Today in History for 3rd June 2025

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Historical Events

1906 - Belgian King Leopold II claims Congo as his private possession
1932 - John McGraw, who came to NY in 1902, resigns as manager of Giants
1968 - Poor Peoples March on Washington, D.C.
2010 - Canadian sportscaster Ron MacLean saves a man from drowning in the Delaware River in Philadelphia
2019 - US President Donald Trump begins a three-day visit to the UK by calling London Mayor Sadiq Khan "a stone cold loser" after Khan called Trump's language that of a 20th century fascist

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Famous Birthdays

1540 - Charles II Archduke of Austria, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1590)
1910 - Paulette Goddard [Marion Levy], American actress (Great Dictator), born in Whitestone Landing, Long Island (d. 1990)
1931 - Raúl Castro, Cuban revolutionary, politician (First Secretary 2011-21) and brother of Fidel Castro, born in Biran, Holguin, Cuba
1958 - Ibrahim Hussein, Kenyan marathon runner (Boston Marathon-1988, 91, 92), born in Kapsabet, Kenya
1968 - Saffron [Samantha Sprackling], Nigerian-British singer (Republica), born in Lagos, Nigeria

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Famous Deaths

1898 - Samuel Plimsoll, English politician and social reformer (invented Plimsoll line for ships), dies at 74
1992 - William Gaines, American publisher (Mad Magazine), dies at 70
2004 - Quorthon [Thomas Forsberg], Swedish heavy and Viking metal musician, and record producer (Bathory), dies of a congenital heart issue at 38
2011 - Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist and right-to-die activist, dies of a thrombosis at 83
2018 - Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, Nicaraguan clergyman (Archbishop of Managua, 1970-2005; 1st Central American cardinal, 1985), dies at 92

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[FrederickLouis]

On this day, June 3, 1865 ~ Birth of King George V of the United Kingdom at Marlborough House in London, England

[mike carey]

His late Majesty, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Emperor of India.

God Save the King!