Poor Gabriel's Almanac

Interesting things that happened June 3rd:

Birthdays on this date:

In 1808 Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy (1861-1865)
In 1853 William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Egyptologist
In 1864 Ransom Eli Olds, auto (Oldsmobile) and truck (REO) manufacturer
In 1877 Raoul Dufy, French painter and designer
In 1879 Raymond Pearl, American zoologist, introduced statistics to biology
In 1901 Maurice Evans, actor (Macbeth, Planet of the Apes)
In 1904 Charles Richard Drew, physician, pioneered methods of storing blood, organized the first blood banks
In 1906 Josephine Baker, dancer
In 1911 Paulette Goddard, actor, 3rd wife of Charlie Chaplin (1933-42)
In 1913 Ellen Corby, actor (The Waltons, I Remember Mama)
In 1916 Leo Gorcey, actor (Bowery Boys)
In 1924 Colleen Dewhurst, actress (Anne of Green Gables)
In 1925 Tony Curtis, actor (Some Like It Hot), singer
In 1926 Allen Ginsberg, poet
In 1930 Marion Zimmer Bradley, science-fiction and fantasy author
In 1931 John Norman, fantasy author (Chronicles of Gor), philosophy prof.
In 1936 Larry McMurtry, author (Lonesome Dove), screenwriter, bookseller
In 1942 Curtis Mayfield, musician
In 1950 Suzi Quatro (in Detroit, Michigan), musician
In 1951 Deneice Williams, singer
In 1961 Lawrence Lessig, lawyer, author, anti-corruption crusader
In 1967 Anderson Cooper, reporter

Events worth noting:

+ Egg Day
+ Festival of Bellona (ancient Rome)
+ Day of the Rice God (Japan)
+ Trinity Sunday (Christianity)
In 1140 French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy.
In 1539 Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.
In 1621 Dutch West India Company receives charter for "New Netherlands".
In 1668 Chouart des Groseilliers sets sail from Gravesend, England, on trade voyage to Hudson Bay.
In 1789 Alexander Mackenzie began exploration of Mackenzie River.
In 1799 The Island of St. John officially renamed Prince Edward Island.
In 1850 Kansas City incorporated as the "City of Kansas".
In 1864 Battle of Cold Harbour continues.
In 1888 "Casey at the Bat" is first published (by the SF Examiner)
In 1889 The coast to coast Canadian Pacific Railway is completed.
In 1916 ROTC established by Act of Congress.
In 1932 Lou Gehrig hits 4 consecutive homers Yanks beat A's 20-13.
In 1933 A's score 11 runs in second, Yanks score 10 in 5th and win 17-11.
In 1934 Dr. Frederick Banting, co-discoverer of insulin, knighted.
In 1935 Atlantic crossing record French "Normandie": 107.7 hours.
In 1937 Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson in France.
In 1942 Battle of Midway turning point in war in Pacific began.
In 1948 Dedication of the 200 inch telescope at Palomar Observatory.
In 1949 "Dragnet" is first broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles).
In 1957 Howard Cosell's first TV show.
In 1959 First U.S. Air Force Academy graduation.
In 1965 Gemini IV is launched. Ed White first American to walk in space.
In 1966 Gemini IX is launched.
In 1968 Yanks turn 21st triple play in their history losing 4-3 to Twins.
In 1972 Yanks score 8 times in the 13th beating White Sox 18-10.
+ Sally Jan Priesand is ordained as the first female rabbi in the US.
In 1976 U.S. presented with oldest known copy of the Magna Carta.
In 1980 Jimmy Carter wins enough delegates for renomination.
+ The crew of Soyuz 36 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 35.
In 1981 Pope John Paul II gets out of hospital after attempt on life.
In 1982 An anti-PLO Palestinian terrorist wounds the Israeli ambassador in London. Israel retaliates by bombing PLO targets in Beirut, provoking PLO shelling of northern Israel that kills one person and provides Israel with a pretext to invade Lebanon on June 6.
In 1989 Chinese troops force protesters out of Tiananmen Square.
In 1992 Land rights of Aborigines recognised in Australian's Mabo Decision.
In 2006 Union of Serbia and Montenegro ends with Montenegro's independence.

And remember ...

National Adopt-a-Cat Month
Gay and Lesbian Pride Month
Effective Communications Month
Learn French Month
National Accordion Awareness Month
National Candy Month
National Dairy Month
National Iced Tea Month
National Rivers Month
National Rose Month
National Soul Food Month

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