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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[350]] &ndash; The [[Roman usurper]] [[Nepotianus]], of the [[Constantinian dynasty]], proclaims himself [[Roman emperor]], entering Rome at the head of a group of [[gladiator]]s.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Samuel N. C. Lieu|author2=Dominic Montserrat|title=From Constantine to Julian: Pagan and Byzantine Views : a Source History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XnTNWtBmhv8C&pg=PA210|year=1996|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-09335-4|pages=210}}</ref>
* [[713]] &ndash; The [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] emperor [[Philippikos Bardanes|Philippicus]] is [[Political mutilation in Byzantine culture|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]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Oliver Nicholson|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A09WDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1185|date=19 April 2018|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-256246-3|pages=1185}}</ref>
*[[1098]] &ndash; After a five-month siege during the [[First Crusade]], the Crusaders seize [[Antioch]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Peter Malclm|last=Holt|title=The Crusader States and Their Neighbours, 1098-1291|publisher=Pearson Longman|year=2004|isbn=978-0-582-36931-3}}</ref> 
*[[1140]] &ndash; The French scholar [[Peter Abelard]] is found guilty of [[Heresy in Christianity|heresy]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Gillingham | first = John | title = Anglo-Norman Studies 24: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2001 | publisher = Boydell & Brewer | location = Woodbridge | year = 2002 | isbn = 9780851158860 | page=106}}</ref>
*[[1326]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Novgorod (1326)|Treaty of Novgorod]] delineates borders between Russia and Norway in [[Finnmark]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Frank Noel Stagg|title=North Norway, a History|publisher=Allen & Unwin|year=1952|page=62}}</ref>
*[[1539]] &ndash; [[Hernando de Soto]] claims [[Florida]] for Spain.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Lawrence A. Clayton|author2=Edward C. Moore|author3=Vernon James Knight|title=The De Soto Chronicles Vol 1 & 2: The Expedition of Hernando de Soto to North America in 1539-1543|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WCPkAV8a2B0C&pg=PA186|date=30 May 1995|publisher=University of Alabama Press|isbn=978-0-8173-0824-7|pages=186}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1602]] &ndash; An English naval force defeats a fleet of Spanish [[galley]]s, and captures a large Portuguese [[carrack]] at the [[Battle of Sesimbra Bay]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Rodger|first=N.A.M.|title=The Safeguard of the Sea|date=17 November 1999|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|isbn=978-0-393-31960-6|page=292|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FNKKupCv4VwC&q=1602+leveson+carrack&pg=RA3-PR35}}</ref>
*[[1608]] &ndash; [[Samuel de Champlain]] lands at [[Tadoussac, Quebec]], in the course of his third voyage to [[New France]], and begins erecting fortifications.<ref>{{cite book|title=Canadian Social Trends|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U25-XeXgGhAC|year=2006|publisher=Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada|page=62}}</ref>
*[[1621]] &ndash; The [[Dutch West India Company]] receives a charter for [[New Netherland]].
*[[1658]] &ndash; [[Pope Alexander VII]] appoints [[François de Laval]] [[Apostolic vicariate|vicar apostolic]] in New France.
*[[1665]] &ndash; [[James II of England|James Stuart, Duke of York]] (later to become King James II of England), [[Battle of Lowestoft|defeats]] the Dutch [[Naval fleet|fleet]] off the coast of [[Lowestoft]].
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[Jack Jouett]] begins his midnight ride to warn [[Thomas Jefferson]] and the Virginia legislature of an impending British raid. 
*[[1839]] &ndash; In [[Humen (town)|Humen, China]], [[Lin Zexu]] destroys 1.2&nbsp;million kilograms of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a ''casus belli'' to open hostilities, resulting in the [[First Opium War]].
*[[1844]] &ndash; The last pair of [[great auk]]s is killed.<ref name="newton">{{cite journal|last=Newton|first=Alfred|year=1861|title=Abstract of Mr. J. Wolley's Researches in Iceland respecting the Gare-fowl or Great Auk (Alea impennis, Linn.)|journal=Ibis|volume=3|issue=4|pages=374–399|doi=10.1111/j.1474-919X.1861.tb08857.x|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1447659}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Philippi (1861)|Battle of Philippi]] (also called the Philippi Races): [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces rout [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops in [[Barbour County, West Virginia|Barbour County, Virginia]], now [[West Virginia]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Robert E. Lee]] and his [[Army of Northern Virginia]] begin marching to invade the [[Northern United States#American Civil War|North]] for a second time, starting the [[Gettysburg campaign]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Reardon|first=Carol|date=October 2019|title=The Gettysburg Campaign|location= Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|pages=225–226|isbn=9781316563168}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: Union forces under [[Ulysses S. Grant]] sustain heavy casualties attacking Confederate troops under Robert E. Lee at the [[Battle of Cold Harbor]] in [[Hanover County, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Album of Orleans County, N.Y.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aMsTnCyh4qMC&pg=PA134-IA4|year=1879|publisher=Sanford|pages=134}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the [[Cree]] leader, [[Big Bear]], escapes the [[North-West Mounted Police]].
*[[1889]] &ndash; The first long-distance [[electric power transmission]] line in the United States is completed, running {{convert|14|mi|km}} between a generator at [[Willamette River|Willamette Falls]] and downtown [[Portland, Oregon]].
* [[1892]] &ndash; [[Liverpool F.C.]] is founded by [[John Houlding]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 March 2014 |title=Happy birthday LFC? Not quite yet... |url=https://legacy.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/159072-happy-birthday-lfc-not-quite-yet |access-date=16 July 2023|quote=Liverpool F.C. was born on 3 June 1892. It was at John Houlding's house in Anfield Road that he and his closest friends left from Everton FC, formed a new club.|website=Liverpool FC |archive-date=17 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817022728/https://legacy.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/159072-happy-birthday-lfc-not-quite-yet |url-status=live }}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1916]] &ndash; The [[National Defense Act]] is signed into law, increasing the size of the [[United States National Guard]] by 450,000 men.
