June 3 1808 Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill.
June 3 1815 Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war.
June 3 1855 Captain Cecil William Buckley In the Sea of Azov, when serving in Miranda during the Russian War, he volunteered to land (with lieutenant Hugh Talbot Burgoyne of Swallow and gunner John Robarts of Ardent) at a beach where the Russian army were in strength. They were out of covering gunshot range of the ships offshore and met considerable enemy opposition, but managed to set fire to corn stores and ammunition dumps and destroy enemy equipment. For this he was later awarded the Victoria Cross. Source
June 3 1942 World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
June 3 1945 World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay.
June 3 1952 – Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
June 3 2002 An Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashes into a bank in Jalandhar, killing eight and injuring 17.
No comments:
Post a Comment