What happend on 3rd June

02.06
04.06
1940

World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.

1940

World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German tactical victory and with Allied forces in full evacuation.

1937

The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson. General Mola is killed in a plane crash.

1935

One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario.

1916

The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.

1916

The ROTC is established by the U.S. Congress.

1889

The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon, United States.

1889

The Canadian Pacific Railway is completed from coast to coast

1888

The poem "Casey at the Bat", by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner.

1885

Last military engagement fought on Canadian soil: Cree leader Big Bear escapes the North West Mounted Police.