June 3. The first opium war begins in China, 1839.

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June 3, 1939. The first opium war begins in China when Lin Tse-hsu destroys 2500 pounds of opium confiscated from the British.Postcard of opium smokers in China, circa 1910.

June 3. The first opium war begins in China, 1839.

June 4. The Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco in 1876.

June 3. Jim Gentile is born in 1934.