Birth | Yuri Ruley, American drummer | |
| June 3rd, 1976 (June 03 1976) | Birth | Enda Markey, Irish/Australian entertainer | |
| June 3rd, 1975 (June 03 1975) | Birth | Jose Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player | |
| June 3rd, 1975 (June 03 1975) | Death | Ozzie Nelson, American band leader, producer, director, and actor (born in 1906) | |
| June 3rd, 1975 (June 03 1975) | Death | Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister of Japan, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born in 1901) | |
| June 3rd, 1974 (June 03 1974) | Birth | Kelly Jones, Welsh singer (Stereophonics) | |
| June 3rd, 1974 (June 03 1974) | Birth | Arianne Zuker, American actress | |
| June 3rd, 1973 (June 03 1973) | Event | A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft. | |
| June 3rd, 1973 (June 03 1973) | Death | Dory Funk, professional wrestler (born in 1919) | |
| June 3rd, 1971 (June 03 1971) | Birth | Carl Everett, American baseball player | Carl Everett Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1971 (June 03 1971) | Death | Heinz Hopf, German mathematician (born in 1894) | |
| June 3rd, 1970 (June 03 1970) | Birth | Esther Hart, Dutch singer | |
| June 3rd, 1970 (June 03 1970) | Birth | Julie Masse, French Canadian singer | |
| June 3rd, 1970 (June 03 1970) | Birth | Peter Tagtgren, Swedish musician (Hypocrisy) and producer | |
| June 3rd, 1970 (June 03 1970) | Birth | Ammon McNeely, American rock climber | |
| June 3rd, 1970 (June 03 1970) | Death | Hjalmar Schacht, Nazi official (born in 1877) | Hjalmar Schacht Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1969 (June 03 1969) | Event | Melbourne-Evans collision: Off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half. | Evans Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1969 (June 03 1969) | Birth | Takako Minekawa, Japanese musician | |
| June 3rd, 1969 (June 03 1969) | Birth | Hiroyuki Takami, Japanese musician | |
| June 3rd, 1968 (June 03 1968) | Event | Valerie Solanas, author of SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times. | Andy Warhol Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1968 (June 03 1968) | Birth | Jamie O Neal, American singer | |
| June 3rd, 1968 (June 03 1968) | Birth | Samantha Sprackling, Nigerian singer | |
| June 3rd, 1967 (June 03 1967) | Birth | Anderson Cooper, American reporter | |
| June 3rd, 1966 (June 03 1966) | Birth | Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer | |
| June 3rd, 1965 (June 03 1965) | Event | Launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Crew-member Ed White performs the first American spacewalk (EVA). | |
| June 3rd, 1965 (June 03 1965) | Event | For 21 minutes, Edward H. White floats free outside the space vehicle Gemini IV for the first time. | |
| June 3rd, 1965 (June 03 1965) | Birth | Mike Gordon, American musician | |
| June 3rd, 1965 (June 03 1965) | Birth | Jeff Blumenkrantz, American composer and actor | |
| June 3rd, 1964 (June 03 1964) | Birth | Kerry King, American musician (Slayer) | |
| June 3rd, 1964 (June 03 1964) | Birth | Doro Pesch, German singer | |
| June 3rd, 1964 (June 03 1964) | Birth | James Purefoy, British actor | |
| June 3rd, 1964 (June 03 1964) | Death | Frans Eemil Sillanpaa, Finnish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1888) | |
| June 3rd, 1963 (June 03 1963) | Event | A Northwest Airlines DC-7 crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia, killing 101. | |
| June 3rd, 1963 (June 03 1963) | Birth | Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician | |
| June 3rd, 1963 (June 03 1963) | Birth | Toshiaki Karasawa, Japanese actor | |
| June 3rd, 1963 (June 03 1963) | Death | Nazim Hikmet, Turkish poet (born in 1902) | Nazim Hikmet Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1963 (June 03 1963) | Death | Pope John XXIII (born in 1881) | |
