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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_3" title="June 3">June 3</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda_Martyrs" title="Uganda Martyrs">Martyrs Day</a></b> in Uganda; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Official_Birthday" title="King's Official Birthday">King's Official Birthday</a></b> in New Zealand (2024); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Australia_Day" title="Western Australia Day">Western Australia Day</a></b> (2024)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1781" title="1781">1781</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Jouett" title="Jack Jouett">Jack Jouett</a></b> rode 40 miles (64 km) to warn <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_General_Assembly" title="Virginia General Assembly">Virginia legislature</a> of British cavalry who had been sent to capture them.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892" title="1892">1892</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool F.C.</a></b>, one of England's most successful <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> clubs, was founded.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937" title="1937">1937</a> – Half a year after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdication_of_Edward_VIII" title="Abdication of Edward VIII">abdicating the British throne</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII" title="Edward VIII">Edward, Duke of Windsor</a></b>, married American socialite <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallis_Simpson" title="Wallis Simpson">Wallis Simpson</a></b> in a private ceremony in France.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969" title="1969">1969</a> – During a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia_Treaty_Organization" title="Southeast Asia Treaty Organization">SEATO</a> exercise in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South China Sea</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne%E2%80%93Evans_collision" title="Melbourne–Evans collision">a collision</a></b> between <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Melbourne_(R21)" title="HMAS Melbourne (R21)">HMAS <i>Melbourne</i></a></b> and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Frank_E._Evans" title="USS Frank E. Evans">USS <i>Frank E. Evans</i></a></b> resulted in the latter vessel being cut in two and the deaths of 74 personnel.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982" title="1982">1982</a> – A failed assassination attempt was made on <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shlomo_Argov" title="Shlomo Argov">Shlomo Argov</a></b>, the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, which event was later used as justification for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Lebanon_War" title="1982 Lebanon War">First Lebanon War</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garret_Hobart" title="Garret Hobart">Garret Hobart</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1844); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_A._Havelock" title="Eric A. Havelock">Eric A. Havelock</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1903); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka" title="Franz Kafka">Franz Kafka</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1924); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Poilievre" title="Pierre Poilievre">Pierre Poilievre</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1979)</p>
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