MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2013

Today is Monday, June 3, the 154th day of 2013. There are 211 days left in the year.

1098 ― Christian Crusaders seize Antioch, Turkey

1851 ― First baseball uniforms worn; Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt & blue long trousers

1860 ― Comanche, Iowa, completely destroyed by one of a series of tornadoes

1916 ― ROTC established by Act of Congress

1918 ― Supreme Court rules child labor laws unconstitutional

1934 ― Dr. Frederick Banting, co-discoverer of insulin, is knighted

1976 ― Queen's “Bohemian Rhapsody” goes gold

1976 ― U.S. presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta

1989 ― Troops in China shoot and kill hundreds of students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing

1991 ― Mt. Unzen erupts in Japan; worst eruption in Japanese history