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What happend on 4. June in History
In our data base we found 320 events happened on 4. June:
• 1039: Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 990) [category: Deaths]
• 1039: Henry III becomes Holy Roman Emperor. [category: Events]
• 1134: Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1106) [category: Deaths]
• 1135: Emperor Huizong of Song (b. 1082) [category: Deaths]
• 1206: Adèle of Champagne, French wife of Louis VII of France (b. 1140) [category: Deaths]
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• 1257: Przemysł I of Greater Poland (b. 1221) [category: Deaths]
• 1394: Philippa of England (d. 1430) [category: Births]
• 1394: Mary de Bohun, English wife of Henry IV of England (b. 1369) [category: Deaths]
• 1411: King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries. [category: Events]
• 1463: Flavio Biondo, Italian historian (b. 1392) [category: Deaths]
• 1489: Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544) [category: Births]
• 1585: Muretus, French humanist (b. 1526) [category: Deaths]
• 1604: Claudia de' Medici, Italian daughter of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1648) [category: Births]
• 1615: Siege of Osaka: Forces under the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan. [category: Events]
• 1663: William Juxon, English archbishop (b. 1582) [category: Deaths]
• 1665: Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian soldier (d. 1733) [category: Births]
• 1694: François Quesnay, French economist (d. 1774) [category: Births]
• 1704: Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (d. 1776) [category: Births]
• 1738: George III of the United Kingdom (d. 1820) [category: Births]
• 1744: Patrick Ferguson, Scottish-English officer and designer of the Ferguson rifle (d. 1780) [category: Births]
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• 1754: Franz Xaver von Zach, Austrian editor and astronomer (d. 1832) [category: Births]
• 1754: Miguel de Azcuénaga, Argentine brigadier, member of the Primera Junta (d. 1833) [category: Births]
• 1760: Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada taken from the Acadians. [category: Events]
• 1783: The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon). [category: Events]
• 1787: Constant Prévost, French geologist (d. 1856) [category: Births]
• 1792: Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain. [category: Events]
• 1794: British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti. [category: Events]
• 1798: Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and writer (b. 1725) [category: Deaths]
• 1801: James Pennethorne, English architect, designed Victoria Park (d. 1871) [category: Births]
• 1801: Frederick Muhlenberg, American minister and politician (b. 1750) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1812: Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory. [category: Events]
• 1821: Apollon Maykov, Russian poet (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 1825: French American Revolutionary War General Lafayette speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States. [category: Events]
• 1829: Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (d. 1903) [category: Births]
• 1830: Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan general and statesmen, 2nd President of Bolivia (b. 1795) [category: Deaths]
• 1854: Solko van den Bergh, Dutch target shooter (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1859: Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army. [category: Events]
• 1862: American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee. [category: Events]
• 1866: Miina Sillanpää, Finnish politician (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1867: Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finish military officer and politician, 6th President of Finland (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1872: Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Dutch politician (b. 1798) [category: Deaths]
• 1875: Eduard Mörike, German poet (b. 1804) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1877: Heinrich Wieland, German biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1878: Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title. [category: Events]
• 1879: Mabel Lucie Attwell, English author and illustrator (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1880: Clara Blandick, American actress (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1887: Tom Longboat, Canadian runner (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1894: La Bolduc, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1896: Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run. [category: Events]
• 1899: Hassan Fathy, Egyptian architect (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1904: Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian writer, publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1907: Jacques Roumain, Haitian writer (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1907: Patience Strong, English poet and journalist (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1907: Rosalind Russell, American actress (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1910: Christopher Cockerell, English engineer and inventor, invented the hovercraft (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1912: Robert Jacobsen, Danish artist (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1912: Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1915: Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1916: Fernand Leduc, Canadian painter [category: Births]
• 1916: Robert F. Furchgott, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1916: World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia. [category: Events]
• 1917: Robert Merrill, American opera singer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 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). [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1920: Russell E. Train, American civil servant (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1920: Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris. [category: Events]