*[[1935]] &ndash; One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a [[On-to-Ottawa Trek|protest trek]] to Ottawa.
*[[1937]] &ndash; The [[Edward VIII|Duke of Windsor]] marries [[Wallis Simpson]].
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: During the [[Battle of France]], the [[Luftwaffe]] [[Operation Paula|bombs]] [[Paris in World War II|Paris]].
*  1940   &ndash; [[Franz Rademacher]] proposes [[Madagascar Plan|plans]] to make [[Madagascar]] the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist [[Theodor Herzl]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Herbert A. Strauss|author2=Norbert Kampe|title=Jewish Immigrants of the Nazi Period in the U. S. A.: Jewish Immigration from Germany, 1933-1945, a Documentary History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i2J2AAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=K. G. Saur|isbn=978-3-598-08009-8|page=700}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Wehrmacht]] [[Razing of Kandanos|razes]] the Greek village of [[Kandanos]] to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants.
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] begins the [[Aleutian Islands Campaign]] by [[Battle of Dutch Harbor|bombing]] [[Unalaska Island]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; In [[Los Angeles]], California, white [[U.S. Navy]] sailors and [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]] attack Latino youths in the five-day [[Zoot Suit Riots]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Zoot-Suit-Riots|title=Zoot Suit Riots {{!}} Summary, Causes, Significance, & Facts|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2018-09-27|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927133424/https://www.britannica.com/event/Zoot-Suit-Riots|archive-date=September 27, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Maurice Herzog|Herzog]] and [[Louis Lachenal|Lachenal]] of the [[1950 French Annapurna expedition|French Annapurna expedition]] become the first climbers to reach the summit of an [[Eight-thousander|8,000-metre]] peak.
*[[1962]] &ndash; At Paris [[Orly Airport]], [[Air France Flight 007]] overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130.
*[[1963]] &ndash; Soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army [[Huế chemical attacks|attack]] protesting Buddhists in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalized for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments.
*[[1965]] &ndash; The launch of [[Gemini 4]], the first multi-day space mission by a [[NASA]] crew. [[Ed White (astronaut)|Ed White]], a crew member, performs the first American [[extravehicular activity|spacewalk]].
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Melbourne–Evans collision]]: off the coast of [[South Vietnam]], the Australian aircraft carrier {{HMAS|Melbourne|R21|6}} cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer {{USS|Frank E. Evans|DD-754|6}} in half; resulting in 74 deaths.
*[[1973]] &ndash; A [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[supersonic]] [[Tupolev Tu-144]] [[1973 Paris Air Show crash|crashes]] near [[Goussainville, Val-d'Oise|Goussainville]], France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
*[[1979]] &ndash; A blowout at the [[Ixtoc I]] oil well in the southern [[Gulf of Mexico]] causes at least {{convert|3000000|oilbbl|m3}} of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental [[oil spill]] ever recorded.
*[[1980]] &ndash; The [[1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak]] hits [[Nebraska]], United States, causing five deaths and $300&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|300|1980}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation-year|US}}) worth of damage.
*[[1982]] &ndash; The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, [[Shlomo Argov]], is shot on a London street; he survives but is left paralysed.
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[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.
*[[1989]] &ndash; The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of [[Tiananmen Square]] after seven weeks of occupation.
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Mount Unzen]] erupts in [[Kyūshū]], Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.
*[[1992]] &ndash; 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]]''.
*[[1998]] &ndash; After suffering a mechanical failure, [[Eschede train disaster|a high speed train derails]] at [[Eschede, Germany]], killing 101 people.
*[[2006]] &ndash; The union of [[Serbia and Montenegro]] comes to an end with [[Montenegro]]'s formal declaration of independence.
*[[2012]] &ndash; A plane carrying 153 people [[Dana Air Flight 992|crashes]] in a residential neighborhood in [[Lagos, Nigeria]], killing everyone on board plus six people on the ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20120603-0|title=Accident description|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; The [[Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant|pageant]] for the [[Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II]] takes place on the [[River Thames]].
*[[2013]] &ndash; The [[United States v. Manning|trial]] of United States Army private [[Chelsea Manning]] for leaking classified material to [[WikiLeaks]] begins in [[Fort Meade, Maryland]].
