3rd of June 2026
3rd of June 2026 is the 154th day of the year.
This day in history:
0973: First True King of England Crowned - ...more
1162: Becket Becomes Archbishop of Canterbury - ...more
1647: Army Seizes Charles I - ...more
1665: Battle of Lowestoft - ...more
1940: Evacuation of Dunkirk ends - ...more
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British quote for the day:
Saw a wedding in the church. It was strange to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition. - Samuel Pepys.
Born today:
Henry Shrapnel - 1761, Sydney Smith - 1771, Richard Cobden - 1804, Flinders Petrie - 1853, George V - 1865, Harry McGowan - 1874, Sir Wilfred Thesiger - 1910, Christian Malcolm - 1979, Lutalo Muhammad - 1991.
Died today:
William Harvey - 1657, James Thomson - 1882, Samuel Plimsoll - 1898, Mary Kingsley - 1900, John Maxwell - 1962, Arthur Ransome - 1967, Anna Neagle - 1986, Robert Morley - 1992, Dilys Powell - 1995.
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