| June 3rd, 1962 (June 03 1962) | Event | An Air France Boeing 707 charter, Chateau de Sully crashed after aborted takeoff from Paris, killing 130. The largest single plane accident to date. | |
| June 3rd, 1962 (June 03 1962) | Birth | Susannah Constantine, British fashion guru | Susannah Constantine Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1961 (June 03 1961) | Birth | Lawrence Lessig, American lawyer and author | Lawrence Lessig Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1959 (June 03 1959) | Birth | John Carlson, American talk radio host | |
| June 3rd, 1957 (June 03 1957) | Birth | Horst-Ulrich Hanel, German field hockey player | |
| June 3rd, 1956 (June 03 1956) | Event | 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). | |
| June 3rd, 1956 (June 03 1956) | Birth | Brad Nessler, American sports broadcaster | |
| June 3rd, 1956 (June 03 1956) | Birth | George Burley, Scottish football player and manager | |
| June 3rd, 1955 (June 03 1955) | Death | Barbara Graham, American murderer (born in 1923) | |
| June 3rd, 1954 (June 03 1954) | Birth | Dan Hill, Canadian singer and songwriter | |
| June 3rd, 1954 (June 03 1954) | Birth | Wally Weir, Quebec ice hockey player | |
| June 3rd, 1952 (June 03 1952) | Birth | Billy Powell, American keyboardist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) | |
| June 3rd, 1952 (June 03 1952) | Birth | David Richards, CBE, British motor racing entrepreneur | |
| June 3rd, 1950 (June 03 1950) | Birth | Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter | |
| June 3rd, 1950 (June 03 1950) | Birth | Suzi Quatro, American musician and actress | |
| June 3rd, 1950 (June 03 1950) | Birth | Christos Verelis, Greek politician | |
| June 3rd, 1950 (June 03 1950) | Birth | Deniece Williams, American singer | |
| June 3rd, 1947 (June 03 1947) | Birth | Mickey Finn, British guitarist and percussionist (T. Rex) (died in 2003) | |
| June 3rd, 1947 (June 03 1947) | Birth | Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver (died in 1986) | |
| June 3rd, 1947 (June 03 1947) | Birth | John Dykstra, American special effects supervisor | |
| June 3rd, 1946 (June 03 1946) | Birth | Michael Clarke American musician (died in 1993) | |
| June 3rd, 1946 (June 03 1946) | Birth | Eddie Holman, American singer | |
| June 3rd, 1946 (June 03 1946) | Birth | Tristan Rogers, Australian-American actor | |
| June 3rd, 1944 (June 03 1944) | Birth | Edith McGuire, American runner | |
| June 3rd, 1944 (June 03 1944) | Birth | Eddy Ottoz, Italian athlete | |
| June 3rd, 1943 (June 03 1943) | Event | A mob of 60 from the Los Angeles Naval Reserve Armory beat up everyone perceived to be Hispanic, starting the week-long Zoot Suit Riots. | |
| June 3rd, 1943 (June 03 1943) | Birth | Billy Cunningham, American basketball player | |
| June 3rd, 1942 (June 03 1942) | Birth | Curtis Mayfield, American musician (died in 1999) | Curtis Mayfield Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1940 (June 03 1940) | Event | World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris. | |
| June 3rd, 1940 (June 03 1940) | Event | World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat. | |
| June 3rd, 1939 (June 03 1939) | Birth | Steve Dalkowski, baseball player | |
| June 3rd, 1939 (June 03 1939) | Birth | Ian Hunter (singer), English musician | |
| June 3rd, 1937 (June 03 1937) | Event | The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson. | |
| June 3rd, 1937 (June 03 1937) | Birth | Solomon P. Ortiz, American politician | Solomon Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1937 (June 03 1937) | Birth | Edward Winter, American actor (died in 2001) | |
| June 3rd, 1936 (June 03 1936) | Birth | Jim Gentile, baseball player | |
| June 3rd, 1936 (June 03 1936) | Birth | Larry McMurtry, American author | |
