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June 4th


- Bhagat Puran Singh's Birthday. (Sikhism)
- Birthday of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (Finland)
- Christian Feast Day
- Emancipation Day or Independence Day, commemorates the abolition of serfdom in Tonga by King George Tupou in 1862, and the independence of Tonga from the British protectorate in 1970. (Tonga)
- International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (International)
- National Unity Day or A nemzeti összetartozás napja (Hungary)

June 4th


- 2001 - Gyanendra, the last King of Nepal, ascends to the throne after the massacre in the Royal Palace.
- 1998 - Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
- 1996 - The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 20 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
- 1989 - Ali Khamenei is elected the new Supreme Leader of Islamic republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
- 1989 - The Tiananmen Square protests are violently ended in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army.
- 1989 - Solidarity's victory in the first (somewhat) free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparks off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe, leads to the creation of the so-called Contract Sejm and begins the Autumn of Nations.
- 1989 - Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
- 1986 - Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
- 1979 - Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
- 1974 - During Ten Cent Beer Night, inebriated Cleveland Indians fans start a riot, causing the game to be forfeited to the Texas Rangers.
- 1973 - A patent for the ATM is granted to Donald Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain.
- 1970 - Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1967 - Stockport Air Disaster: British Midland flight G-ALHG crashes in Hopes Carr, Stockport, killing 72 passengers and crew.
- 1944 - World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505 – the first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
- 1944 - World War II: Rome falls to the Allies, the first Axis capital to fall.
- 1943 - A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
- 1942 - World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese navy.
- 1940 - World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends – British forces complete evacuation of 300,000 troops from Dunkirk in France.
- 1939 - Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
- 1928 - President of the Republic of China Zhang Zuolin is assassinated by Japanese agents.
- 1920 - Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
- 1919 - Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
- 1917 - The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for 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.
- 1913 - Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness and dies a few days later.
- 1912 - Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
- 1896 - Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
- 1878 - Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
- 1876 - An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
- 1862 - American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
- 1859 - Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army.
- 1825 - French American Revolutionary War General Lafayette speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States.
- 1812 - Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
- 1802 - Grieving over the death of his wife, Marie Clotilde of France, King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.
- 1794 - British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti.
- 1792 - Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- 1783 - The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfičre (hot air balloon).
- 1760 - Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada taken from the Acadians.
- 1615 - Siege of Osaka: Forces under the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.
- 1584 - Sir Walter Raleigh establishes the first English colony on Roanoke Island, old Virginia (now North Carolina).
- 1039 - Henry III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
- 781 - 781 BC – The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China.

