1. On June 3, 1864, Confederate General Wade Hampton led a mounted charge against Union troops at the Battle of Trevilian Station in Louisa County, Virginia. The battle was the largest all-cavalry engagement of the Civil War and resulted in a Confederate victory.

2. On June 3, 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Evers, who was born in Decatur, Mississippi, was the field secretary for the NAACP in Mississippi and had been instrumental in the desegregation of the University of Mississippi.

3. South Carolina Governor John C. West signed a bill legalizing riverboat gambling on June 3, 1984. The bill allowed cruise ships to sail out to international waters, where gambling was legal, and then return to South Carolina without breaking any state laws. The law was later repealed in 1999.

4. On June 3, 1992, Hurricane Andrew made landfall near Homestead, Florida, causing extensive damage and loss of life. The storm caused $27 billion in damage and was one of the most destructive hurricanes in U.S. history. South Carolina was also affected by the storm, with high winds and heavy rain causing flooding and power outages.

5. On June 3, 2015, South Carolina Senator Clementa Pinckney and eight others were killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. The shooting was committed by a white supremacist who had previously expressed racist views online. The incident sparked a nationwide conversation about racism and gun violence.