Today is Thursday, June 3, 2010.

Born on This Day

1808 Jefferson Davis, President of Confederacy (1861-1865)
1864 Ransom Eli Olds, auto (Oldsmobile) and truck (REO) manufacturer.
1865 George V, king of England (1910-36)
1906 Josephine Baker, dancer, singer
1911 Paulette Goddard, actress
1915 Leo Gorcey
1925 Tony Curtis
1926 Allen Ginsberg, Beat poet (Howl)
1926 Allen Ginsberg
1926 Colleen Dewhurst
1942 Curtis Mayfield
1950 Suzi Quatro

Events

Egg Day
1539 Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain
1621 Dutch West India Company receives charter for "New Netherlands"
1770 Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo founded in California
1789 Alex Mackenzie began exploration of Mackenzie River
1888 "Casey at the Bat" is first published (by the SF Examiner)
1934 Dr Frederick Banting, co-discoverer of insulin knighted.
1935 French "Normandie" sets Atlantic crossing record: 1077 hours.
1937 Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Warfield Simpson.
1942 Battle of Midway begins: first major battle won by airpower.
1948 200 inch Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory.
1949 "Dragnet" is first broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles).
1965 Gemini IV is launched Ed White first American to walk in space
1976 US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta
1980 Crew of Soyuz 36 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 35

That's all for today.