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Wednesday, 03 June 2026

2007

{{USS|Carter Hall|LSD-50|6}} engages pirates after they board the Danish ship ''Danica White'' off the coast of Somalia.

2006

The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.

1998

Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed train derails in Lower Saxony, Germany, causing 101 deaths.

1992

Aboriginal Land Rights are granted in Australia in Mabo v Queensland (1988), a case brought by Eddie Mabo.

1991

Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.

1989

The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.

SkyDome is officially opened in Toronto, Ontario

1984

The Indian Army storms the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib), the most sacred shrine of Sikhism, near Amritsar.

1982

The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street. He survives but is permanently paralysed.

1980

The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak. Seven tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska takes five lives, 357 single-family homes, 33 mobile homes, 85 apartments, 49 businesses and $300 million in damages all told, according to National Weather Service and American Red Cross statistics on the deadly storm.

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