Today in History
3 June
164 births · 92 deaths · 50 events recorded
Notable Births
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Désiré Doué
b. 2005
French footballer (born 2005)
Tyrell Sloan
b. 2002
Australian rugby league footballer
Jalen Suggs
b. 2001
American basketball player (born 2001)
Beabadoobee
b. 2000
British singer-songwriter (born 2000)
Cameron Green
b. 1999
Australian cricketer (born 1999)
Dzhem Yamenov
b. 1999
Bulgarian politician (born 1999)
James Purefoy
b. 1964
British actor (born 1964)
M. Karunanidhi
b. 1924
Indian writer and politician (1924–2018)
Notable Deaths
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Shigeo Nagashima
d. 2025
Japanese baseball player and manager (1936–2025)
Jim Marshall (defensive end)
d. 2025
American football player (1937–2025)
Edmund White
d. 2025
American writer (1940–2025)
Brigitte Bierlein
d. 2024
Chancellor of Austria from 2019 to 2020
Lew Wasserman
d. 2002
American studio executive and talent agent
Franz Kafka
d. 1924
Austrian and Czech writer (1883–1924)
Stephen A. Douglas
d. 1861
American politician and lawyer (1813–1861)
Thomas Hutchinson (governor)
d. 1780
American colonial official (1711–1780)
On This Day in History
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2025
Reconstitution of the Academy of the Distrustful in the Sala Dalmases of the Historical Archive of the City of Barcelona in Barcelona.
Academy of the Distrustful
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.
Khartoum massacre
2013
The trial of United States Army private Chelsea Manning for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks begins in Fort Meade, Maryland.
United States v. Manning
2013
At least 119 people are killed in a fire at a poultry farm in Jilin Province in northeastern China.
Jilin Baoyuanfeng poultry plant fire
2012
A plane carrying 153 people crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board plus six people on the ground.
Dana Air Flight 0992
2012
The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on the River Thames.
Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant
2006
The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.
Serbia and Montenegro
1998
After suffering a mechanical failure, a high speed train derails at Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people.
Eschede train disaster