📰 TODAY IN HISTORY

📆 - June 3

📜 Events:

• 1098 — After five months of siege during the First Crusade, the crusaders conquer Antioch.

• 1839 — Lin Zexu destroys more than 1 million kilograms of opium confiscated from British merchants, contributing to the start of the First Opium War.

• 1900 — Roberto Landell de Moura successfully conducts wireless transmission tests of sounds and telegraphic signals in Brazil.

• 1940 — The Battle of Dunkirk ends, with the Allied forces retreating during World War II.

• 1965 — Edward White performs the United States' first spacewalk during the Gemini IV mission.

• 1989 — The Chinese government sends troops to suppress protests at Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

• 1992 — The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio-92) begins in Rio de Janeiro.

*⭐ Births:*

• 1537 — João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (d. 1554).

• 1865 — George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1936).

• 1901 — José Lins do Rego (d. 1957).

• 1906 — Josephine Baker (d. 1975).

• 1908 — Mário Filho (d. 1966).

• 1925 — Tony Curtis (d. 2010).

• 1986 — Rafael Nadal.

*🕊️ Deaths:*

• 1875 — Georges Bizet, French composer (b. 1838).

• 1924 — Franz Kafka, Czech writer (b. 1883).

• 1963 — Pope John XXIII (b. 1881).

• 1989 — Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader (b. 1900).

• 2001 — Anthony Quinn, American actor (b. 1915).

• 2009 — David Carradine, American actor (b. 1936).

• 2016 — Muhammad Ali, American boxer (b. 1942).

*📍 Holidays and Recurring Events:*

* Day of awareness against childhood morbid obesity.

* World Bicycle Day

*Brazil:*

* Notary Clerk Day - São Paulo

* National Environmental Education Day
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