June 4th


- 1992 - Dino Jelusi?, Croatian singer
- 1991 - Megan Prescott, British actress
- 1991 - Kathryn Prescott, British actress
- 1989 - Federico Erba, Italian footballer
- 1987 - Mollie King, British singer (The Saturdays)
- 1986 - Shane Kippel, Canadian actor
- 1986 - Micky, South Korean singer (TVXQ)
- 1986 - Tori Praver, American model
- 1985 - Evan Lysacek, American 2010 Olympic champion figure skater
- 1985 - Lukas Podolski, German footballer
- 1985 - Alicja Janosz, Polish singer
- 1985 - Bar Refaeli, Israeli model
- 1985 - Oddvar Reiakvam, Norwegian politician
- 1984 - Kento Handa, Japanese actor
- 1984 - Jenaveve Jolie, American pornographic actress
- 1984 - Enrico Rossi Chauvenet, Italian footballer
- 1984 - Ian White, Canadian hockey player
- 1984 - Rainie Yang, Taiwanese singer and actress
- 1984 - Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian fashion model (d. 2006)
- 1983 - Emmanuel Eboué, Ivorian footballer
- 1983 - Koffi Ndri Romaric, Ivorian footballer
- 1982 - Jamie Dornan, Irish model and actor
- 1982 - Jin, American rapper
- 1982 - Ronnie Prude, American football player
- 1981 - T. J. Miller, American actor and comedian
- 1981 - Giourkas Seitaridis, Greek footballer
- 1980 - François Beauchemin, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 - Naohiro Takahara, Japanese footballer
- 1979 - Daniel Vickerman, Australian rugby union player
- 1977 - Dionisis Chiotis, Greek footballer
- 1977 - Quinten Hann, Australian snooker player
- 1977 - Berglind Icey, Icelandic actor
- 1977 - Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer
- 1977 - Roman Miroshnichenko, Russian guitarist
- 1976 - Kasey Chambers, Australian alternative country singer-songwriter
- 1975 - Russell Brand, British comedian, actor and television personality
- 1975 - Henry Burris, American football player
- 1975 - Angelina Jolie, American actress
- 1974 - Darin Erstad, American baseball player
- 1974 - Andrew Gwynne, British politician
- 1974 - Stefan Lessard, American musician
- 1974 - Buddy Wakefield, American poet
- 1973 - Mikey Whipwreck, American professional wrestler
- 1972 - Nikka Costa, American singer
- 1972 - Derian Hatcher, American ice hockey player
- 1972 - Joe Hill, American writer
- 1972 - Rob Huebel, American comedian
- 1971 - James Callis, British actor
- 1971 - Joseph Kabila, Congolese politician
- 1971 - Sh?ji Meguro, Japanese composer
- 1971 - Noah Wyle, American actor
- 1970 - Richie Hawtin, Canadian musician
- 1970 - David Pybus, British musician
- 1970 - Izabella Scorupco, Polish actress
- 1969 - Horatio Sanz, Chilean-born comedian
- 1968 - Al B. Sure, American R&B singer
- 1968 - Scott Wolf, American actor
- 1967 - Robert Shane Kimbrough, American astronaut
- 1966 - Cecilia Bartoli, Italian mezzo-soprano
- 1966 - Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician
- 1965 - Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer
- 1965 - Andrea Jaeger, American tennis player
- 1964 - Koji Yamamura Japanese Animator
- 1964 - Sean Pertwee, English actor
- 1963 - Xavier McDaniel, American basketball player
- 1962 - John P. Kee, American gospel singer
- 1962 - Zenon Jasku?a, Polish cyclist
- 1962 - Krzysztof Holowczyc, Polish rally driver
- 1961 - El DeBarge, American singer (DeBarge)
- 1961 - Ferenc Gyurcsány, 6th Prime Minister of Hungary
- 1960 - Bradley Walsh, British actor
- 1959 - Juan Camacho, Bolivian long-distance runner
- 1958 - Eddie Velez, American Actor
- 1957 - Yoon Suk-ho, South Korean director
- 1957 - John Treacy, Irish athlete
- 1956 - Martin Adams, English darts player
- 1956 - Keith David, American actor
- 1956 - John Hockenberry, American journalist
- 1956 - Terry Kennedy, American baseball player
- 1956 - Gerry Ryan, Irish radio talkshow host (d. 2010)
- 1955 - Val McDermid, Scottish writer
- 1955 - Paul Stewart, English writer
- 1955 - Mary Testa, American stage actress
- 1953 - Linda Lingle, 6th Governor of Hawaii
- 1953 - Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish musician (d. 1979)
- 1953 - Susumu Ojima, Japanese entrepreneur (Huser)
- 1953 - Paul Samson, British guitarist (Samson) (d. 2002)
- 1952 - Bronis?aw Komorowski, Marshal of the Polish Sejm and acting President of Poland
- 1952 - Parker Stevenson, American actor and director
- 1951 - Wendy Pini, American comic book writer and artist
