On this day — June 3

In Sudan, over 100 people are killed when security forces accompanied by Janjaweed militiamen storm and open fire on a sit-in protest.

Nigeria, killing everyone on board plus six people on the ground.

a high speed train derails at Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people.

a case brought by Torres Strait Islander Eddie Mabo which led to the Native Title Act 1993 overturning the long-held colonial assumption of terra nullius.

Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.

a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.

he survives but is left paralysed.

United States, causing five deaths and $300 million (equivalent to $1172 million in 2025) worth of damage.