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On this day for the United States

June 3:

Events

• 1621 - The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherlands.
• 1770 - Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo is founded in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
• 1800 - U.S. President John Adams takes up residence in Washington, DC (in a tavern – the White House was not yet completed).
• 1850 - The traditional founding date of Kansas City, Missouri. This was the date on which it was first incorporated by Jackson County, Missouri as the "City of Kansas".
• 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor - Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
• 1866 - Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario, into the United States to a heroes' welcome.
• 1888 - The poem "Casey at the Bat", by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner.
• 1889 - The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon, United States.
• 1916 - The ROTC is established by the U.S. Congress.
• 1916 - The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
• 1943 - A mob of 60 from the Los Angeles Naval Reserve Armory beats up everyone perceived to be Hispanic, starting the week-long Zoot Suit Riots.
• 1965 - Launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew.
• 1965 - For 21 minutes, Edward H. White floats free outside the space vehicle Gemini IV for the first time.
• 1968 - Valerie Solanas, author of The SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times.