06-04-2006, 12:23 PM
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June 3rd
1875 ~ Death of Georges Bizet, French composer.
1888 ~ The poem Casey at the Bat, by Ernest Thayer, was published in the SF Examiner.
1899 ~ Death of Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer.
1924 ~ Death of Franz Kafka, Austrian novelist.
1925 ~ Birthday of Tony Curtis, Actor.
1926 ~ Birthday of Allen Ginsberg, American poet.
1937 ~ The Duke of Windsor married American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson, for whom he had abdicated the British throne.
1965 ~ Edward White became the first American astronaut to walk in space.
1969 ~ The science fiction television series Star Trek aired its final new episode after being canceled by NBC.
1982 ~ The Israeli ambassador to Britain was shot on a London street.
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