June 4

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on June 4. From 1900 until now. June 4 is under the sign of Gemini. Famous birthdays on this day include Angelina Jolie (1975), Russell Brand (1975) and Bar Refaeli (1985). Several movies were released around June 4 over the years, such as Ferris Bueller's Day Off in 1986 directed by John Hughes and A Summer's Tale in 1996 directed by Éric Rohmer.
But much more happened on June 4 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Feast day of St Francis Caracciolo.
Feast day of Saint Petrock of Cornwall.
United States - Pentecost in 2006
Hong Kong - Tiananmen Square Protest of 1989 memorial day.
Finland - National flag day of the Finnish Defence Forces (on Mannerheim's birthday).
Tonga - National Day.
International Innocent Child Abuse Victim Day.
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Events

2019 British-American cruise operator Carnival Corporation & PLC is fined $20 million for environmental violations. (NPR)
2018 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): A suicide bombing at a gathering of clerics in Kabul leaves seven people dead. The religious gathering had earlier issued a fatwa against suicide bombings. (Time)
2017 June 2017 London attack: In the early hours of Sunday morning, explosions are heard around London Bridge, believed to be controlled explosions carried out by the police. (Metro)The death toll from the attacks is seven with at least 48 injured. Officials say that the three attackers were killed by the police. (The Washington Post), (AP) (BBC)
2016 Syrian Civil War: Syrian Government forces enter Raqqa province, the joint capital of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. It is one of three simultaneous attacks in Iraq and Syria. (Haaretz)
2015 Several rockets were fired from Gaza at Israel and exploded near the cities of Ashdod, Netivot and Ashkelon causing no casualties. The IDF retaliated with airstrikes against empty Hamas training camps in Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
2014 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine:: Separatists capture two Ukrainian Military bases in Luhansk Oblast as fighting continues near the rebel-held town of Sloviansk. (BBC)
2013 2013 protests in Turkey:: Turkish public servants go on a two-day strike in support of the protests as a second fatality is reported. (AFP via The Daily Telegraph)Support for the protests in Turkey spread across Europe with demonstrators gathering outside the EU Parliament in Brussels, and France. (Al Jazeera)
2012 Mexican Drug War: gunmen kill 11 people at a rehabilitation clinic in the city of Torreón, Coahuila. (Reuters)
2011 Chile's Puyehue volcano erupts, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia and forcing over 3,000 people to evacuate.
2010 California firm SpaceX launches the Falcon 9 rocket on its maiden test flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rocket successfully achieves Earth orbit.
2009 United Kingdom Secretary of State for Work and Pensions James Purnell announces his resignation and requests that Prime Minister Gordon Brown also resign. ''(Guardian)''
2008 The Detroit Red Wings win the NHL's Stanley Cup in a 3-2 Game Six win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
2007 The United Nations Environment Programme estimates that 40% of the world population will be affected by the loss of glaciers and snow on the mountains of Asia due to global warming. (UNEP)
2006 The Islamic Courts militia captures the key town of Balad, located near the Somalian capital Mogadishu, from a member of the warlord coalition, ARPCT. Reports say at least 15 people are killed in the fighting. (BBC)
2005 In the context of the Parti Québécois National Congress, Bernard Landry announces his surprise resignation as leader of the Parti Québécois, the major party in Quebec that advocates national independence for Quebec. (CTV)
2004 Marvin Heemeyer destroys many local buildings with a home-made tank in Granby, Colorado.
2003 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.
2001 Gyanendra, the last King of Nepal, ascends to the throne after the massacre in the Royal Palace.
2000 An earthquake hits Bengkulu, Indonesia, leaving 94 dead.
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.
1995 Jackie Mason: Politically Incorrect closes at Golden NYC at 347 performances
1994 Haile Gebre Selassie runs world record 5 km (12:56.96)
1992 San Jose voters reject Giants plan to build a new stadium
1991 1st post WWII non-communist government in Albania
1990 24th Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Patty Loveless
1989 Gas explodes near 2 passenger trains in the USSR, kills 100s
1988 Cabaret closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 262 performances
1987 Danny Harris beats Edwin Moses, ends streak of 122 consecutive hurdle wins.
1986 Jonathan Pollard, spy for Israel, pleads guilty in US court to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence.
