Daily Calendar _ June 3

The 154th day of the year, 211 days left until the New Year.

Church Calendar

The Feast of the Cross of Mtskheta. The Righteous Apostles: Emperor Constantine (337) and his mother, Queen Helen (327); The Confession of the Icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir.

Born:

1469 _ Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian political figure, historian, military theorist, diplomat. Died in 1527.

1707 _ Henry Fielding, English writer, playwright, publicist. Died in 1754.

1856 _ Vasil Barnov, (Barnaveli), writer, founder of the Georgian historical novel. Died in 1934.

1857 _ Jacques Jean Marie de Morgan, French archaeologist, discovered the Code of Hammurabi stele. Died 1924.

1936 – Revaz Siradze, academician, philologist. Died 2012.

Died:

2000 — Mamuka Kikaleishvili, director, actor.

Events:

1803 — The United States purchased Louisiana from France.

1815 — The Kingdom of Poland was created, which became part of Russia.

1841 — New Zealand was declared a British colony.

1906 — The Sinai Peninsula became Egyptian territory after Turkey renounced its claims to it.

1958 — US President Eisenhower proposed the demilitarization of Antarctica, which was later shared by interested countries.

Commemorative days:

Australia - Mabo Day

Namibia - Namibian Armed Forces Day

USA, Tennessee - Confederate Memorial Day

Uganda - Martyrs' Day

Montenegro - Independence Day