| June 3rd, 1935 (June 03 1935) | Event | One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario. | |
| June 3rd, 1934 (June 03 1934) | Birth | Rolland D. McCune, American theologian | |
| June 3rd, 1933 (June 03 1933) | Birth | Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, emir of Bahrain (died in 1999) | |
| June 3rd, 1933 (June 03 1933) | Death | William Muldoon, wrestler (born in 1852) | |
| June 3rd, 1931 (June 03 1931) | Birth | Francoise Arnoul, French actress | |
| June 3rd, 1931 (June 03 1931) | Birth | Raul Castro, Cuban statesman | |
| June 3rd, 1931 (June 03 1931) | Birth | John Norman, American author | |
| June 3rd, 1931 (June 03 1931) | Birth | Lindy Remigino, American athlete | |
| June 3rd, 1930 (June 03 1930) | Birth | Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (died in 1999) | |
| June 3rd, 1930 (June 03 1930) | Birth | Dakota Staton, American jazz singer (died in 2007) | |
| June 3rd, 1930 (June 03 1930) | Birth | Ben Wada, Japanese television producers | |
| June 3rd, 1929 (June 03 1929) | Birth | Werner Arber, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate | |
| June 3rd, 1929 (June 03 1929) | Birth | Chuck Barris, American game show host | |
| June 3rd, 1928 (June 03 1928) | Death | Li Yuan-hung, Chinese general and political figure (born in 1864) | |
| June 3rd, 1927 (June 03 1927) | Birth | Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (died in 2007) | |
| June 3rd, 1926 (June 03 1926) | Birth | Allen Ginsberg, American poet (died in 1997) | |
| June 3rd, 1925 (June 03 1925) | Birth | Tony Curtis, American actor | |
| June 3rd, 1924 (June 03 1924) | Birth | Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian actress (died in 1991) | |
| June 3rd, 1924 (June 03 1924) | Birth | Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (died in 1999) | |
| June 3rd, 1924 (June 03 1924) | Birth | Torsten Wiesel, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate | |
| June 3rd, 1924 (June 03 1924) | Birth | Jimmy Rogers, American blues guitarist (died in 1997) | |
| June 3rd, 1924 (June 03 1924) | Death | Franz Kafka, Czech novelist (born in 1883) | Franz Kafka Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1923 (June 03 1923) | Birth | Igor Shafarevich, Russian mathematician | |
| June 3rd, 1922 (June 03 1922) | Birth | Alain Resnais, French director | |
| June 3rd, 1921 (June 03 1921) | Birth | Forbes Carlile, Australian athlete | |
| June 3rd, 1918 (June 03 1918) | Birth | Patrick Cargill, English actor (died in 1996) | |
| June 3rd, 1918 (June 03 1918) | Birth | Lili St. Cyr, American ecdysiast (died in 1999) | |
| June 3rd, 1917 (June 03 1917) | Birth | Leo Gorcey, American actor (died in 1969) | |
| June 3rd, 1916 (June 03 1916) | Event | The Reserve Officer Training Corps or ROTC is established by the U.S. Congress. | |
| June 3rd, 1916 (June 03 1916) | Event | The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men. | |
| June 3rd, 1913 (June 03 1913) | Birth | Pedro Mir, Dominican Poet Laureate (died in 2000) | |
| June 3rd, 1911 (June 03 1911) | Birth | Ellen Corby, American actress (died in 1999) | |
| June 3rd, 1911 (June 03 1911) | Birth | Paulette Goddard, American actress (died in 1990) | |
| June 3rd, 1907 (June 03 1907) | Event | Centro Escolar University is established by Librada Avelino and Carmen de Luna in Manila, Philippines. | |
| June 3rd, 1907 (June 03 1907) | Birth | Paul Rotha, English director (died in 1984) | |
| June 3rd, 1906 (June 03 1906) | Birth | Josephine Baker, American dancer (died in 1975) | |
| June 3rd, 1905 (June 03 1905) | Birth | Martin Gottfried Weiss, German, commandant of Dachau concentration camp (died in 1946, by execution) | |
| June 3rd, 1904 (June 03 1904) | Birth | Jan Peerce, American tenor (died in 1984) | |
| June 3rd, 1903 (June 03 1903) | Birth | Eddie Acuff, American actor (died in 1956) | |
