On 3 June...

...in 1723, great Italian naturalist Giovanni Scopoli was born. Like many Italians, he had a great love of birds.

...we celebrate the traditional Roman festival of the female war deity, Bellona. This is the one day of the year when, according to tradition, it is allowable to antagonise people from other nations and assassinate their head of state.

...in 1657, William Harvey, the British physician who first correctly described how the heart pumps blood around the body died of a stroke - and people say God does not have a sense of humour.

...rock chick pioneer, Suzi Quatro celebrates her 58th birthday. Suzi trivia – she was once in a band called, “Fanny”, and her niece is the actress Sherilyn Fenn.