1985 STS 51-G vehicle moves to launch pad
1984 18th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers
1983 53rd French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Mima Jausovec (61 62)
1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, released in USA
1981 54th National Spelling Bee: Paige Pipkin wins spelling sarcophagus
1979 South-African President Vorster resigns due to scandal
1978 Working closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 25 performances
1977 Apple II, the 1st personal computer, goes on sale
1976 The Boston Celtics defeat the Phoenix Suns 128-126 in triple overtime in Game 5 of the NBA Finals at the Boston Garden. In 1997, the game is selected by a panel of experts as the greatest of the NBA's first 50 years.
1975 Oldest animal fossils in US discovered in North Carolina
1974 10 cent Beer Night at Cleveland, unruly fans stumble onto field and cause Indians to forfeit the game to Rangers with score tied 5-5 in 9th
1973 43rd French Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beats C Evert (67 76 64)
1972 Angela Davis, black activist, acquitted of killing a white guard
1971 J Luns appointed Secretary General of NATO
1970 43rd National Spelling Bee: Libby Childress wins spelling croissant
1969 22-year-old man sneaks into wheel pod of a jet parked in Havana and survives 9-hr flight to Spain despite thin oxygen levels at 29,000 ft
1968 Don Drysdale pitches his 6th straight shutout, en route to 58 innings.
1967 19th Emmy Awards: Mission Impossible, Monkees, Don Knotts and Lucy Ball
1966 Batman & His Grandmother by Dickie Goodman hits #70
1965 Duane Earl Pope robbed the Farmers' State Bank of Big Springs, Nebraska, killing three people execution style and severely wounding a fourth. The crime landed Pope on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list.
1964 Maldives adopts constitution
1963 1st transmission of Pop Go the Beatles on BBC radio
1962 Lee Harvey Oswald departs Rotterdam on SS Maasdam to US
1961 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1958 French Premier De Gaulle arrives in Algiers
1957 May and Cowdrey make 411 stand vs. WI Ramadhin bowls 98 overs
1956 Speech by USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev blasting Josef Stalin made public.
1955 Mickey Rooney Show, TV comedy last airs on NBC
1954 France grants Vietnam independence inside French Union
1953 Pitts trades outfielder Ralph Kiner and Joe Garagiola to Chic
1951 Mississippi Valley State University founded
1950 CVP wins Belgian parliamentary election
1949 Cavalcade of Stars debuts (DuMont)
1947 Louisiana Lady closes at Century Theater NYC after 4 performances
1946 Largest solar prominence (300,000 miles / 500,000 km) observed.
1945 6th Marine division occupies Orokoe Peninsula Okinawa
1944 1st British gliders touches down on French soil for D-Day
1943 Race riots in LA
1942 USS Yorktown sinks near Midway Island
1941 Rep of Croatia orders all Jews to wear a star with the letter Z
1940 1st night game at Forbes Field (Pirates 14, Braves 2)
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.
1938 70th Belmont: James Stout aboard Pasteurized wins in 2:29.6
1932 64th Belmont: Tom Malley aboard Faireno wins in 2:32.8
1929 George Eastman demonstrates 1st technicolor movie (Rochester NY)
1928 President of the Republic of China Zhang Zuolin is assassinated by Japanese agents.
1927 Johnny Weissmuller set swim records in 100-yard and 200-yard free-style
1926 Ignacy Moscicki becomes president of Poland.
1920 Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
1919 US marines invade Costa Rica.
1917 American men begin registering for the draft
1916 Russian General Brusilov fails on his Eastern Front attack
1912 Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
1907 Automatic washer and dryer introduced
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Famous Birthday

Angelina Jolie: American actress, notoriously off-beat,...
Russell Brand: English comedian, actor, radio host, and...
Bar Refaeli: Model.
Jean-Pierre Danel
Noah Wyle: American actor, best known for his role...
Michelle Phillips: American singer (The Mamas & the Papas)...
