On This Day: Ayatollah Khomeini died in 1989

Following are some of the major events that occurred on June 3: German cartographer Martin Behaim unveiled the Erdapfel (“Earth Apple”), the first known globe to show the Americas. English forces under Sir Richard Leveson decisively defeated a Spanish fleet at the Battle of Sesimbra Bay, marking a turning point in the Anglo-Spanish War. Astronaut Edward H.

White II became the first American to perform a spacewalk during the Gemini 4 mission. A Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner crashed near Paris during a demonstration flight, killing all 12 on board and eight on the ground. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran and a key figure in the 1979 Iranian Revolution, died.

Edward H. White II, the first American to walk in space, was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. The High Court of Australia recognised native title, a form of Aboriginal land rights, for the first time in the Mabo Case.

A high-speed train derailed near the town of Eschede, Germany, resulting in the deadliest railway accident in German history with 101 fatalities. ASOS, a major online retailer for fashion and beauty products, was founded in London. The trial of Chelsea Manning (formerly Bradley Manning), a US soldier who leaked classified documents to WikiLeaks, began at Fort Meade, Maryland.

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