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June 3: Day of the Week
June 3, 2024 is the 155th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 211 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is lunes.
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Here’s the June calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
June 3 Historical Event(s)
350
Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.
1539
Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.
1608
Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec.
1621
The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherlands.
1885
In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, Cree leader Big Bear escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
1888
The poem “Casey at the Bat”, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner.
1889
The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 mi between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
1962
An Air France Boeing 707 charter, Chateau de Sully crashes after an aborted takeoff from Paris-Orly Airport, killing 130.
1965
Launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Crew-member Ed White performs the first American spacewalk.
1998
Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed train derails in Lower Saxony, Germany, causing 101 deaths.
Who were born on June 3?
1659
David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708)
1818
Louis Faidherbe, French general (d. 1889)
1877
Raoul Dufy, French painter (d. 1953)
1900
Leo Picard, German-born Israeli geologist (d. 1997)
1922
Alain Resnais, French director
1924
Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian actress (d. 1991)
1927
Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (d. 2007)
1931
John Norman, American author
1946
Tristan Rogers, Australian-American actor
1987
Lalaine, American actress
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters CVEIBYYOWLVIA? Check your answers here: Word finder CVEIBYYOWLVIA. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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