Antoine (singer)
Cecilia Bartoli: Italian coloratura mezzo-soprano opera...
Christophe Soumillon: Belgian Thoroughbred horse racing...
Izabella Scorupco: Polish-Swedish actress and singer.
Lukas Podolski: Soccer Player.
Deborah Compagnoni: Italian skier, receiving the Gold Medal...
Ruth Westheimer: German-American psychosexual therapist...
Scott Wolf: American actor, known for his roles in...
Mathieu Johann
Bruce Dern: American actor working in films since...
Joyce Meyer: American religious leader.
Amelia Warner
Antoine Arnault
Carlotta Champagne
Günter Strack
Georges Canguilhem: French philosopher, epistemologist, and...
Rosalind Russell: American actress noted for her 23 crisp,...
Mollie King: British singer (The Saturdays).
Gustav Nossal: Austrian-Australian scientist and...
Marie Ndiaye
Patrick Préjean
Don Diamond: American actor (d. 2011).
Gabriel Arcand: Canadian actor with noted family member,...
Tippi Degré: Namibian-French director.
Oona Chaplin: Movie Actress.
Megan Prescott: British actress.
Evan Spiegel: Entrepreneur.
Ferenc Gyurcsány: Hungarian businessman and politician 6th...
Kasey Chambers: Australian alternative country...
Brandon Jenner: Reality Star.
El Debarge: R&B Singer.
Trinidad Jiménez
Freddy Fender: American singer and guitarist (Texas...
Antônio Ermírio de Moraes
John Drew Barrymore: American actor (d. 2004).
Johnny Taylor: NBA forward (Orlando Magic).
Gothenburg (Sweden)
David Yip: Chinese-British actor who broke cultural...
James Callis: English actor and screenwriter.
Dennis Weaver: American actor who played the low-key...
T J Miller: American actor and comedian.
Godfried Danneels: Belgian Roman Catholic ecclesiastic,...
Pietro Lombardi: Italian Gold Medal wrestler, the winner...
Lucky Blue Smith
Xavier McDaniel: American basketball player and coach.
Jacques Berque: French educator, the study director of...
Pol Ferjac: French cartoonist and caricaturist.
Alain Rodet: French politician, a member of the...
Matt Gonzales
Ljupka Gojic
Park Yoochun
Morgana King: American singer and actress who was a...
Hubert Josef Urban
Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Marco Risi: Italian film director and noted family,...
Alicja Janosz: Polish singer.
Andrea Jaeger: American tennis player and preacher...
Jean-Jesus Chavarrias
Geli Raubal: Austrian news figure, the half-niece of...
Rick Ridding: Canadian astrologer, studied with the...
Laudec (cartoonist)
Christopher Cockerell: English engineer invented the hovercraft...
Paquito d'Rivera
Edmo Fenoglio: Italian film director; debut 1955 at the...
Jacques Godfrain
Jacques-Francis Manzone
Tori Praver: American model and fashion designer.
Paul Giacobbi
Gordon Waller: Scotland, United Kingdom -- Singer...
Carolos Papoulias
Richie Hawtin: English-Canadian DJ and producer.
Roger Ball: Scottish musician; member of the hit...
Bob Champion: English leading jump-jockey.
Jean-Claude Magnan
Annie Clark (actress)
Alexey Navalny
Tristan Maya: Arnay le Duc Writer.
Fedora Barbieri
N'Dri Romaric
Evan Lysacek: American 2010 Olympic champion figure...
Jordan Bratman
Tanya Dziahileva
Maria Canins: Italian racing cyclist who twice won and...
Mark Murro: Newark sports Champions.
Sy Richardson: American actor and singer.
Pierre Eyt: French ecclesiastic, a Roman Catholic...
Julien Coupat: French political activist.
Max Haufler
Joe Hill (writer)
Dominique Gisin
Sean Pertwee: English actor.
Sylvia La Torre
Nicolas Boukhrief
Theo Rossi: TV Actor.
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Famous Deaths

John Wooden: Basketball coach (UCLA-10 national...
