82 days before August 24, 2009
would be
June 3, 2009 (Wednesday)
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)
• Day numbers: 154
• Week number: 23
• Leap year: 2009 is not a leap year
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times for June 3, 2009 (Wednesday)
• Sunrise time: 06:06 am
• Sunset time: 08:56 pm
• Day length: 14h 50m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase for June 3, 2009 (Wednesday)
• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
• Illumination: 86%
• Moon Age: 11.21 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
June 3, 2009 Holidays and National Days
June 3 in History
1989
The Chinese government begins its crackdown on pro-democracy activists in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Hundreds are killed and thousands are arrested.
1974
Charles Colson, an aide to President Richard Nixon, pleads guilty to obstruction of justice.
1969
74 American sailors die when the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans was cut in two by an Australian aircraft carrier in the South China Sea.
1965
Astronaut Edward White becomes the first American to walk in space when he exits the Gemini 4 space capsule.
1952
A rebellion by North Korean prisoners in the Koje prison camp in South Korea is put down by American troops.
1942
Japanese carrier-based planes strafe Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands as a diversion of the attack on Midway Island.
1940
The German Luftwaffe hits Paris with 1,100 bombs.
1938
The German Third Reich votes to confiscate so-called “degenerate art.”
1928
Manchurian warlord Zhang Zuolin dies as a result of a bomb blast set off by the Japanese.
1923
In Italy, dictator Benito Mussolini grants women the right to vote.
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