*  2013   &ndash; At least 119 people are [[Jilin Baoyuanfeng poultry plant fire|killed in a fire]] at a poultry farm in [[Jilin Province]] in northeastern China.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/world/asia/scores-die-in-fire-at-chinese-poultry-plant.html?_r=0 | title=More Than 100 Die in Fire at Chinese Poultry Plant | work=New York Times | date=2013-06-03 | accessdate=2013-06-03 | author=Buckley, Chris}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Khartoum massacre]]: In [[Sudan]], over 100 people are killed when security forces accompanied by [[Janjaweed]] militiamen storm and open fire on a [[2018–19 Sudanese protests|sit-in protest]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/05/africa/sudan-death-toll-intl/index.html |title = Sudan death roll rises to 100 as bodies found in Nile, say doctors |author= Kareem Khadder and Julia Hollingsworth |website = CNN |date = 5 June 2019 |access-date = 6 June 2019}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1139]] &ndash; [[Conon of Naso]], [[Basilian monks|Basilian]] [[abbot]] (died 1236)
*[[1421]] &ndash; [[Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici]], Italian noble (died 1463)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pernis|first1=Maria Grazia|last2=Adams|first2=Laurie|title=Lucrezia Tornabuoni De' Medici and the Medici Family in the Fifteenth Century|year=2006|publisher=Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.|location=New York|isbn=978-0820476452 |page=28}}</ref>
*[[1454]] &ndash; [[Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania]] (1474–1523) (died 1523)
*[[1537]] &ndash; [[João Manuel, Prince of Portugal]] (died 1554)<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward McMurdo|title=The History of Portugal: The history of Portugal from the reign of D. João II to the reign of D. João V|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGdCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA153|year=1889|publisher=S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington|pages=153}}</ref>
*[[1540]] &ndash; [[Charles II, Archduke of Austria]] (died 1590)
*[[1554]] &ndash; [[Pietro de' Medici]], Italian noble (died 1604)
*[[1576]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Diodati]], Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (died 1649)<ref>[https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/011103/2004-07-05/ Jean Diodati], in the [[Historical Dictionary of Switzerland]]</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1635]] &ndash; [[Philippe Quinault]], French playwright and composer (died 1688)
*[[1636]] &ndash; [[John Hale (Beverly minister)|John Hale]], American minister (died 1700)
*[[1659]] &ndash; [[David Gregory (mathematician)|David Gregory]], Scottish-English mathematician and astronomer (died 1708)
*[[1723]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Antonio Scopoli]], Italian physician, geologist, and botanist (died 1788)<ref>{{cite book | last = Stafleu | first = Frans | title = Linnaeus and the linnaeans. The spreading of their ideas in systematic botany, 1735-1789 | publisher = Oosthoek | location = Utrecht | year = 1971 | isbn = 9789060460641 | page=193}}</ref>
*[[1726]] &ndash; [[James Hutton]], Scottish geologist and physician (died 1797)
*[[1736]] &ndash; [[Ignaz Fränzl]], German violinist and composer (died 1811)<ref>{{cite book|author=Frederic Barclay Emery|title=The Violin Concerto|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sb8IAQAAMAAJ|date=21 October 1969|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=978-0-306-71822-9|page=84}}</ref>
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[Manuel Belgrano]], Argentinian economist, lawyer, and politician (died 1820)<ref>{{cite book|author=Pan American Union|title=Philatelic Series|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGuJQY0UHP4C|year=1940|publisher=Pan American Union|page=9}}</ref>
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Jefferson Davis]], American colonel and politician, [[President of the Confederate States of America]] from 1861 - 1865 (died 1889)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Statistician and Economist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h-gKAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA234|year=1879|page=234}}</ref>
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Princess Clémentine of Orléans]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Defrance|first=Oliver|title= La Médicis des Cobourg, Clémentine d'Orléans|language=fr|year=2007|publisher=Racine|location=Brussels}}</ref>
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Louis Faidherbe]], French general and politician, [[Governor of Senegal]] (died 1889)
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Anton Anderledy]], Swiss religious leader, 23rd [[Superior General of the Society of Jesus]] (died 1892)
*  1819   &ndash; [[Johan Jongkind]], Dutch painter (died 1891)<ref>{{cite book|author1=David Winton Bell Gallery (Brown University)|author2=Brown University. Department of Art|title=From the Permanent Collection: European Etchings of the Nineteenth Century: an Exhibition Selected from the Collection of the Department of Art, November 16 to December 15, 1985|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qQpJAQAAIAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Bell Gallery, List Art Center, Brown University|page=135}}</ref>
*  1819   &ndash; [[Magdalene Thoresen]], Danish writer (died 1903)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Magdalene Thoresen |first=Ellen Birgitte |last=Johnsrud |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Magdalene_Thoresen|language=no|access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Charles Lecocq]], French pianist and composer (died 1918)
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Frederik VIII of Denmark]] (died 1912)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Garret Hobart]], American lawyer and politician, 24th [[Vice President of the United States]] (died 1899)
*  1844   &ndash; [[Detlev von Liliencron]], German poet and author (died 1909)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Theodore Robinson]], American painter and academic (died 1896)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Flinders Petrie]], English archaeologist and academic (died 1942)<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Charles Henry Stanley Davis]]|title=Biblia: Devoted to Biblical Archaeology and Oriental Research|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QCsSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA62|year=1892|publisher=Biblia Publishing Company|pages=62}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Otto Erich Hartleben]], German poet and playwright (died 1905)
*  1864   &ndash; [[Ransom E. Olds]], American businessman, founded [[Oldsmobile]] and [[REO Motor Car Company]] (died 1950)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[George V]] of the United Kingdom (died 1936)<ref>{{cite book|author=Joseph Whitaker|title=An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jJ1MAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=J. Whitaker|page=216|isbn=9780850211610 }}</ref>
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[George Howells Broadhurst]], English-American director and manager (died 1952)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Otto Loewi]], German-American pharmacologist and psychobiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1961)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Raoul Dufy]], French painter and illustrator (died 1953)<ref>{{cite book|author=Russell T. Clement|title=Les Fauves: A Sourcebook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VcaMyvjUZhIC&pg=PA2|year=1994|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-28333-8|pages=2}}</ref>
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Alla Nazimova]], Ukrainian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (died 1945)
*  1879   &ndash; [[Raymond Pearl]], American biologist and botanist (died 1940)
