732.- The French ruler Charles at Poitiers defeated the invading Saracen army under the command of Valiara Abd-Rahman, a member of an extremely fanatical Muslim sect that earned him the nickname "Charles Hammer" (Martel).

1154.- King Stephen of England, grandson of William the Conqueror, died. During his reign he showed great courage and political skills, leading the army in many battles in the Civil War.

1400.- Jeffrey Chaucer, the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages, one of the founders of English literature, a contemporary of Petrarch and Boccaccio, died in London. His most significant work is The Canterbury Tales. This is the first significant achievement in English. His other famous works are "Parliament of Birds", "Troilus and Cressida" and others. Born in London in 1340.

1647.- Italian physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli, inventor of the mercury barometer, died. Toricelli tube.

1825.- Johann Strauss was born in Vienna - the youngest Austrian composer, violinist and conductor. He was the creator of the classical Viennese operetta, which was dominated by the waltz. His most important works are the operas "The Bat", "The Gypsy Baron", the waltz "On the Beautiful Danube Son" and others. He died in Vienna on June 3, 1899.

1838.- Born in Paris, Georges Bizet, French composer, author of the famous opera "Carmen" - the most successful work of French realism. He composed about 50 solo songs, one symphony, a suite and one overture. His operas are "Ivan the Terrible" and "Pearl Hunters" (as well as "Carmen") and they are performed on all major stages in the world. He died in Bougainville, near Paris on June 3, 1875.

1936.- Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy formed the Rome-Berlin Axis, thus strengthening the alliance of the leading fascist states in Europe. The Axis later became a first-class international military and political group with the inclusion of Japan and a source of imperialist ambitions and aggressive plans.

1936.- The clock on the Clock Tower in Bitola, a gift from the People's Union of Germany, was handed over for use. It was given as a sign of gratitude that the people of Bitola gave the Germans a plan for the construction of the Fortress of the German soldiers killed in the First World War on the battlefield of the Macedonian front. The clock tower is supposed to have been built in the 17th century or in 1830 when the church "St. Demetrius" was built.

1944.- The Japanese first carried out a "kamikaze" (suicide pilot) attack against the US Navy in Late Bay on the island of Samar, in the Philippine archipelago. Three aircraft carriers and three landing craft were sunk. Japan carried out a total of 2.314 attacks during the war, of which 474 "kamikazes" hit the target.

1945.- In Portugal, King Manuel I ascended the throne, whom contemporaries nicknamed Manuel the Great or Manuel the Lucky. During his reign until 1521 the country prospered economically and politically and became a world first-class colonial naval power. He provided great material assistance to the research endeavors of sailors Vasco da Gama, Diaz de Novaes Bartholomew, Diego Cam, Pedro Alvarez Cabral, thus decisively contributing to the discovery of the sea route to India and discovering Brazil, after which India and Brazil became colonial properties.

1971.- The PRC was admitted to the UN.

1993.- Melina Mercury, the actress in the movie "Never on Sunday", who became the Minister of Culture in Athens, promised to fight for the return of the marble ornaments from the British Museum, antique ornaments that adorned the Parthenon. "I never start a fight without continuing and ending it," Mercury said. All British governments refused to return the marbles, as it would set a precedent for museums around the world to lose their treasures.

1994.- Seven paintings by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso were stolen from an art gallery in Zurich, police said. The value of the paintings was estimated at 250 million Swiss francs, or 208 million dollars.

1995.- The Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Skopje informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia that the Republic of Macedonia has been accepted as a full member of the Black Sea Convention on Cooperation in the Field of Culture, Education, Science and Information.

2003.- The richest Russian citizen Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a majority shareholder of the giant oil company Yukos, has been arrested on charges of fraud and huge unpaid taxes.

2011.- Lebanese leader Muammar Gaddafi was buried in a secret place in the Lebanese desert before sunrise. Gaddafi and his son Mutassim and former Libyan Defense Minister Abu Bakr Younis were also buried. Relatives of the deceased and representatives of the Libyan authorities attended the funeral ceremony, which was attended by Islamic clerics. The bodies of Gaddafi, his son and Younis, who were killed on October 20, were kept in a refrigerator in Missouri for several days.

2011.- The island states of Curacao and St. Martin have been admitted as associate members of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The decision was made unanimously at the first session of the Thirty-sixth Session of the UNESCO General Conference. With the accession of these two countries, UNESCO had 201 members and became the largest member of the UN family.

2011.- The first president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Judge Antonio Casaze, has died. Kasaze was the first president of The Hague tribunal from 1993 to 1997, and then was a judge at the Special Court for Lebanon and one of the leading figures in the development of international humanitarian law.

2017.- Fets Domino, one of the most influential rock and roll performers of the 89's and 50's, has died at the age of 60. He gained fame as a pianist, singer and songwriter, and will be remembered for the hits "Ain't That a Shame", "Blueberry Hill", "Walkin` to New Orleans" and many others. He began his successful career in 1949 with the song "The Fat Man", which sold millions of copies, which was not the case with the then rock and roll scene. The New Orleans musician has sold more than 65 million records, a circulation that surpassed only Elvis Presley in the 50s. He had 40 songs on the charts for 11 songs on the charts for the 10 best pop songs. At one concert, Presley portrayed him as the man who had the greatest influence on him early in his career.