• 1921: Bobby Wanzer, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1921: Don Diamond, American actor (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1921: Emilio Komar, Slovenian-Argentine philosopher (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1922: W. H. R. Rivers, English doctor (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Elizabeth Jolley, Australian writer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1924: Dennis Weaver, American actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1924: Tofilau Eti Alesana, Samoan politician, Prime Minister of Samoa (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1926: Ivan Karp, American art dealer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1926: Robert Earl Hughes, American heaviest human being (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1926: Fred Spofforth, Australian cricketer (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Geoffrey Palmer, English actor [category: Births]
• 1927: Henning Carlsen, Danish director [category: Births]
• 1928: Ruth Westheimer, German-American therapist and author [category: Births]
• 1928: Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: President of the Republic of China Zhang Zuolin is assassinated by Japanese agents. [category: Events]
• 1929: Karolos Papoulias, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1929: Harry Frazee, American agent, producer, and director (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Morgana King, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1930: Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach [category: Births]
• 1931: Gustav Nossal, Australian biologist [category: Births]
• 1932: John Drew Barrymore, American actor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1932: Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer [category: Births]
• 1932: Oliver Nelson, American composer and arranger (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1932: Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'etat establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile. [category: Events]
• 1934: Daphne Sheldrick, Kenyan conservationist and author [category: Births]
• 1934: Monica Dacon, Vincentian educator and politician [category: Births]
• 1934: Seamus Elliott, Irish cyclist (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1935: Colette Boky, French-Canadian soprano [category: Births]
• 1936: Bruce Dern, American actor [category: Births]
• 1936: Nutan Behl, Indian actress (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1937: Freddy Fender, American singer and guitarist (Texas Tornados and Los Super Seven) (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1937: Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1937: Mortimer Zuckerman, American publisher [category: Births]
• 1937: Robert Fulghum, American author [category: Births]
• 1938: Art Mahaffey, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1939: Tommy Ladnier, American trumpeter (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1940: Ludwig Schwarz, Austrian bishop [category: Births]
• 1940: World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends – British forces complete evacuation of 300,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech. [category: Events]
• 1941: Kenneth G. Ross, Australian playwright and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1941: Wilhelm II, German Emperor (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Bill Rowe, Canadian politician, lawyer, broadcaster, and writer [category: Births]
• 1942: Louis Reichardt, American mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1942: Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1943: Joyce Meyer, American educator and author [category: Births]
• 1943: Sandra Haynie, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1943: A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo. [category: Events]
• 1944: Michelle Phillips, American singer-songwriter and actress (The Mamas & the Papas) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1944: World War II: Rome falls to the Allies, the first Axis capital to fall. [category: Events]
• 1945: Anthony Braxton, American bandleader, musician, and composer (Circle) [category: Births]
• 1945: Gordon Waller, Scottish singer-songwriter and gutarist (Peter and Gordon) (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1946: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Indian singer, actor, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1947: Ashok Saraf, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Viktor Klima, Austrian politician and businessman, Chancellor of Austria [category: Births]
• 1948: Bob Champion, English jockey [category: Births]
• 1948: Jurgen Sparwasser, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1948: Sandra Post, Canadian golfer [category: Births]
• 1949: Gabriel Arcand, French-Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1949: Lou Macari, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1949: Mark B. Cohen, American politician, longest-serving Pennsylvania state legislator [category: Births]
• 1950: Dagmar Krause, German singer and pianist (Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, Art Bears, and News from Babel) [category: Births]
• 1950: George Noory, American radio host [category: Births]
• 1950: Kevin Woodford, English chef [category: Births]
• 1951: Melanie Phillips, British journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1951: Wendy Pini, American writer and artist [category: Births]
• 1951: Serge Koussevitzky, Russian conductor, musician, and composer (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Bronisław Komorowski, Polish politician and historian, 5th President of Poland [category: Births]
• 1952: Parker Stevenson, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1953: Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician (One in a Million, Wings, Small Faces, The Dukes, and Thunderclap Newman) (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1953: Linda Lingle, American politician, 6th Governor of Hawaii [category: Births]
• 1953: Paul Samson, English singer and musician (Samson) (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1953: Susumu Ojima, Japanese businessman, founder of Huser [category: Births]
• 1955: Mary Testa, American actress [category: Births]
• 1955: Paul Stewart, English writer [category: Births]
• 1955: Val McDermid, Scottish writer [category: Births]
• 1956: Gerry Ryan, Irish radio host (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1956: John Hockenberry, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1956: Keith David, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Martin Adams, English darts player [category: Births]
• 1956: Terry Kennedy, American baseball player and manager [category: Births]
• 1956: Katherine MacDonald, American actress (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: John Treacy, Irish athlete [category: Births]