| June 3rd, 1901 (June 03 1901) | Birth | Maurice Evans, English actor (died in 1989) | Evans Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1899 (June 03 1899) | Birth | Georg von Bekesy, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (died in 1972) | |
| June 3rd, 1899 (June 03 1899) | Death | Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (born in 1825) | |
| June 3rd, 1894 (June 03 1894) | Death | Karl Eduard Zachariae, German expert on Byzantine Law (born in 1812) | |
| June 3rd, 1889 (June 03 1889) | Event | The Canadian Pacific Railway is completed from coast to coast. | |
| June 3rd, 1889 (June 03 1889) | Event | 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. | |
| June 3rd, 1888 (June 03 1888) | Event | The poem "Casey at the Bat", by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner. | |
| June 3rd, 1888 (June 03 1888) | Birth | Tom Brown, American musician (died in 1958) | |
| June 3rd, 1885 (June 03 1885) | Event | Last military engagement fought on Canadian soil: Cree leader Big Bear escapes the North West Mounted Police. | |
| June 3rd, 1882 (June 03 1882) | Death | Christian Wilberg, German painter (born in 1839) | |
| June 3rd, 1881 (June 03 1881) | Birth | Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter (died in 1964) | |
| June 3rd, 1879 (June 03 1879) | Birth | Raymond Pearl, American biologist (died in 1940) | |
| June 3rd, 1878 (June 03 1878) | Birth | Barney Oldfield, American race car driver (died in 1946) | |
| June 3rd, 1877 (June 03 1877) | Birth | Raoul Dufy, French painter (died in 1953) | |
| June 3rd, 1877 (June 03 1877) | Death | Ludwig Ritter von Kochel, Austrian musicologist (born in 1800) | |
| June 3rd, 1875 (June 03 1875) | Death | Georges Bizet, French composer (born in 1838) | |
| June 3rd, 1873 (June 03 1873) | Birth | Otto Loewi, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (died in 1961) | |
| June 3rd, 1866 (June 03 1866) | Event | Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario, into the United States. | |
| June 3rd, 1866 (June 03 1866) | Birth | George Howells Broadhurst, English director (died in 1952) | |
| June 3rd, 1865 (June 03 1865) | Birth | George V of the United Kingdom (died in 1936) | George V of the United Kingdom Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1865 (June 03 1865) | Death | Okada Izo, Japanese samurai (born in 1838) | |
| June 3rd, 1864 (June 03 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Cold HarborUnion forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia. | |
| June 3rd, 1864 (June 03 1864) | Birth | Otto Erich Hartleben, German writer (died in 1905) | |
| June 3rd, 1864 (June 03 1864) | Birth | Ransom E. Olds, American automobile pioneer (died in 1950) | |
| June 3rd, 1861 (June 03 1861) | Death | Stephen A. Douglas, American politician (born in 1813) | |
| June 3rd, 1858 (June 03 1858) | Death | Julius Reubke, German composer (born in 1834) | |
| June 3rd, 1853 (June 03 1853) | Birth | William Matthew Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (died in 1942) | |
| June 3rd, 1850 (June 03 1850) | Event | 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". | |
| June 3rd, 1844 (June 03 1844) | Birth | Garret Hobart, 24th Vice President of the United States (died in 1899) | |
| June 3rd, 1844 (June 03 1844) | Birth | Detlev von Liliencron, German poet (died in 1909) | |
| June 3rd, 1843 (June 03 1843) | Birth | Frederick VIII of Denmark (died in 1912) | |
| June 3rd, 1832 (June 03 1832) | Birth | Alexandre Charles Lecocq, French composer (died in 1918) | |
| June 3rd, 1826 (June 03 1826) | Death | Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (born in 1766) | |
| June 3rd, 1819 (June 03 1819) | Birth | Anton Anderledy, Swiss Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died in 1892) | |
