June 3
People born on this day are Gemini.
- 1980
The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, United States, causing five deaths and $300 million (equivalent to $1172 million in 2025) worth of damage.
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The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street; he survives but is left paralysed.
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Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.
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The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
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Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.
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Australian Aboriginal land rights are recognised in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Torres Strait Islander Eddie Mabo which led to the Native Title Act 1993 overturning the long-held colonial assumption of terra nullius.
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After suffering a mechanical failure, a high speed train derails at Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people.
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The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.
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A plane carrying 153 people crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board plus six people on the ground.
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The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on the River Thames.
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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.
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Reconstitution of the Academy of the Distrustful in the Sala Dalmases of the Historical Archive of the City of Barcelona in Barcelona.
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2011Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş, Turkish chess prodigy and grandmaster
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2005Désiré Doué, French footballer
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2002Tyrell Sloan, Australian rugby league player
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2001Jalen Suggs, American basketball player
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2000Beabadoobee, Filipino singer-songwriter
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1999Cameron Green, Australian cricketer
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1999Dzhem Yamenov, Bulgarian politician
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1998Sam Curran, English cricketer
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1997Louis Hofmann, German actor
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1994Harrison Bader, American baseball player
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1993Otto Porter Jr., American basketball player
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1992Dilraba Dilmurat, Chinese actress
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