Today in History for 3rd June 2014

Historical Events

1861 - 1st Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, WV

1939 - Beer Barrel Polka hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Will Glahe

1961 - JFK and Khrushchev meet in Vienna

1972 - 1st female US rabbi installed, Sally J Priesand at 25

1973 - At Paris air show, Tupolev 144, a Soviet supersonic airliner ("Concorde-ski"), crashes, 15 killed

1986 - Battles in Beirut; 53 killed

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Famous Birthdays

1877 - Raoul Dufy, France, Fauvist painter (Palm)

1881 - Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter (d. 1964)

1911 - Ellen Corby, Racine Wisc, actress (Grandma Walton-Waltons)

1949 - David Evenett, MP (Conservative)

1969 - Ray Roberts, tackle (Detroit Lions)

2002 - Prince Tirso of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family

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Famous Deaths

1411 - Duke Leopold IV of Austria (b. 1371)

1858 - Julius Reubke, composer, dies at 24

1894 - Karl Eduard Zachariae, German expert on Byzantine Law (b. 1812)

1991 - Andy Milligan, cinematographer/director (Sweeney Todd), dies at 62

2003 - Felix de Weldon, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)

2011 - James Arness, American actor (d. 1923)

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