Born on 3 June 1972

At A Glance

3 June 1972 at a glance

Day of the week

3 June 1972 was a Saturday.

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1

The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “I'll Take You There” by The Staple Singers.

Top Film of 1972

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1972 was The Godfather.

Bestselling Novel of 1972

“Jonathan Livingston Seagull” by Richard Bach was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1972.

Top-Rated TV Show

“All in the Family” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1972–73 season.

Star sign

The star sign for 3 June is Gemini.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 3 June 1972 fell in the Year of the Rat.

Birthstone

The birthstone for June is Pearl.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 3 June 1972 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 3 June

• 1963 Soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army attack protesting Buddhists in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalized for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments.
• 1965 The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk.
• 1979 A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000 m3) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.
• 1984 Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.
• 1989 The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.

Famous people born on June 3

• George V (1865–1936)
• Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player (born 1986)
• Tony Curtis, American actor (1925–2010)
• Imogen Poots, English actress and model (born 1989)

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