*  1879   &ndash; [[Vivian Woodward]], English footballer and soldier (died 1954)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Larionov]], Russian painter and set designer (died 1964)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Baburao Painter]], Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1954)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Memphis Minnie]], American singer-songwriter (died 1973)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Georg von Békésy]], Hungarian-American biophysicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1972)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Adelaide Ames]], American astronomer and academic (died 1932)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers|last=Bracher|first=Katherine|date=2014|publisher=Springer New York|isbn=9781441999160|editor-last=Hockey|editor-first=Thomas|pages=68|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_9217|editor-last2=Trimble|editor-first2=Virginia|editor-last3=Williams|editor-first3=Thomas R.|editor-last4=Bracher|editor-first4=Katherine|editor-last5=Jarrell|editor-first5=Richard A.|editor-last6=II|editor-first6=Jordan D. Marché|editor-last7=Palmeri|editor-first7=JoAnn|editor-last8=Green|editor-first8=Daniel W. E.|chapter = Ames, Adelaide}}</ref>
*  1900   &ndash; [[Leo Picard]], German-Israeli geologist and academic (died 1997)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Maurice Evans (actor)|Maurice Evans]], English actor (died 1989)
*  1901   &ndash; [[Zhang Xueliang]], Chinese general and warlord (died 2001)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Eddie Acuff]], American actor (died 1956)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Charles R. Drew]], American physician and surgeon (died 1950)
*  1904   &ndash; [[Jan Peerce]], American tenor and actor (died 1984)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Martin Gottfried Weiss]], German [[SS]] officer (died 1946)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[R. G. D. Allen]], English economist, mathematician, and statistician (died 1983)
*  1906   &ndash; [[Josephine Baker]], French <!-- renounced her US citizenship -->actress, singer, and dancer; French Resistance operative (died 1975)
*  1906   &ndash; [[Walter Robins]], English cricketer and footballer (died 1968)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Paul Rotha]], English director and producer (died 1984)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Paulette Goddard]], American actress and model (died 1990)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Ellen Corby]], American actress and screenwriter (died 1999)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Pedro Mir]], Dominican poet and author (died 2000)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Ignacio Ponseti]], Spanish physician and orthopedist (died 2009)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Leo Gorcey]], American actor (died 1969)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Patrick Cargill]], English actor and producer (died 1996)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Lili St. Cyr]], American burlesque dancer (died 1999)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Forbes Carlile]], Australian pentathlete and coach (died 2016)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Alain Resnais]], French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Igor Shafarevich]], Russian mathematician and theorist (died 2017)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Karunanidhi]], Indian screenwriter and politician, 3rd [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]] (died 2018)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Colleen Dewhurst]], Canadian-American actress (died 1991)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Jimmy Rogers]], American singer and guitarist (died 1997)<ref>{{cite book|author=Nick Talevski|title=The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=beMTAQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Omnibus|isbn=978-0-7119-7548-4|page=365}}</ref>
*  1924   &ndash; [[Torsten Wiesel]], Swedish neurophysiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology|title=Views on Science Policy of the American Nobel Laureates for 1981: Hearing Before the Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, February 25, 1982|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6IEXPEytLpwC&pg=PA44|year=1982|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=44}}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Tony Curtis]], American actor (died 2010)<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul T. Hellmann|title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA779|date=14 February 2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-135-94859-3|pages=779}}</ref>
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Allen Ginsberg]], American poet (died 1997)<ref name="Publishing2002">{{cite book|author=Here Publishing|title=Out|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yGIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42|date=October 2002|publisher=Here Publishing|pages=42}}</ref>
*  1926   &ndash; [[Flora MacDonald (politician)|Flora MacDonald]], Canadian banker and politician, 10th [[Minister of Communications (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Communications]] (died 2015)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Boots Randolph]], American saxophonist and composer (died 2007)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Donald Judd]], American sculptor and painter (died 1994)
*  1928   &ndash; [[John Richard Reid]], New Zealand cricketer (died 2020)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Werner Arber]], Swiss microbiologist and geneticist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*  1929   &ndash; [[Chuck Barris]], American game show host and producer (died 2017)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]], American author and poet (died 1999)
*  1930   &ndash; [[George Fernandes]], Indian journalist and politician, [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence for India]] (died 2019)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Joe Coulombe]], founder of [[Trader Joe's]] (died 2020)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2020/02/29/trader-joes-founder-joe-coulombe-dies-at-age-89/ |title=Trader Joe's Founder Joe Coulombe dies at age 89 |website=eastbaytimes.com |first=Kevin |last=Smith |date=February 29, 2020 |access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Françoise Arnoul]], Algerian-French actress (died 2021)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Raúl Castro]], Cuban commander and politician, 18th [[President of Cuba]]
*  1931   &ndash; [[John Norman]], American philosopher and author
*  1931   &ndash; [[Lindy Remigino]], American runner and coach (died 2018)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa]], Bahranian king (died 1999)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Larry McMurtry]], American novelist and screenwriter (died 2021)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Colin Meads]], New Zealand rugby player and coach (died 2017)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Jean-Pierre Jaussaud]], French racing driver (died 2021)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Curtis Mayfield]], American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1999)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Billy Cunningham]], American basketball player and coach
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Hale Irwin]], American golfer and architect
*  1945   &ndash; [[Ramon Jacinto]], Filipino singer, guitarist, and businessman, founded the [[Rajah Broadcasting Network]]
*  1945   &ndash; [[Bill Paterson (actor)|Bill Paterson]], Scottish actor 
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Michael Clarke (musician)|Michael Clarke]], American drummer (died 1993)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Penelope Wilton]], English actress
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Jan Reker]], Dutch footballer and manager
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Frédéric François]], Belgian singer-songwriter
*  1950   &ndash; [[Melissa Mathison]], American screenwriter and producer (died 2015)
*  1950   &ndash; [[Larry Probst]], American businessman
*  1950   &ndash; [[Suzi Quatro]], American-English singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{cite book|title=The Bulletin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JCYYAQAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=J. Haynes and J.F. Archibald|page=135}}</ref> 
