What happend on 3rd June

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04.06
2002

The peak day of Golden Jubilee celebrations occurs in the United Kingdom.

1998

Louis V becomes King of the Franks.

1998

Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed train derails in Lower Saxony, Germany, causing 101 deaths.

1997

Lionel Jospin becomes Prime Minister of France.

1991

At Hankuk University in Seoul, South Korea, students throw eggs at South Korean prime minister Chung Won Shik.

1989

The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.

1979

A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 600,000 tons (176,400,000 gallons) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the worst oil spill to date. Some estimate the spill to be 428 million gallons, making it the largest unintentional oil spill ever.

1973

A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.

1973

Reggae stars Bob Marley and the Wailers release the classic album Exodus, which will be named Time magazine's "Album of the Century" in 1999.

1969

Off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half.