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Calendar day; June 3, 2015

Wednesday, the 3rd of June, 2015 is the 154th day in 2015 and in the 23rd calendar week.

General Events:

Chimborazo Day
June 3, 2015 in the World

June 3rd each year is celebrated as Chimborazo Day. As its name suggests, this day is set aside to celebrate the Mount Chimborazo, which is a point on the Earth that is closest to the moon.

Many people would claim that Mount Everest is the highest spot on the Earth. Actually, it is the highest one from the sea level. However, when it comes to which one is closer to the moon and the outer space, Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is the winner – 1.5 miles closer to be exact. Therefore, through the celebration of the Chimborazo Day each year, many more people will know about that fact.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimborazo

Where is the event?
Worldwide

National Egg Day
June 3, 2015 in the USA

Eggs are a terrific source of protein and vitamin D, which makes them one of the healthiest breakfast foods. Did you know that there are more than a hundred ways to cook an egg? Some of the most popular varieties are scrambled, fried, poached, hard-boiled, sunny-side up, and over-easy.

While the eggs that Americans typically consume come from chickens, a wide range of poultry (like ducks and geese) provide tasty gourmet egg varieties. Quail eggs, for example, are considered a delicacy in many countries.

To celebrate National Egg Day, cook up your favorite egg recipe for breakfast, lunch, or even dinner!

Where is the event?
Nationwide USA

Historical Events on 3rd June:

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

1098 – After 5-month siege in First Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch (now in modernTurkey)

1326 – Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark

1539 – Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain

1620 – Construction of the oldest stone church in French North America, Notre-Dame-des-Anges, begins at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

1621 – Dutch West India Company (WIC) receives charter for The West Indies (included, The Americas, Caribbean and West Africa)

1752 – Moscow houses & churches destroyed by fire

1860 – Comanche, Iowa, completely destroyed by one of a series of tornadoes

1876 – Lacrosse introduced in Britain & Canada

1888 – “Casey at the Bat” published (SF Examiner)

1889 – The Canadian Pacific Railway is completed from coast to coast

1906 – Belgian King Leopold II claims Congo as his private possession

1925 – Goodyear airship “Pilgrim” makes 1st flight (1st with enclosed cabin)

1929 – Chile, Peru & Bolivia sign accord about Tacna-Arica-area resolving border dispute

1935 – One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario

1938 – German law on “Entartete Art” legalizes art robbery

1943 – A mob of 60 from the Los Angeles Naval Reserve Armory beat up everyone perceived to be Hispanic, starting the week-long Zoot Suit Riots

1946 – 1st bikini bathing suit displayed (Paris)

1959 – Singapore adopts constitution

1968 – Poor Peoples March on Washington

1969 – Last episode of Star Trek airs on NBC (Turnabout Intruder)

1976 – US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta

1977 – US & Cuba talk about diplomatic relations

1979 – Ixtoc I rig in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled in one of world’s worst oil spills

1989 – Beginning of the Tiananmen Square Massacre as Chinese troops open fire on pro-democracy supporters in Beijing

1991 – Mount Unzen erupts in Japan, worst eruption in Japanese history

1992 – World’s largest environmental summit opens (Rio De Janeiro Brazil)

2005 – ‘The Knight of Sainte-Hermine’ by Alexandre Dumas is published in France by Editions Phébus, completed by Claude Schopp, 135 years after the author’s death