Wikipedia: June 4

June 4
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June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining.

Events

780 BC - The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China
1039 - Henry II becomes King of Germany
1070 - Roquefort cheese is created in a cave near Roquefort, France
1760 - New England planters arrive to take land in Nova Scotia Canada taken from the Acadians
1763 - At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort
1792 - Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Great Britain
1812 - War of 1812: The United States Congress votes for war against Britain
1862 - American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee
1876 - An express train arrives in San Francisco, California only 83 hours after having left New York City
1878 - The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom
1892 - The Sierra Club is incorporated in San Francisco, California
1913 - Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of the king's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She is trampled and dies a few days later, never having regained consciousness.
1917 - The very first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for a biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World
1920 - The Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris
1936 - Léon Blum becomes Prime Minister of France
1940 - World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation is completed
1940 - German forces enter Paris
1942 - World War II: The Battle of Midway begins
1970 - Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom
1986 - Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel
1989 - The Tiananmen Square protests are suppressed in Beijing and are covered live on television
1989 - A succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions occurs in Eastern Europe
1999 - Noemi Dominguez, of Houston, Texas, is murdered by Angel Maturino Resendiz. She is his sixth victim in his fifth incident.
1999 - Josephine Konvicka, of Fayette County, Texas, is murdered in a barn not far from Weimar, Texas by Angel Maturino Resendiz. She is his seventh victim in his sixth incident.

Births

1489 - Anthony II of Lorraine, 'Il Buono', Duke of Lorraine (+ 1544)
1738 - King George III of Great Britain (+ 1820)
1754 - Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Scientific Editor, Astronomer (+ 1832)
1867 - Alfred Vierkandt, sociologist (+ 1953)
1877 - Heinrich Wieland, biochemist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in chemistry 1927 (+ 1957
1882 - Karl Valentin, comedian and author (+ 1948)
1887 - Tom Longboat (+ 1949, marathon runner and World War I despatch runner
1907 (or 1908 or 1912) - Rosalind Russell, actress (+ 1976)
1910 - Robert Anderson, economic advisor to President Dwight D. Eisenhower
1915 - Heinrich Tenhumberg, theologian, bishop of Münster (+ 1979)
1919 - Robert Merrill, opera singer
1924 - Dennis Weaver, actor
1926 - Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish footballer
1928 - Dr. Ruth Westheimer, sex therapist, author
1929 - Günter Strack, actor (+ 1999)
1929 - John Drew Barrymore, actor
1936 - Bruce Dern, actor
1937 - Freddy Fender, country musician
1945 - Gordon Waller, musician ("Peter and Gordon")
1947 - Viktor Klima, former Austrian Chancellor
1952 - Parker Stevenson, actor, director
1956 - John Hockenberry, journalist
1944 - Michelle Phillips, actress, singer
1962 - Lindsay Frost, actress
1965 - Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer
1971 - Noah Wyle, actor
1972 - Derian Hatcher, hockey player
1975 - Angelina Jolie, actress
1978 - Dr. Mark J. Cuva, scientist

Deaths

1039 - Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor
1798 - Giacomo Casanova, famous lover
1801 - Frederick Muhlenberg, first speaker of the United States House of Representatives
1872 - Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Dutch politician
1941 - Kaiser Wilhelm II
1942 - Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi official
1968 - Dorothy Gish, actress
1973 - Maurice René Fréchet, mathematician
1983 - Ivan Tors, producer, writer, animal trainer
1990 - Stiv Bators, musician ("The Dead Boys")
1999 - Noemi Dominguez, schoolteacher
2001 - John Hartford, musician, composer

Holidays and observances

Tonga - National Day

See Also:

June 3 - June 5 - May 4 - July 4 -- listing of all days

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