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Events on June 3

• 1740 Frederick the Great, ruler of Prussia, prohibits torture as a means of criminal proceedings, except in cases of high treason, treason and murders with many victims.
• 1887 The German Emperor Wilhelm I lays the foundation stone for the Kiel Canal in Kiel-Holtenau.
• 1892 The football club that emerged in Liverpool in March as a split from Everton F.C. is registered as Liverpool F.C.
• 1937 The Duke of Windsor, who was the British King Edward VIII. until his abdication in the previous year, marries the American Wallis Simpson.
• 1941 The stage play William Tell by Friedrich Schiller is removed from libraries and school curricula following a “Führer directive” by Adolf Hitler, and its performance in the German Reich is banned.
• 1950 The Bayernkurier, the weekly party newspaper of the Christian Social Union (CSU), publishes its first issue. Secretary-General Franz Josef Strauß serves as publisher and editor-in-chief.
• 1961 Peaceful coexistence: U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Soviet head of state Nikita Khrushchev meet in Vienna for talks.
• 1968 The artist Andy Warhol, who became known for Pop Art, is shot in New York by women's rights activist Valerie Solanas.
• 1972 The Transit Agreement between the two German states, the FRG and the GDR, enters into force.
• 1995 On Usedom, the Heringsdorf Pier is inaugurated as the longest pier in continental Europe.
• 1998 Eschede railway accident: The Intercity-Express “Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen” derails near Eschede due to a defective wheel and, as a result, tears down a road bridge; 101 people die.
• 2017 In a terrorist attack in London, eight people are killed by Islamic terrorists and 48 others are injured.

Born on June 3

• 1865 George V., King of Great Britain
• 1873 Otto Loewi, Austrian-American physiologist and Nobel laureate
• 1906 Josephine Baker, American dancer, singer and actress
• 1910 Paulette Goddard, American actress
• 1930 Marion Zimmer Bradley, American writer
• 1931 Raúl Castro, Cuban revolutionary and politician
• 1941 Monika Maron, German writer
• 1950 Marianne Bachmeier, German innkeeper who shot the suspected murderer of her daughter
• 1950 Suzi Quatro, American rock musician
• 1992 Mario Götze, German footballer

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „3. Juni“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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