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2019

A Canadian government inquiry concludes that the deaths of more than 1,000 Indigenous women and girls who have been murdered or gone missing over the past several decades constitute a “national genocide.”

Jay-Z is named the world’s first billionaire rapper by Forbes magazine.

2018

Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupts, killing at least 110 people. 332 people are missing, and more than 3,100 others are evacuated.

2015

Dr. Jesse Selber performs the first partial skull and scalp transplant at Methodist Hospital in Houston.

2013

Lorde releases her first song, “Royals,” which wins the Grammy for Song of the Year in 2014.

2001

The TV series “Six Feet Under,” created by Alan Ball and starring Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, and Frances Conroy, premieres on HBO.

1989

The Tiananmen Square massacre begins in China, as security forces open fire on pro-democracy supporters in Beijing.

The SkyDome in Toronto officially opens. The $500 million stadium becomes the home of the Blue Jays.

1985

The show “Larry King Live” premieres on CNN.

1937

The Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne for the sake of his beloved, marries Wallis Warfield Simpson.

1889

Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway’s transcontinental line is completed.

1856

Cullen Whipple invents the first bottling machine.

1851

The New York Knickerbockers become the first baseball team to wear a uniform.

It happened on… June 3

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