June 3

June 3 is the 154th day of the year

1539 - DeSoto claims Florida for Spain
1965 - Launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew.
1973 - A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
1977 - Reggae stars Bob Marley and the Wailers release the classic album Exodus, which would be named Time magazine's "Album of the Century" in 1999.

Happy Birthday

1540 - Charles II of Austria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_Austria

1808 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis

1925 - Tony Curtis, American actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Curtis