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Jill Biden]], American educator, [[First Lady of the United States]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Jill Biden: First Lady |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/administration/dr-jill-biden/ |website=The White House |access-date=3 June 2021}}</ref>
*  1951   &ndash; [[Deniece Williams]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2021: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CPcCEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA307|date=27 October 2020|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-424-9|pages=307}}</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Dan Hill]], Canadian singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hill |first1=Lawrence |title=Act of love: The life and death of Donna Mae Hill |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-act-of-love-the-life-and-death-of-donna-mae-hill|access-date=22 August 2018 |work=The Globe and Mail|publisher=The Globe and Mail Inc. |date=1 June 2018}}</ref>
*[[1955]] - [[Louis H. Schiff]], retired American judge, law school professor.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Avenue |first1=875 Summit |last2=Paul |first2=Saint |last3=Mn 55105-3076 1-888-962-5529 651-227-9171 |title=Home is where the heart is for Judge Louis Schiff '80 – News and Events {{!}} Mitchell Hamline School of Law |url=https://mitchellhamline.edu/news/2025/02/05/home-is-where-the-heart-is-for-judge-louis-schiff-80/ |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=mitchellhamline.edu |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[George Burley]], Scottish footballer and manager
*  1956   &ndash; [[Danny Wilde (musician)|Danny Wilde]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name=AllMusicBiography>{{cite web|url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/danny-wilde-mn0000678953/biography |first= Chris |last= Woodstra |publisher= AllMusic. All Media Network |title= Danny Wilde – Artist Biography |accessdate= 9 May 2014}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Sam Mills]], American football player (died 2005)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sam Mills |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/6829/sam-mills |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Jeff Colyer]], American politician, 47th [[Governor of Kansas]]<ref name="WE1">{{cite web |url=http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article8927990.html|date=February 1, 2015|title=Father of Kansas lieutenant governor dies at age 89|publisher=The Wichita Eagle}}</ref>
*  1960   &ndash; [[Catherine Davani]], first female [[Papua New Guinea]]n judge (died 2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tas-cas.org/uploads/tx_tascas/491.pdf|title=Catherine Anne Davani - Curriculum Vitae|last=Davani|first=Catherine Anne|website=Tribunal Arbitral du Sport / Court of Arbitration for Sport|access-date=May 10, 2018}}</ref>
*  1960   &ndash; [[Tracy Grimshaw]], Australian television host<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Thomas |date=2022-09-05 |title=Tracy Grimshaw to depart A Current Affair after 17 years on air |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/tracy-grimshaw-to-depart-a-current-affair-after-16-years-on-air-20220905-p5bfk2.html |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>
*  1960   &ndash; [[Carl Rackemann]], Australian cricketer and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web |title=Carl Rackemann |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/7302.html |website=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Sports Media Ltd |access-date=2018-10-29}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Lawrence Lessig]], American lawyer, academic, and author, founded the [[Creative Commons]]
*  1961   &ndash; [[Peter Vidmar]], American gymnast
*  1961   &ndash; [[Ed Wynne (guitarist)|Ed Wynne]], English guitarist, songwriter, and producer 
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Susannah Constantine]], English fashion designer, journalist, and author 
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Kerry King]], American guitarist and songwriter 
*  1964   &ndash; [[James Purefoy]], English actor
*  1965   &ndash; [[Mike Gordon]], American bassist and vocalist<ref>{{cite web |last1=McFarland |first1=Shane |title=Celebrate Mike Gordon's Birthday With Some Of Our Favorite Collaborations |url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/features/mike-gordon-birthday-2019/ |website=liveforlivemusic.com |date=3 June 2023 |publisher=Live For Live Music |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
*  1965   &ndash; [[Hans Kroes]], Dutch swimmer
*  1965   &ndash; [[Michael Moore (British politician)|Michael Moore]], British accountant and politician, [[Secretary of State for Scotland]]
*  1965   &ndash; [[Tina Kaidanow]], American diplomat and government official (died 2024)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://memorials.sollevinson.com/tina-kaidanow/5500496/index.php | title=Ambassador Tina S. Kaidanow Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information }}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Wasim Akram]], Pakistani cricketer, coach, and sportscaster<ref>{{cite book|title=The Herald|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5x-UKQ4sNCIC|year=1999|publisher=Pakistan Herald Publications|page=48}}</ref>
*  1966   &ndash; [[Bill_Callahan_(musician)|Bill Callahan]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{AllMusic | id=bill-callahan-mn0000072109 | title=Bill Callahan |access-date=30 November 2025}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Anderson Cooper]], American journalist and author<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Karger |first=Dave |date=May 23, 2006 |title=Anderson Cooper, memoirist -- and ''Idol'' fanatic |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=http://ew.com/article/2006/05/23/anderson-cooper-memoirist-and-idol-fanatic/ |access-date=March 10, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=September 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150901130817/http://www.ew.com/article/2006/05/23/anderson-cooper-memoirist-and-idol-fanatic}}</ref>
*  1967   &ndash; [[Tamás Darnyi]], Hungarian swimmer<ref>{{cite web|title=Tamás Darnyi|url=https://www.olympic.org/tamas-darnyi|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref>
*  1967   &ndash; [[Newton (singer)|Newton]], English singer-songwriter<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 393}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Takako Minekawa]], Japanese singer-songwriter
*  1969   &ndash; [[Dean Pay]], Australian rugby league player and coach
*  1969   &ndash; [[Hiroyuki Takami]], Japanese singer and actor<ref>{{Cite web |title=貴水 博之｜日本タレント名鑑 |url=https://www.vip-times.co.jp/?talent_id=M00-0271&r |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=日本タレント名鑑 |language=ja}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Julie Gayet]], French actress
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Kelly Jones]], Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1974   &ndash; [[Serhiy Rebrov]], Ukrainian international footballer and manager<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=12306|title=Sergei Rebrov|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> 
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[José Molina (baseball)|Jose Molina]], Puerto Rican baseball player
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Jamie McMurray]], American race car driver
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Cris (footballer, born 1977)|Cris]], Brazilian footballer
* 1977    &ndash; [[Travis Hafner]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Travis Hafner |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/travis-hafner-400098 |website=mlb.com |publisher=MLB |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Lyfe Jennings]], American singer-songwriter and producer
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Christian Malcolm]], Welsh sprinter
