June 3 - Mark the Calendar

Mark the Calendar:

1829. Bertuccio, fearing capture, abandons his contraband cargo and swims for shore.

--Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo.


1928 – Douglas Spaulding eats the first Eskimo Pie of the summer.

--Ray Bradbury: Dandelion Wine.


Billy Joe McAllister jumps off the Tallahachee Bridge.

--Bobbie Gentry: Ode to Billy Joe.