• 1957: Yoon Suk-ho, South Korean director [category: Births]
• 1957: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous Power of Nonviolence speech at the University of California, Berkeley. [category: Events]
• 1958: Eddie Velez, American actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Juan Camacho, Bolivian runner [category: Births]
• 1960: Bradley Walsh, English actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Miloš Đelmaš, Serbian footballer [category: Births]
• 1961: El DeBarge, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (DeBarge) [category: Births]
• 1961: Ferenc Gyurcsány, Hungarian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Hungary [category: Births]
• 1961: In the Vienna summit, Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin. [category: Events]
• 1962: John P. Kee, American singer-songwriter, musician, and pastor [category: Births]
• 1962: Krzysztof Holowczyc, Polish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1962: Zenon Jaskuła, Polish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1962: Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Xavier McDaniel, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1964: Kōji Yamamura, Japanese animator [category: Births]
• 1964: Sean Pertwee, English actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Simon Cheshire, English writer [category: Births]
• 1964: Samuil Marshak, Russian poet (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Andrea Jaeger, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1965: Michael Doohan, Australian five-times Grand Prix Motorcycle World Champion (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 & 1998) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1966: Cecilia Bartoli, Italian soprano [category: Births]
• 1966: Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician [category: Births]
• 1967: Robert Shane Kimbrough, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1967: Stockport Air Disaster: British Midland flight G-ALHG crashes in Hopes Carr, Stockport, killing 72 passengers and crew. [category: Events]
• 1968: Al B. Sure!, American singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1968: Roger Lim, American-Asian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1968: Scott Wolf, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Dorothy Gish, American actress (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Horatio Sanz, Chilean-American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1969: Willem de Rooij, Dutch artist [category: Births]
• 1970: Dave Pybus, English musician and songwriter (Anathema, Cradle of Filth, and Angtoria) [category: Births]
• 1970: Izabella Scorupco, Polish actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Richie Hawtin, English-Canadian DJ, musician, and producer [category: Births]
• 1970: Sonny Tufts, American actor (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1971: James Callis, English actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Joseph Kabila, Congolese politician [category: Births]
• 1971: Mike Lee, American politician [category: Births]
• 1971: Noah Wyle, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Shōji Meguro, Japanese composer and director [category: Births]
• 1971: Georg Lukács, Hungarian philosopher (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Derian Hatcher, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1972: Joe Hill, American writer [category: Births]
• 1972: Nikka Costa, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1972: Rob Huebel, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1973: Mikey Whipwreck, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1973: Maurice René Fréchet, French mathematician (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Murry Wilson, American musician, songwriter, producer, and manager (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Andrew Gwynne, English politician [category: Births]
• 1974: Buddy Wakefield, American poet [category: Births]
• 1974: Darin Erstad, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni, Indian chef (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1974: Janette Husárová, Slovak tennis player [category: Births]
• 1974: Stefan Lessard, American musician (Dave Matthews Band and Yukon Kornelius) [category: Births]
• 1974: During Ten Cent Beer Night, inebriated Cleveland Indians fans start a riot, causing the game to be forfeited to the Texas Rangers. [category: Events]
• 1975: Angelina Jolie, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Henry Burris, American football player [category: Births]
• 1975: Russell Brand, English comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the U.S. giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights. [category: Events]
• 1976: Kasey Chambers, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1976: Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1977: Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Berglind Icey, Icelandic actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Dionisis Chiotis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Quinten Hann, Australian snooker player [category: Births]
• 1977: Roman Miroshnichenko, Ukrainian guitarist and composer [category: Births]
• 1979: Daniel Vickerman, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1979: Naohiro Takahara, Japanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown. [category: Events]
• 1980: François Beauchemin, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1981: Giourkas Seitaridis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: T. J. Miller, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1982: Jamie Dornan, Irish model and actor [category: Births]
• 1982: MC Jin, American-Chinese rapper, songwriter, and actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Ronnie Prude, Canadian football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Emmanuel Eboué, Ivorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Romaric, Ivorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian model (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1984: Enrico Rossi Chauvenet, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Ian White, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1984: Jenaveve Jolie, American porn actress, model, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1984: Kento Handa, Japanese actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Rainie Yang, Taiwanese singer and actress (4 in Love) [category: Births]
