Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 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 1983 - Ivan Tors, producer, writer, animal trainer 1990 - Stiv Bators, musician ("The Dead Boys") 1999 - Noemi Dominguez, schoolteacher 1999 - Josephine Konvicka, 73-year old senior citizen 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 January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.