Today in History - History - June 3rd

1964Ringo Starr collapses from tonsillitis & pharyngitis

1962Lee Harvey Oswald arrives by train in Oldenzaal, Netherlands

1962Betsy Rawls & Kathy wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open

1980NY Mets draft Darryl Strawberry, 18, #1

1961JFK & Khrushchev meet in Vienna

1959Eisenhower routes Canadian premier Diefenbaker message off the Moon

1989Sportscasting legend Vin Scully broadcasts 23 innings in two different cities on one day

1781Jack Jouett rides to warn Thomas Jefferson of British attack

1932Lou Gehrig is 1st to hit 4 consecutive HRs; Yanks beat A's 20-13

1083Henry IV of Germany storms Rome, capturing St Peter's Cathedral

1865George V, Saksen-Coburg [Windsor], King of Great Britain (1910-36)

1926Allen Ginsberg, Newark, New Jersey, American beat poet (Howl)

1974Kelly Jones, Welsh singer (Stereophonics)

1986Rafael Nadal, Manacor, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spanish tennis player

1943Billy Cunningham, Brooklyn New York, NBA/ABA (Philadelphia 76ers, Carolina Cougers)

1808Jefferson F Davis, Fairview Kentucky, President of Confederate States of America (1861-5)

1726James Hutton, Edinburgh Scotland, geologist

1904Charles R. Drew, pioneer of blood plasma research

1908NHL goaltender Georges Vezina (21) weds Marie Adelaide Stella Morin in Chicoutimi, Canada

2001Writer and actress Tina Fey (31) weds "Saturday Night Live" composer Jeff Richmond (40) on a Greek Orthodox ceremony at The Merion Tribute House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1937Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII) weds Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson in France

1869Composer Georges Bizet (30) weds Genevieve Halevy

1924Franz Kafka, Czech writer (Trial, Amerika, Metamorphosis), dies at 40

1875Georges Bizet, French composer, dies at 36