Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/June 3
Births
edit- 1808 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889)
- 1865 - King George V of the United Kingdom (pictured) (d. 1936)
- 1906 - Josephine Baker, American dancer, singer, and actress (d. 1975)
- 1926 - Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. 1997)
- 1965 - Mike Gordon, Bassist for Phish, filmmaker
- 1966 - Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer
- 1967 - Anderson Cooper, American reporter
- 1986 - Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
Deaths
edit- 1657 - William Harvey, English physician (b. 1578)
- 1861 - Stephen A. Douglas, American politician (b. 1813)
- 1875 - Georges Bizet, French composer (b. 1838)
- 1899 - Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (b. 1825)
- 1924 - Franz Kafka, Austrian novelist (b. 1883)
- 1963 - Pope John XXIII (b. 1881)
- 2016 - Muhammad Ali (b. 1942)