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3 June 2031
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2025 - Prime minister of Mongolia Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene resigned after weeks of protests.Head of government
Anniversary
1982 - A failed assassination attempt was made on Shlomo Argov, the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, triggering an Israeli decision to invade Lebanon three days later.Israeli diplomat (1929–2003)
Anniversary
1979 - Having invaded Uganda and deposed President Idi Amin, Tanzanian forces secured Uganda's western border, ending a seven-month war.President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979
Anniversary
1973 - At the Paris Air Show, a Tupolev Tu-144 broke up in mid-air, killing all six members of its crew and eight bystanders on the ground.Air show and aerospace-industry exhibition event
Anniversary
1969 - During a SEATO exercise in the South China Sea, a collision between HMAS Melbourne and USS Frank E. Evans resulted in the latter vessel being cut in two and the deaths of 74 personnel.Collective defense organization (1955–1977)
Historical events
History
2025 - Reconstitution of the Academy of the Distrustful in the Sala Dalmases of the Historical Archive of the City of Barcelona in Barcelona.Spanish baroque literary and musical academy (est. 1700)
History
2019 - 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.2019 mass-killing in Sudan
History
2013 - The trial of United States Army private Chelsea Manning for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks begins in Fort Meade, Maryland.2013 court-martial case
History
2013 - At least 119 people are killed in a fire at a poultry farm in Jilin Province in northeastern China.2013 poultry plant fire in Dehui, Jilin Province, China
History
2012 - A plane carrying 153 people crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board plus six people on the ground.2012 passenger plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria
History
2012 - The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on the River Thames.2012 Royal Jubilee celebrations in London
History
2006 - The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.Country in Southeast Europe (1992–2006)
History
1998 - After suffering a mechanical failure, a high speed train derails at Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people.1998 high-speed train crash near Eschede, Germany
History
1992 - 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.1992 High Court of Australia decision which recognised native title
History
1991 - Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.Group of volcanoes in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Notable births
Born
2011 - Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş, Turkish chess prodigy and grandmasterTurkish chess grandmaster (born 2011)
Born
2002 - Tyrell Sloan, Australian rugby league playerAustralian rugby league footballer
Born
2001 - Jalen Suggs, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 2001)
Born
2000 - Beabadoobee, Filipino singer-songwriterFilipino and British singer (born 2000)
Notable deaths
Died
2025 - Jim Marshall, American football player (born 1937)American football player (1937–2025)
Died
2025 - Shigeo Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1936)Japanese baseball player and manager (1936–2025)
Died
2025 - Edmund White, American novelist, memoirist and essayist (born 1940)American writer (1940–2025)
Died
2024 - Brigitte Bierlein, former Austrian chancellor (born 1949)Chancellor of Austria from 2019 to 2020
Died
2021 - F. Lee Bailey, American attorney (born 1933)American criminal defense attorney (1933–2021)
Died
2016 - Muhammad Ali, American boxer (born 1942)American boxer and activist (1942–2016)
Died
2015 - Avi Beker, Israeli political scientist and academic (born 1951)Israeli writer, statesman, and professor (1951–2015)
Sky
Moon phase
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated
Lunar age: 12.9 days
Sun zodiac
Gemini
12.74 degrees
Constellation: Taurus
Moon zodiac
Scorpio
15.16 degrees
Constellation: Libra
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.