• 1985: Alicja Janosz, Polish singer [category: Births]
• 1985: Anna-Lena Grönefeld, German tennis player [category: Births]
• 1985: Bar Refaeli, Israeli model and actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Evan Lysacek, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1985: Leon Botha, South African painter and DJ (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1985: Lukas Podolski, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Oddvar Reiakvam, Norwegian politician [category: Births]
• 1986: Fahriye Evcen, Turkish-German actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Oona Castilla Chaplin, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Shane Kippel, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Shelly Woods, English athlete [category: Births]
• 1986: Tori Praver, American model [category: Births]
• 1986: Yoochun, South Korean singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (TVXQ and JYJ) [category: Births]
• 1986: Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel. [category: Events]
• 1987: Mollie King, English singer-songwriter (The Saturdays) [category: Births]
• 1988: Li Man, Chinese actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500. [category: Events]
• 1989: Eldar Gasimov, Azerbaijani singer (Eldar & Nigar) [category: Births]
• 1989: Federico Erba, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Dik Browne, American cartoonist (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1989: The Tiananmen Square protests are violently ended in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1990: Jetsun Pema, Bhutanese Queen, wife of Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck [category: Births]
• 1990: Tippi Degré, Namibian-French filmmaker [category: Births]
• 1990: Zac Farro, American singer and musician (Paramore, Novel American, and Half Noise) [category: Births]
• 1991: Jordan Hinson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1991: Kathryn Prescott, English actress [category: Births]
• 1991: Lorenzo Insigne, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Megan Prescott, English actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Brooke Vincent, English actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Dino Jelušić, Croatian singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1992: Morgan Griffin, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Carl Stotz, American businessman, founder of Little League Baseball (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Derek Leckenby, English guitarist (Herman's Hermits) (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Massimo Troisi, Italian actor (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission. [category: Events]
• 1997: Ronnie Lane, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Faces and Small Faces) (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. [category: Events]
• 2001: Dipendra of Nepal (b. 1971) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: John Hartford, American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Gyanendra, the last King of Nepal, ascends to the throne after the massacre in the Royal Palace. [category: Events]
• 2002: Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian politician, President of Peru (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Marvin Heemeyer, American welder and shop owner (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Steve Lacy, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Marvin Heemeyer's (eventually suicidal) protest rampage with an improvised bulletproofed bulldozer destroys 13 Granby, Colorado buildings including the town hall. [category: Events]
• 2007: Bill France, Jr., American businessman (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Clete Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Craig L. Thomas, American politician (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Freddie Scott, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Jim Clark, American sheriff (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Sotiris Moustakas, Greek actor (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Nikos Sergianopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Falcon 9 Flight 1 was the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40. [category: Events]
• 2011: Andreas P. Nielsen, Danish author and composer (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Juan Francisco Luis, U.S. Virgin Islander politician, 23rd Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Abu Yahya al-Libi, Libyan terrorist, senior member of al-Qaeda (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bernard A. Jean, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bobby Black, Scottish footballer (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Eduard Khil, Russian singer (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Herb Reed, American singer and musician (The Platters) (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ireneo García Alonso, Spanish bishop (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jim Fitzgerald, American businessman (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Pedro Borbón, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Peter Beaven, New Zealand architect, designed the Lyttelton Road Tunnel Administration Building (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Guatemalan cardinal, Archbishop of Guatemala City (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: The Diamond Jubilee Concert was held outside Buckingham Palace on The Mall, London. Organised by Gary Barlow, the concert was part of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. [category: Events]
• _: Bhagat Puran Singh's Birthday. (Sikhism) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Birthday of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim & Flag Day celebration of the Finnish Defence Forces (Finland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: 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) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Flag Day (Estonia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Francis Caracciolo [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: June 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Unity Day (Hungary) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Optatus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Petroc of Cornwall [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Quirinus of Sescia [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saturnina [category: Holidays and observances]