It happened on a… June 3

2019

Canadian government inquiry find deaths of over 1,000 indigenous women and girls over decades who have been murdered or are missing a “national genocide”.

Jay-Z named the world’s first billionaire rapper by Forbes magazine.

2018

Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupts killing at least 110, with 332 missing and forcing the evacuation of over 3,100.

2015

Dr. Jesse Selber performs the world’s first partial-skull and scalp transplant at Houston Methodist Hospital.

2013

Lorde releases her debut single “Royals” (2014 Grammy Song of the Year).

2001

TV drama “Six Feet Under” created by Alan Ball, starring Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall and Frances Conroy premieres on HBO.

1989

Beginning of the Tiananmen Square Massacre as Chinese troops open fire on pro-democracy supporters in Beijing.

Official opening of SkyDome, Toronto’s $500 million domed stadium; 50,000 baseball fans soaked by rain when retractable roof opens.

1985

“Larry King Live” debuts on CNN.

1937

The Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne, married Wallis Warfield Simpson.

1889

The transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway is completed.

1856

Cullen Whipple patented the screw machine.

1851

The New York Knickerbockers became the first baseball team to wear uniforms.