June 3 in History

Historical Events on June 3

713 The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, deposed and sent into exile by conspirators of the Opsikion army in Thrace. He is succeeded by Anastasios II, who begins the reorganization of the Byzantine army.

1839 In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2 million kg of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War.

1861 American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia.

1935 One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.

1940 World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.

1942 World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.

1943 In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots.

2012 The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on the River Thames.

2013 The trial of United States Army private Chelsea Manning for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks begins in Fort Meade, Maryland.

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Famous Birthdays on June 3

1808 Jefferson Davis

1924 Karunanidhi

1976 Jamie McMurray

1986 Rafael Nadal

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Famous Deaths on June 3

1924 Franz Kafka

1989 Ruhollah Khomeini

2009 David Carradine

2016 Muhammad Ali

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