June, 4th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Saturday 04, 2005:
First day of Einstein Symposium in Alexandria, Egypt.

Wednesday 04, 2003:
U.S. lifestyle guru Martha Stewart and her broker are indicted for using privileged investment information and then obstructing a federal investigation. Stewart also resigns as chairperson and chief executive officer of Martha Stewart Living.

Thursday 04, 1998:
Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.

Tuesday 04, 1991:
Britain's Conservative government announces that some British regiments would disappear or be merged into others – the largest armed forces cuts in almost twenty years.

Sunday 04, 1989:
Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 645 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.

Saturday 04, 1988:
1988 -The Canadian Heraldic Authority is founded.

Wednesday 04, 1986:
Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.

Tuesday 04, 1974:
Baseball: The Cleveland Indians host "Ten Cent Beer Night", but have to forfeit the game to the Texas Rangers due to drunken and unruly fans.

Monday 04, 1973:
patent for the ATM granted to Don Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain.

Thursday 04, 1970:
Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.

Sunday 04, 1961:
Lake Bodom murders in Finland.

Sunday 04, 1944:
World War II: Rome falls to the Allies, the first Axis powers capital to fall.

Friday 04, 1943:
Military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.

Thursday 04, 1942:
World War II: Battle of Midway begins. Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island with much of the Imperial Japanese navy.

Tuesday 04, 1940:
The Destroyer War Badge for Kriegsmarine was instituted.

Sunday 04, 1939:
Holocaust: The SS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, United States, after already having been turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, most of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.

Thursday 04, 1936:
Léon Blum becomes Prime Minister of France.

Friday 04, 1926:
Robert Earl Hughes sets current record for world's heaviest human.

Friday 04, 1920:
Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.

Wednesday 04, 1919:
Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.

Monday 04, 1917:
The Order of the British Empire is introduced.

Wednesday 04, 1913:
Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of the king's <!--name?---> horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She is trampled and dies a few days later, never having regained consciousness.

Thursday 04, 1896:
Henry Ford test-drives the first automobile he designed &ndash; the Quadricycle (it was also the first automobile he ever drove).

Tuesday 04, 1878:
Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.

Sunday 04, 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 having left New York City.

Wednesday 04, 1862:
American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.

Saturday 04, 1859:
Italian Independence wars: in the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeats an Austrian army.

Thursday 04, 1812:
Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the territory previously known by that name was renamed the Missouri Territory.

Wednesday 04, 1794:
British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti.

Monday 04, 1792:
Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Great Britain.

Sunday 04, 1769:
A transit of Venus is followed five hours later by a total solar eclipse, the shortest such interval in the historical past.

Wednesday 04, 1760:
Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia Canada taken from the Acadians.

Thursday 04, 1615:
Forces under the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.

Tuesday 04, 1039:
Henry III becomes King of Germany.

Wednesday 04, -780:
The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/04-june/on-this-day.html


People born on June 04

1986:
Shane Kippel, Canadian actor (b: June 4, 1986) (Biography of Shane Kippel)

1977:
Quinten Hann, Australian snooker player (b: June 4, 1977) (Biography of Quinten Hann)

1975:
Angelina Jolie, American actress (b: June 4, 1975) (Biography of Angelina Jolie)

1974:
Andrew Gwynne, British politician (b: June 4, 1974) (Biography of Andrew Gwynne)

1972:
Derian Hatcher, American hockey player (b: June 4, 1972) (Biography of Derian Hatcher)

1971:
Noah Wyle, American actor (b: June 4, 1971) (Biography of Noah Wyle)

1970:
David Pybus, British musician (b: June 4, 1970) (Biography of David Pybus)

1969:
Horatio Sanz, Chilean-born comedian (b: June 4, 1969) (Biography of Horatio Sanz)

1966:
Cecilia Bartoli, Italian mezzo-soprano (b: June 4, 1966) (Biography of Cecilia Bartoli)
Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician (b: June 4, 1966) (Biography of Vladimir Voevodsky)
Tiffany Million, American actress (b: June 4, 1966) (Biography of Tiffany Million)

1965:
Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer (b: June 4, 1965) (Biography of Mick Doohan)

1956:
Keith David, American actor (b: June 4, 1956) (Biography of Keith David)
John Hockenberry, American journalist (b: June 4, 1956) (Biography of John Hockenberry)

1952:
Parker Stevenson, American actor and director (b: June 4, 1952) (Biography of Parker Stevenson)

1947:
Viktor Klima, Chancellor of Austria (b: June 4, 1947) (Biography of Viktor Klima)

1945:
Gordon Waller, Scottish musician (Peter and Gordon) (b: June 4, 1945) (Biography of Gordon Waller)

1944:
Michelle Phillips, American actress, singer (b: June 4, 1944) (Biography of Michelle Phillips)