*  1979   &ndash; [[Pierre Poilievre]], Canadian politician, [[Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada)|Leader of the Opposition]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pierre Poilievre – Parliament of Canada biography |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=16312 |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Amauri]], Italian international footballer
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Sosene Anesi]], New Zealand rugby player<ref name=nzoc>{{cite web |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/sosene-anesi |title=Sosene Anesi |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |date= |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Sam Murphy (rugby league)|Sam Murphy]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/sam-murphy/summary.html|title=Sam Murphy – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Yelena Isinbayeva]], Russian pole vaulter
*  1982   &ndash; [[Manfred Mölgg]], Italian skier
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Pasquale Foggia]], Italian footballer
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Papiss Cissé]], Senegalese footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Łukasz Piszczek]], Polish footballer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Al Horford]], Dominican basketball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Micah Kogo]], Kenyan runner
*  1986   &ndash; [[Rafael Nadal]], Spanish tennis player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Tomáš Verner]], Czech ice skater
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Masami Nagasawa]], Japanese actress
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Katie Hoff]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Katie Hoff |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/103232 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=12 December 2021}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Imogen Poots]], English actress and model<ref>{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for June 3: Imogen Poots, Anderson Cooper |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2019/06/03/Famous-birthdays-for-June-3-Imogen-Poots-Anderson-Cooper/5271559355573/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=31 May 2023 |date=3 June 2019}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Yordano Ventura]], Dominican baseball player (died 2017)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Dilraba Dilmurat]], Chinese actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Dilraba Dilmurat |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/community/people/dilraba-dilmurat |website=businessoffashion.com |date=11 July 2019 |publisher=The Business of Fashion |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Mario Götze]], German footballer
*  1992 - [[Jade Cargill]], American professional wrestler<ref>{{Cite web |last=Broggi |first=Fabio "Fantomius" |title=Jade Cargill: Profile, Career Stats, Face/Heel Turns, Titles Won & Gimmicks {{!}} Pro Wrestlers Database |url=https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/wrestlers/jade-cargill |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=The SmackDown Hotel |language=en-gb}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Otto Porter Jr.]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Otto Porter Jr. |url=https://www.nba.com/player/203490 |website=nba.com |publisher=NBA |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Harrison Bader]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Harrison Bader |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/harrison-bader-664056 |website=mlb.com |publisher=MLB |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Louis Hofmann]], German actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wickes |first1=Hanna |title=Meet the ActorWho Is Louis Hofmann? Meet the 'All the Light We Cannot See' Actor, Age, Past Roles and More |url=https://www.j-14.com/posts/who-is-louis-hofmann-all-the-light-we-cannot-see-actor/ |website=j-14.com |date=3 November 2023 |publisher=J-14 |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Sam Curran]], English cricketer<ref name="CI662973">{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/sam-curran-662973 |title=Sam Curran profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=23 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Cameron Green]], Australian cricketer<ref name=caust>{{cite web |title=Cameron Green|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/players/cameron-green/S169M2cZNEi7OrLEqUs7Bg|publisher=Cricket Australia |access-date=17 December 2020}}</ref> 
*  1999   &ndash; [[Dzhem Yamenov]], Bulgarian politician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.bg/en/MP/4880|title=Dzhem Yamen Yamenov|publisher=[[National Assembly (Bulgaria)|National Assembly]]|language=bg}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Beabadoobee]], Filipino singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |last1=Phares |first1=Heather |title=Beabadoobee Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/beabadoobee-mn0003780500#songs |website=allmusic.com |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Jalen Suggs]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jalen Suggs |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630591/jalen-suggs |access-date=10 April 2024 |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]]}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Tyrell Sloan]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/tyrell-sloan/summary.html|title=Tyrell Sloan – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Désiré Doué]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce158/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024: France (FRA) |page=4 |website=[[FIFA]] |date=27 July 2024 |access-date=4 June 2025}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[628]] &ndash; [[Liang Shidu]], Chinese rebel leader<ref>{{cite book |last1=Graff |first1=David |title=Medieval Chinese Warfare 300-900 |date=2 September 2003 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-55353-2 |page=178 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gpmBAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA178 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[734]] &ndash; [[Simeon of the Olives]], Syriac bishop of [[Harran]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tannous |first1=Jack |editor1-last=Kreiner |editor1-first=J. |editor2-last=Reimitz |editor2-first=H. |title=Motions of Late Antiquity: Essays on Religion, Politics, and Society in Honour of Peter Brown |date=2016 |publisher=Turnhout: Brepols |pages=315–316 |chapter=The Life of Simeon of the Olives: A Christian Puzzle from Islamic Syria}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Barsoum |first1=Aphrem |author1-link=Ignatius Aphrem I |editor1-last=Moose |editor1-first=Matti |title=The Collected Historical Essays of Aphram I Barsoum |date=2009 |publisher=Gorgias Press |isbn=978-1-60724-535-3|page=33 |chapter=Bishops of the City of Harran}}</ref>
* [[800]] &ndash; [[Staurakios (eunuch)|Staurakios]], Byzantine general<ref>{{cite web |title=Staurakios |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20120104130352165 |website=Oxford Reference |access-date=26 October 2020 |language=en }}</ref>
*[[1052]] &ndash; Prince [[Guaimar IV of Salerno]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rogers |first1=Clifford J. |last2=DeVries |first2=Kelly |last3=France |first3=John |title=Journal of Medieval Military History |date=19 September 2013 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd |isbn=978-1-84383-860-9 |page=33 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pqgTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA33 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1397]] &ndash; [[William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury]], English commander (born 1328)
*[[1411]] &ndash; [[Leopold IV, Duke of Austria]] (born 1371)
*[[1453]] &ndash; [[Loukas Notaras]], last [[megas doux]] of the Byzantine Empire
*[[1511]] &ndash; [[Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah]], Islamic scholar, author of the [[Oran fatwa]]<ref>{{cite journal|author-link1=Devin J. Stewart|last1=Stewart|first1=Devin|journal=Al-Qanṭara|volume=27|issue=2|year=2007|page=279|issn=1988-2955|doi=10.3989/alqantara.2006.v27.i2.2|title=The Identity of "the Muftī of Oran", Abū l-'Abbās Aḥmad b. Abī Jum'ah al-Maghrāwī al-Wahrānī|doi-access=free}}</ref>