- 1950 - Dagmar Krause, German singer (Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, Art Bears)
- 1950 - George Noory, American radio personality
- 1950 - Kevin Woodford, English celebrity chef
- 1949 - Gabriel Arcand, French Canadian actor
- 1949 - Lou Macari, Scottish footballer
- 1948 - Bob Champion, English jockey
- 1948 - Jurgen Sparwasser, German footballer
- 1947 - Viktor Klima, Chancellor of Austria
- 1945 - Anthony Braxton, American composer and instrumentalist
- 1945 - Gordon Waller, Scottish musician (Peter and Gordon) (d. 2009)
- 1944 - Michelle Phillips, American singer (The Mamas & the Papas) and actress
- 1943 - Joyce Meyer, American religious leader
- 1942 - Louis Reichardt, American mountaineer
- 1941 - Kenneth G. Ross, Australian playwright and screenwriter
- 1940 - Ludwig Schwarz, Austrian bishop
- 1938 - Art Mahaffey, American baseball player
- 1937 - Freddy Fender, American musician (d. 2006)
- 1937 - Robert Fulghum, American author
- 1937 - Gorilla Monsoon, American professional wrestler (d. 1999)
- 1937 - Mortimer Zuckerman, American publisher
- 1936 - Nutan Behl, Indian actress (d. 1991)
- 1936 - Bruce Dern, American actor
- 1935 - Colette Boky, Quebec operatic soprano
- 1934 - Seamus Elliott, Irish cyclist (d. 1971)
- 1932 - John Drew Barrymore, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1932 - Oliver Nelson, American jazz composer and arranger (d. 1975)
- 1932 - Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer
- 1930 - Morgana King, American actress
- 1930 - Viktor Tikhonov, Russian hockey player and coach
- 1929 - Karolos Papoulias, Greek politician
- 1928 - Ruth Westheimer, German-born American sex therapist and author
- 1927 - Henning Carlsen, Danish film director
- 1927 - Geoffrey Palmer, English actor
- 1926 - Robert Earl Hughes, American man who became the heaviest known human (d. 1958)
- 1924 - Tofilau Eti Alesana, Prime Minister of Samoa (d. 1999)
- 1924 - Dennis Weaver, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1923 - Elizabeth Jolley, Australian writer (d. 2007)
- 1921 - Emilio Komar, Slovenian-born Argentine philosopher (d. 2006)
- 1921 - Bobby Wanzer, American professional basketball player and coach
- 1917 - Robert Merrill, American baritone (d. 2004)
- 1916 - Robert F. Furchgott, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2009)
- 1916 - Fernand Leduc, Canadian painter (The Automatistes)
- 1912 - Robert Jacobsen, Danish artist (d. 1993)
- 1910 - Christopher Sydney Cockerell, British engineer and inventor (d. 1999)
- 1907 - Jacques Roumain, Haitian writer (d. 1944)
- 1907 - Rosalind Russell, American actress (d. 1976)
- 1907 - Patience Strong, English poet and journalist (d. 1990)
- 1904 - Bhagat Puran Singh, Punjabi social activist (d. 1992)
- 1901 - Ir. Soekarno, the first president of the Republic of Indonesia (d. 1967)
- 1899 - Hassan Fathy, Egyptian architect (d. 1989)
- 1894 - Madame Bolduc, French Canadian singer (d. 1941)
- 1887 - Tom Longboat, marathon runner (d. 1949)
- 1881 - Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter (d. 1962)
- 1880 - Clara Blandick, American actress (d. 1962)
- 1879 - Mabel Lucie Attwell, English children's author and illustrator (d. 1964)
- 1877 - Heinrich Wieland, German biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1957)
- 1867 - C.G.E. Mannerheim, Marshal, Supreme Commander and later President of Finland (d. 1951)
- 1866 - Miina Sillanpää, Finnish politician (d. 1952)
- 1829 - Jinmaku Ky?gor?, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (d. 1903)
- 1821 - Apollon Maykov, Russian poet (d. 1897)
- 1801 - James Pennethorne, English architect (d. 1871)
- 1787 - Constant Prévost, French geologist (d. 1856)
- 1754 - Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Austrian editor and astronomer (d. 1832)
- 1744 - Patrick Ferguson, Scots army officer and rifle designer (d. 1780)
- 1738 - King George III of Great Britain (d. 1820)
- 1704 - Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (d. 1776)
- 1694 - François Quesnay, French economist (d. 1774)
- 1665 - Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian soldier (d. 1733)
- 1604 - Claudia de' Medici, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1648)
- 1489 - Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544)
- 1394 - Philippa of England, queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430)