June 4

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

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