*[[1548]] &ndash; [[Juan de Zumárraga]], Spanish-Mexican archbishop (born 1468)
*[[1553]] &ndash; [[Wolf Huber]], Austrian painter, printmaker and architect (born 1485)
*[[1594]] &ndash; [[John Aylmer (bishop)|John Aylmer]], English bishop and scholar (born 1521)

===1601–1900===
*[[1615]] &ndash; [[Sanada Yukimura]], Japanese samurai (born 1567)
*[[1640]] &ndash; [[Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk]], English politician, [[Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports]] (born 1584)
*[[1649]] &ndash; [[Manuel de Faria e Sousa]], Portuguese historian and poet (born 1590)
*[[1657]] &ndash; [[William Harvey]], English physician and academic (born 1578)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - William Harvey |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/harvey_william.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[1659]] &ndash; [[Morgan Llwyd]], Welsh minister and poet (born 1619)
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[Thomas Hutchinson (governor)|Thomas Hutchinson]], American businessman and politician, [[Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay]] (born 1711)
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[Nikolay Karamzin]], Russian historian and poet (born 1766)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Julius Reubke]], German pianist and composer (born 1834)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Stephen A. Douglas]], American lawyer and politician, 7th [[Secretary of State of Illinois]] (born 1813)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Okada Izō]], Japanese samurai (born 1838)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Georges Bizet]], French pianist and composer (born 1838)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Ludwig Ritter von Köchel]], Austrian botanist, composer, and publisher (born 1800)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Christian Wilberg]], German painter and illustrator (born 1839)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal]], German lawyer and jurist (born 1812)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Johann Strauss II]], Austrian composer and educator (born 1825)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Mary Kingsley]], English explorer and author (born 1862)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Vital-Justin Grandin]], French-Canadian bishop and missionary (born 1829)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[John Maxwell (golfer)|John Maxwell]], American golfer (born 1871)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Coenraad Hiebendaal]], Dutch rower and physician (born 1879)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Franz Kafka]], Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (born 1883)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Franz Kafka, Party Animal |first1=Becca |last1=Rothfeld |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/01/16/the-diaries-of-franz-kafka-party-animal |date=9 January 2023 |access-date=13 January 2023 |volume=98 |issue=45 |issn=0028-792X |pages=66–67 |magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Li Yuanhong]], Chinese general and politician, 2nd [[President of the Republic of China]] (born 1864)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[William Muldoon]], American wrestler (born 1852)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[John Flanagan (hammer thrower)|John Flanagan]], Irish-American hammer thrower and [[tug of war]] competitor (born 1873) 
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Kalinin]], Russian civil servant and politician (born 1875)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Edmond Decottignies]], French weightlifter (born 1893)
*  1963   &ndash; [[Pope John XXIII]] (born 1881)
*  1963   &ndash; [[Nâzım Hikmet]], Turkish poet, author, and playwright (born 1902)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kismet Bell |first1=İpek |title=Hikmet, Nâzım (1902–1963) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM998-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref>
*  1963   &ndash; [[Samuel Rocke]], Australian politician who served as an [[Independent politician|independent]] member of the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] of [[Western Australia]] (born 1874)<ref>[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/FCB25216403E3420482577E50028A7A2?OpenDocument Samuel Matthew Rocke] – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2023.</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Kâzım Orbay]], Turkish general and politician, 9th [[List of Speakers of the Parliament of Turkey|Turkish Speaker of the Parliament]] (born 1887)
*  1964   &ndash; [[Frans Eemil Sillanpää]], Finnish author and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1888)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[George Edwin Cooke]], American soccer player (born 1883)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Hjalmar Schacht]], Danish-German economist, banker, and politician (born 1877)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Heinz Hopf]], German-Swiss mathematician and academic (born 1894)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Jean Batmale]], French footballer and manager (born 1895)
*  1974   &ndash; [[Michael Gaughan (Irish republican)|Michael Gaughan]], [[Irish republicanism|Irish Republican]] died on hunger strike (born 1949)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/hunger-strike-roll-of-honour/|title=Roll of Honor/Hunger Strikers|date=6 May 2014}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Ozzie Nelson]], American actor and bandleader (born 1906)
*  1975   &ndash; [[Eisaku Satō]], Japanese and politician, [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (born 1901)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 1974 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1974/sato/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Archibald Hill]], English physiologist and politician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1886)
*  1977   &ndash; [[Roberto Rossellini]], Italian director and screenwriter (born 1906)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Carleton S. Coon]], American anthropologist and academic (born 1904)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Anna Neagle]], English actress and singer (born 1904)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Will Sampson]], American actor and painter (born 1933)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Ruhollah Khomeini]], Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st [[Supreme Leader of Iran]] (born 1900)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Robert Noyce]], American physicist and businessman, co-founded the [[Intel Corporation]] (born 1927)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Brian Bevan]], Australian rugby league player (born 1924)
*  1991   &ndash; [[Katia Krafft]], French volcanologist and geologist (born 1942)
*  1991   &ndash; [[Maurice Krafft]], French volcanologist and geologist (born 1946)
