1. On June 3, 1863, the Battle of Kittery Point took place during the American Civil War. Confederate raiders attempted to capture the town's shipbuilding facilities, but Union forces successfully defended the area.

2. Maine became the 23rd state to eliminate the death penalty on June 3, 1887, when Governor Bodwell signed a bill into law.

3. The Portland Museum of Art was founded on June 3, 1882, as the Portland Society of Art. It remains one of Maine's premier cultural institutions today.

4. On June 3, 1962, the USS Nautilus became the first submarine to successfully complete a submerged transit of the North Pole. The vessel, which was built in Kittery, Maine, remains on display at the Submarine Force Library and Museum in Groton, Connecticut.

5. In 1983, Waterville native and legendary author Stephen King published his novel "Christine." The book tells the story of a possessed 1958 Plymouth Fury and was adapted into a film in 1983.