Nino Manfredi: Italian actor, screenwriter and director...
Massimo Troisi: Italian actor and film director whose...
Jim Clark: American sheriff and segregationist...
Steve Lacy: American saxophonist (Born 1934).
Charles Vidor: Budapest, Hungary -- Direct (Rhapsody,...
Ronnie Lane: English bass player songwriter and...
Derek Leckenby: British guitarist (Herman's Hermits)...
Roberto Burle Marx: Landscape gardener, dies at 84.
Thomas Stuart Willan: Historian, dies at 84.
Reinhard Heydrich dies of his wounds from an assassination attempt Adolf Hitler appoints Karl Herman: and demands the execution of 10,000...
Harold Hoffman: American politician (Governor-New...
Menasha Skulnik: comedian (Menasha the Magnificent), dies...
Zhang Zuolin: Chinese warlord (Born 1873).
Georg Lukacs: Hungarian philosopher (Born 1885).
Carl Stotz: American Little League founder (Born...
Dipendra of: Nepal (Born 1971).
Kurt Adler: Austrian-born American conductor and...
Fernando Belaunde Terry: President of Peru for two...
Georg Kaiser: German dramatist, primarily seen as an...
Earle Warren: American jazz musician, an alto &...
Tommy Ladnier: American trumpet player (d. 1939).
Harry Frazee: Boston Red Sox owner from 1916-1923...
Fred Spofforth: Australian-English cricketer and...
Clem McCarthy: American sportscaster (Born 1882).
Sotiris Moustakas: Cypriot-Greek actor (d. 2007).
Nikos Sergianopoulos: Greek actor (Born 1952).
Arna Bontemps: Louisiana, United States -- Black author...
Samuil Marshak: Russian author and poet (d. 1964).
William Beebe: US biologist / explorer, dies at 84.
Toto Bissainthe: Voodoo poet, dies at 59.
Emily Wilding Davidson: Suffragette, trampled to death by a...
Sonny Tufts: Actor (Atomic Blonde, 7 Year Itch), dies...
Eugeen of Oye: Flemish writer / Poet (Sparks &...
Wilhelm II von Hohenzollern: Emperor (Germany, 1888-1918).
Jean du Bela: Singer / actor (Sobibor), dies at 39.
Max Kowalski: Composer, dies at 73.
Horace "Stephen" McNally: Attorney / actor (Johnny Belinda), dies...
William Charles Denis Browne: Composer, dies at 26.
Mildred J Hill: Composer / musician (Happy Birthday To...
William Halse Rivers: British psychologist / anthropologist.
Gheorghe Dima: Composer, dies at 77.
Pierre Louys [PF Louis]: French writer (Aphrodite).
Ibn Ali Hussein: King of Hejaz.
Serge Koussevitsky: Conductor / composer, dies at 76.
M Lichnowsky: Writer, dies at 79.
Lucien Littlefield: Actor (Mr Beasley-Blondie), dies at 64.
Dorothy Gish [de Guiche]: Actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70.
Jopie [Johan A] Pengel: Premier Suriname.
Godfried Devreese: Composer, dies at 79.
Ayatalloh Ruhullah Khomeini: Iranian leader (-1989), dies at 89.
Dik Browne: Cartoonist (Hi & Lois, Hagar the...
Vaclav Kaslik: Czech opera Composer / conductor, dies...
June Smaney: Actress (Sainted Sister), dies of...
Ernest Borneman: Sexual researcher psychotherapist, dies...
Herta Ryder: Literary agent, dies at 77.
William J Law: Sailor, dies at 84.
Hjalmar Schlacht in Munich: Germany; banker, director of the...
Maurice Rene Frechet: French mathematician (Born 1878).
Craig L Thomas: United States Senator (Born 1933).
Bernard Verhoeven: Poet / educator (Pleidooi near een non).
Clete Boyer: American baseball player and manager (d....
Freddie Scott: American singer and songwriter (Born...
Carl Albert Loeschhorn: Composer, dies at 85.
Evelyn Brent: Actress (Nitwits, Last Command, Spy...
Agathe Grondahl: Composer, dies at 59.
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