Today is Tuesday, June 3, the 154th day of 2025. There are 211 days left in the year.

On June 3, 1943, an altercation between U.S. Navy sailors and young Mexican Americans on the streets of Los Angeles led to several days of clashes known as the Zoot Suit Riots, during which white mobs attacked Mexican Americans across the city, injuring more than 150.

In 1844, the last confirmed specimens of the great auk were killed on Eldey island, near Iceland.

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