*  1991   &ndash; [[Lê Văn Thiêm]], Vietnamese mathematician and academic (born 1918)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Robert Morley]], English actor and screenwriter (born 1908)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Yeoh Ghim Seng]], Singaporean politician, acting [[President of Singapore]] (born 1918)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Puig Aubert]], German-French rugby player and coach (born 1925)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Dennis James]], American actor and game show host (born 1917)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Anthony Quinn]], Mexican-American actor and producer (born 1915)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Lew Wasserman]], American talent agent and manager (born 1913)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Felix de Weldon]], Austrian-American sculptor, designed the [[Marine Corps War Memorial]] (born 1907)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Harold Cardinal]], Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1945)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Clinton Jones (priest)|Clinton Jones]], American Episcopal priest and gay rights activist (born 1916)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clinton Jones |url=https://lgbtqreligiousarchives.org/profiles/clinton-jones |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=LGBTQ Religious Archives Network}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[David Carradine]], American actor (born 1936)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Koko Taylor]], American singer (born 1928)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Rue McClanahan]], American actress (born 1934)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/arts/04mcclanahan.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/arts/04mcclanahan.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Rue McClanahan, 76, Actress and Golden Girl, Dies|last=Martin|first=Douglas|date=June 3, 2010|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 18, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[James Arness]], American actor and producer (born 1923)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/04/arts/television/james-arness-marshal-on-gunsmoke-dies-at-88.html?_r=1&ref=deathsobituaries|title=James Arness, Marshal on 'Gunsmoke,' Dies at 88|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 3, 2011|first=Robert D.|last=McFadden|author-link=Robert D. McFadden}}</ref>
*  2011   &ndash; [[Andrew Gold]], American singer, songwriter, musician and arranger (born 1951)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/arts/music/andrew-gold-singer-and-songwriter-dies-at-59.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/arts/music/andrew-gold-singer-and-songwriter-dies-at-59.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Andrew Gold, Singer and songwriter, Dies at 59 |first=Paul |last=Vitello |date=June 7, 2011 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*  2011   &ndash; [[Bhajan Lal Bishnoi|Bhajan Lal]], Indian politician, 6th [[Chief Minister of Haryana]] (born 1930)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Jack Kevorkian]], American pathologist, author, and activist (born 1928)<ref>{{cite news| title=Dr. Jack Kevorkian dead at 83| date=June 3, 2011|url=http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/03/report-dr-jack-kevorkian-dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605111423/http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/03/report-dr-jack-kevorkian-dead/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 5, 2011| publisher=CNN}}</ref>
*  2011   &ndash; [[Jan van Roessel]], Dutch footballer (born 1925)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Carol Ann Abrams]], American producer, author, and academic (born 1942)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Roy Salvadori]], English racing driver and manager (born 1922)<ref>Tremayne, D. (2012). 'Roy Salvadori: Racing driver who triumphed at Le Mans'. ''Independent''. Sunday 10 June 2012. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/roy-salvadori-racing-driver-who-triumphed-at-le-mans-7834572.html]</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; [[Brian Talboys]], New Zealand journalist and politician, 7th [[Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (born 1921)<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10810672 |title=Former Deputy PM Sir Brian Talboys Dies |newspaper=New Zealand Herald |date= 4 June 2012|access-date=4 June 2012}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Atul Chitnis]], German-Indian technologist and journalist (born 1962)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Józef Czyrek]], Polish economist and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Poland)|Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (born 1928)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Frank Lautenberg]], American soldier and politician (born 1924)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Svyatoslav Belza]], Russian journalist, author, and critic (born 1942)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Gopinath Munde]], Indian politician, 3rd [[Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] (born 1949)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Avi Beker]], Israeli political scientist and academic (born 1951)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/327927#.VXA5adLtlHw|title=For WJC Secretary-General Dr. Avi Beker Passes Away|website=Israeli National News|date=June 4, 2015|access-date=March 27, 2021}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Muhammad Ali]], American boxer (born 1942)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/muhammad-ali-dies-greatest-boxer-dead-74/story?id=18391211 |title=Muhammad Ali Dies: 'The Greatest' Boxer Dead at 74 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=June 4, 2016 |access-date=June 6, 2016}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[F. Lee Bailey]], American attorney (born 1933)<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/06/03/metro/f-lee-bailey-brilliant-brash-lawyer-high-profile-trials-dies/|title = F. Lee Bailey, brilliant, brash lawyer in high-profile trials, dies|last = Kahn|first = Joseph|work = [[The Boston Globe]]|date = June 3, 2021|accessdate = June 3, 2021}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Brigitte Bierlein]], former Austrian chancellor (born 1949)<ref>{{Cite web |title= Ex-Bundeskanzlerin Brigitte Bierlein gestorben |url= https://orf.at/stories/3359553/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |date=2024-06-03 |website=[[ORF.at]] |language=de}}</ref>
*  2024 &ndash; [[William Russell (English actor)|William Russell]], English actor (born 1924)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Coveney |first1=Michael |title=William Russell obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/jun/04/william-russell-obituary |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=4 June 2024 |date=4 June 2024 |archive-date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604203351/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/jun/04/william-russell-obituary |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  [[2025]] &ndash; [[Jim Marshall (defensive end)|Jim Marshall]], American football player (born 1937)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bailey |first=Jason M. |date=June 3, 2025 |title=Jim Marshall, Iron Man Defensive End for the Vikings, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/sports/football/jim-marshall-dead.html |access-date=June 5, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  2025 &ndash; [[Shigeo Nagashima]], Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1936)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Belson |first=Ken |date=June 2, 2025 |title=Shigeo Nagashima, 'Mr. Baseball' of Postwar Japan, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/obituaries/shigeo-nagashima-dead.html |access-date=June 5, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  2025 &ndash; [[Edmund White]], American novelist, memoirist and essayist (born 1940)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Fred A. |date=June 4, 2025 |title=Edmund White, Pioneer of Gay Literature, Is Dead at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/books/edmund-white-dead.html |access-date=June 5, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[feast day]]:
** [[Charles Lwanga]] and [[Uganda Martyrs|Companions]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]]), and its related observances:
*** [[Martyrs' Day]] (Uganda) 
** [[Clotilde]]
** [[Kevin of Glendalough]]
** [[Auditus of Braga|Ovidius]]
** [[Theotokos of Vladimir|Vladimirskaya]] ([[Russian Orthodox]])
** [[June 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Confederate Memorial Day]] ([[Kentucky]], and [[Tennessee]], United States)
* [[Commerce Consulate of Buenos Aires|Economist day]] ([[Buenos Aires]], Argentina)
* [[Mabo Day]] (Australia)
* [[Opium Suppression Movement Day]] ([[Taiwan]])
* [[World Bicycle Day]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/3 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=06|day=03}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/3 |title=Historical Events on June 3 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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