1937:
Freddy Fender, American musician (b: June 4, 1937) (Biography of Freddy Fender)
Robert Fulghum, American author (b: June 4, 1937) (Biography of Robert Fulghum)

1936:
Bruce Dern, American actor (b: June 4, 1936) (Biography of Bruce Dern)

1932:
John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b: June 4, 1932 ; d: November 29, 2004) (Biography of John Drew Barrymore)
Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer (b: June 4, 1932 ; d: October 10, 2004) (Biography of Maurice Shadbolt)

1928:
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, German-American sex therapist and author (b: June 4, 1928) (Biography of Ruth Westheimer)

1924:
Dennis Weaver, American actor (b: June 4, 1924) (Biography of Dennis Weaver)

1919:
Robert Merrill, American baritone (b: June 4, 1919 ; d: October 23, 2004) (Biography of Robert Merrill)

1910:
Christopher Sydney Cockerell, British engineer and inventor (b: June 4, 1910 ; d: June 1, 1999) (Biography of Christopher Sydney Cockerell)

1907:
Rosalind Russell, American actress (b: June 4, 1907 ; d: November 28, 1976) (Biography of Rosalind Russell)

1877:
Heinrich Wieland, German biochemist (b: June 4, 1877) (Biography of Heinrich Wieland)

1867:
C.G.E. Mannerheim, President of Finland (b: June 4, 1867) (Biography of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim)

1801:
Sir James Pennethorne, English architect (b: June 4, 1801) (Biography of James Pennethorne)

1754:
Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Austrian scientific editor and astronomer (b: June 4, 1754 ; d: September 2, 1832) (Biography of Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach)

1738:
King George III of Great Britain (b: June 4, 1738) (Biography of George III of Great Britain)

1704:
Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b: June 4, 1704 ; d: June 20, 1776) (Biography of Benjamin Huntsman)

1694:
François Quesnay, French economist (b: June 4, 1694 ; d: December 16, 1774) (Biography of François Quesnay)

1665:
Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian soldier (b: June 4, 1665) (Biography of Zacharie Robutel de La Noue)

1489:
Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b: June 4, 1489 ; d: June 14, 1544) (Biography of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine)

-470:
Socrates, Greek philosopher (b: June 4, -470) (Biography of Socrates)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/04-june/births.html

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People who died on June 04

2004:
Steve Lacy (d: June 4, 2004) (Biography of Steve Lacy)

2002:
Fernando Belaunde Terry (d: June 4, 2002) (Biography of Fernando Belaunde Terry)

2001:
Dipendra of Nepal (d: June 4, 2001) (Biography of Dipendra of Nepal)
John Hartford, American musician (b: December 30, 1937 ; d: June 4, 2001) (Biography of John Hartford)

1990:
Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (b: October 22, 1949 ; d: June 4, 1990) (Biography of Stiv Bators)

1973:
Maurice René Fréchet (d: June 4, 1973) (Biography of Maurice René Fréchet)

1971:
Georg Lukács, Hungarian-born philosopher and literary critic (b: April 13, 1885 ; d: June 4, 1971) (Biography of Georg Lukács)

1968:
Dorothy Gish, American actress (b: March 11, 1898 ; d: June 4, 1968) (Biography of Dorothy Gish)

1951:
Serge Koussevitsky, Russian conductor (b: July 26, 1874 ; d: June 4, 1951) (Biography of Serge Koussevitsky)

1942:
Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi official (b: March 7, 1904 ; d: June 4, 1942) (Biography of Reinhard Heydrich)

1941:
Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany (b: January 27, 1859 ; d: June 4, 1941) (Biography of Wilhelm II of Germany)

1939:
Tommy Ladnier, American musician (b: May 28, 1900 ; d: June 4, 1939) (Biography of Tommy Ladnier)

1928:
Chang Tso-lin (d: June 4, 1928) (Biography of Chang Tso-lin)

1875:
Eduard Mörike, German poet (b: September 8, 1804 ; d: June 4, 1875) (Biography of Eduard Mörike)

1872:
Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Dutch politician (b: January 14, 1798 ; d: June 4, 1872) (Biography of Johan Rudolf Thorbecke)

1801:
Frederick Muhlenberg, first speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b: January 1, 1750 ; d: June 4, 1801) (Biography of Frederick Muhlenberg)

1798:
Giacomo Casanova (d: June 4, 1798) (Biography of Giacomo Casanova)

1663:
William Juxon (d: June 4, 1663) (Biography of William Juxon)

1585:
Muretus, French humanist (b: April 12, 1526 ; d: June 4, 1585) (Biography of Muretus)

1463:
Flavio Biondo (d: June 4, 1463) (Biography of Flavio Biondo)

1257:
Przemysl I of Poland (d: June 4, 1257) (Biography of Przemysl I of Poland)

1039:
Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (d: June 4, 1039) (Biography of Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/04-june/deaths.html