| June 3rd, 1818 (June 03 1818) | Birth | Louis Faidherbe, French general (died in 1889) | |
| June 3rd, 1808 (June 03 1808) | Birth | Jefferson Davis, American politician and President of the Confederate States of America (died in 1889) | |
| June 3rd, 1800 (June 03 1800) | Event | U.S. President John Adams takes up residence in Washington, D.C. (in a tavern - the White House was not yet completed). | John Adams Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1780 (June 03 1780) | Death | Thomas Hutchinson, American colonial governor of Massachusetts (born in 1711) | Thomas Hutchinson Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1770 (June 03 1770) | Event | Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo is founded in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. | |
| June 3rd, 1770 (June 03 1770) | Birth | Manuel Belgrano, Argentine politician (died in 1820) | |
| June 3rd, 1726 (June 03 1726) | Birth | James Hutton, Scottish geologist (died in 1797) | James Hutton Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1723 (June 03 1723) | Birth | Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born naturalist (died in 1788) | |
| June 3rd, 1665 (June 03 1665) | Event | James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England) defeats the Dutch Fleet off the coast of Lowestoft. | |
| June 3rd, 1659 (June 03 1659) | Birth | David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (died in 1708) | |
| June 3rd, 1659 (June 03 1659) | Death | Morgan Llwyd, Welsh Puritan preacher and writer (born in 1619) | |
| June 3rd, 1658 (June 03 1658) | Event | Pope Alexander VII appoints Francois de Laval vicar apostolic in New France. | Alexander Pope Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1657 (June 03 1657) | Death | William Harvey, English physician (born in 1578) | William Harvey Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1649 (June 03 1649) | Death | Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (born in 1590) | |
| June 3rd, 1640 (June 03 1640) | Death | Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (born in 1584) | |
| June 3rd, 1635 (June 03 1635) | Birth | Philippe Quinault, French writer (died in 1688) | |
| June 3rd, 1621 (June 03 1621) | Event | The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherlands. | |
| June 3rd, 1620 (June 03 1620) | Event | Construction of the oldest stone church in French North America, Notre-Dame-des-Anges, begins at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. | |
| June 3rd, 1615 (June 03 1615) | Death | Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (born in 1567) | |
| June 3rd, 1608 (June 03 1608) | Event | Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec. | |
| June 3rd, 1594 (June 03 1594) | Death | John Aylmer, English political theorist (born in 1521) | |
| June 3rd, 1548 (June 03 1548) | Death | Juan de Zumarraga, Spanish Catholic bishop of Mexico (born in 1468) | |
| June 3rd, 1540 (June 03 1540) | Birth | Charles I of Austria (died in 1590) | |
| June 3rd, 1539 (June 03 1539) | Event | DeSoto claims Florida for Spain. | |
| June 3rd, 1411 (June 03 1411) | Death | Duke Leopold IV of Austria (born in 1371) | |
| June 3rd, 1397 (June 03 1397) | Death | William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (born in 1328) | |
| June 3rd, 1395 (June 03 1395) | Death | Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria | |
| June 3rd, 1326 (June 03 1326) | Event | Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark. | |
| June 3rd, 1140 (June 03 1140) | Event | French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy. | Peter Abelard Quotes |
| June 3rd, 1098 (June 03 1098) | Event | First Crusade: Antioch falls to the crusaders after an eight-month siege. | |
| June 3rd, 0350 (June 03 0350) | Event | Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. | |
