Updated June 3, 2012, 2:28 pm
On June 4, 1989, Chinese army troops stormed Tiananmen Square in Beijing to crush the pro-democracy movement; hundreds – possibly thousands – of people died.
Go to article »On June 4, 1889, Beno Gutenberg, the American scientist who made important discoveries about the earth’s interior, was born. Following his death on Jan. 25, 1960, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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On This Date
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1647 The English army seized King Charles I. 1896 Henry Ford made a successful pre-dawn test run of his horseless carriage, called a quadricycle, through the streets of Detroit. 1912 Massachusetts became the first state to adopt a minimum wage law. 1919 Congress approved the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing citizens the right to vote regardless of their gender, and sent it to the states for ratification. 1940 The Allies completed the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk, France. 1942 The Battle of Midway began during World War II. 1944 The U.S. Fifth Army began liberating Rome during World War II. 1954 French and Vietnamese officials signed treaties in Paris according independence to Vietnam. 1984 The album “Born in the U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen was released. 1985 The Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling striking down an Alabama law providing for a daily minute of silence in public schools. 1986 Jonathan Jay Pollard, a former Navy intelligence analyst, pleaded guilty in Washington to spying for Israel. 1998 A federal judge sentenced Terry Nichols to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. 2009 President Barack Obama addressed the Muslims of the world in a speech in Cairo, saying America has a common cause with Islam and never will be at war with the faith. 2011 Li Na won the French Open’s women’s championship, becoming the first Chinese tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles title. Current Birthdays
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Actress Angelina Jolie turns 37 years old today.
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Actor-comedian Russell Brand turns 37 years old today.
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1936 Bruce Dern, Actor, turns 76 1944 Michelle Phillips, Singer, actress (The Mamas and the Papas), turns 68 1952 Parker Stevenson, Actor, turns 60 1961 El DeBarge, R&B singer, turns 51 1961 Julie White, Actress, turns 51 1968 Scott Wolf, Actor (“Party of Five”), turns 44 1969 Horatio Sanz, Comedian (“Saturday Night Live”), turns 43 1971 Mike Lee, U.S. senator, R-Utah, turns 41 1971 Noah Wyle, Actor (“ER”), turns 41 1985 Bar Refaeli, Model, turns 27
Historic Birthdays
Beno Gutenberg 6/4/1889 – 1/25/1960 American seismologist and geophysicist.Go to obituary »
81 George III 6/4/1738 – 1/29/1820
King of Great Britain and Ireland (1760-1820)75 Mary Hannah Hunt 6/4/1830 – 4/24/1906
American temperance leader83 Carl Gustaf Mannerheim 6/4/1867 – 1/27/1951
Finnish military leader and president107 Constance M. K. Applebee 6/4/1873 – 1/26/1981
English athlete66 Alla Nazimova 6/4/1879 – 7/13/1945
Russian-born American stage and screen actress81 Natalya Goncharova 6/4/1881 – 10/17/1962
Russian painter, sculptor and stage designer31 Harry Crosby 6/4/1898 – 12/10/1929
American poet60 Richard Whorf 6/4/1906 – 12/14/1966
American actor and director68 Charles Collingwood 6/4/1917 – 10/3/1985
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