June 4
1812 - The U.S. House of Representatives approved, by a vote of 79-49, a declaration of war against Britain.
1892 - The Sierra Club, led by John Muir, was incorporated in San Francisco.
1896 - Henry Ford took his first car out for a test drive.
1919 - Congress approved the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which said that the right to vote could not be denied or abridged based on gender. The amendment was sent to the states for ratification.
1939 - The German ocean liner MS St. Louis, carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees from Germany, was turned away by U.S. officials on the Florida coast.
1940 - During World War II, the Allied military evacuation of some 338,000 troops from Dunkirk, France, ended. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared: “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”
1942 - The Battle of Midway, a decisive Allied victory in World War II, began.
1944 - The U.S. Fifth Army entered Rome, leading to the liberation of the city during World War II.
1944 - U-505, a German submarine, was captured by a U.S. Navy task group in the south Atlantic; it was the first such capture of an enemy vessel at sea by the U.S. Navy since the War of 1812.
1968 - Dorothy Gish, American actress who starred in many silent-film classics, died.
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 U.S. Navy intelligence analyst, pleaded guilty in Washington to conspiring to deliver information related to the national defense to Israel. (Pollard, sentenced to life in prison, was released on parole on Nov. 20, 2015; he moved to Israel after completing parole in December 2020.)
1989 - The People's Army of China opened fire on crowds of pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, killing thousands.
1989 - A gas explosion in the Soviet Union engulfed two passing trains, killing 575.
1990 - Dr. Jack Kevorkian carried out his first publicly assisted suicide, helping Janet Adkins, a 54-year-old Alzheimer’s patient from Portland, Oregon, end her life in Oakland County, Michigan.
1992 - The U.S. Post Office announced that in a poll people preferred the "young Elvis" stamp to the "old Elvis" stamp, in a tribute to music great Elvis Presley.
1998 - A federal judge sentenced Terry Nichols to life in prison for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, which killed 168 people.
2001 - King Dipendra of Nepal died, three days after shooting most of his family and himself.
2003 - TV star Martha Stewart was indicted on charges of insider trading.
2018 - Saudi Arabia issued its first driver’s licenses to women as the kingdom prepared to lift the world’s only ban on women driving.
2020 - In the first of a series of memorials set for three cities over six days, celebrities, musicians and political leaders gathered in front of George Floyd’s golden casket in Minneapolis.
Birthdays
23 - Lilly Nelson (actress)
36 - Mollie King (singer)
37 - Shakey Graves (singer)
39 - Evan Lysacek (figure skater)
39 - Bar Refaeli (model)
42 - TJ Miller (actor/comedian)
46 - Robin Lord Taylor (actor)
48 - Kasey Chambers (singer)
49 - Theo Rossi (actor)
49 - Angelina Jolie (actress)
49 - Russell Brand (actor/comedian)
53 - Noah Wyle (actor)
53 - James Callis (actor)
55 - Horatio Sanz (actor/comedian)
55 - Rob Huebel (actor/comedian)
56 - Scott Wolf (actor)
59 - Andrea Jaeger (tennis player)
60 - Sean Pertwee (actor)
62 - Lindsay Frost (actress)
63 - Julie White (actress)
63 - Bradley Walsh (actor)
63 - El DeBarge (singer)
66 - Eddie Velez (actor)
68 - Keith David (actor)
72 - Parker Stevenson (actor)
80 - Michelle Phillips (actress/singer)
88 - Bruce Dern (actor)
96 - Dr. Ruth Westheimer (sex therapist and media personality)
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Today in Sports History - June 4
1927 - The U.S. defeated Britain in the first Ryder Cup international golf championship.
1964 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers threw his third career no-hitter.
1968 - Don Drysdale (Los Angeles) pitched his sixth consecutive shutout.
1974 - The NFL granted the Seattle Seahawks franchise.
1974 - Henry (Hank) Aaron set a National League record when he hit his 16th career grand slam.
1980 - Gordie Howe announced his retirement from hockey.
1984 - For the first time in 32 years, Arnold Palmer failed to make the cut at the U.S. Open Golf Tournament.
2008 - The Detroit Red Wings defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins to win their 11th Stanley Cup.
2019 - San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy records his 1,000th career win, joining John McGraw in the exclusive milestone.
1812 - The U.S. House of Representatives approved, by a vote of 79-49, a declaration of war against Britain.
1892 - The Sierra Club, led by John Muir, was incorporated in San Francisco.
1896 - Henry Ford took his first car out for a test drive.
1919 - Congress approved the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which said that the right to vote could not be denied or abridged based on gender. The amendment was sent to the states for ratification.
1939 - The German ocean liner MS St. Louis, carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees from Germany, was turned away by U.S. officials on the Florida coast.
1940 - During World War II, the Allied military evacuation of some 338,000 troops from Dunkirk, France, ended. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared: “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”
1942 - The Battle of Midway, a decisive Allied victory in World War II, began.
1944 - The U.S. Fifth Army entered Rome, leading to the liberation of the city during World War II.
1944 - U-505, a German submarine, was captured by a U.S. Navy task group in the south Atlantic; it was the first such capture of an enemy vessel at sea by the U.S. Navy since the War of 1812.
1968 - Dorothy Gish, American actress who starred in many silent-film classics, died.
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 U.S. Navy intelligence analyst, pleaded guilty in Washington to conspiring to deliver information related to the national defense to Israel. (Pollard, sentenced to life in prison, was released on parole on Nov. 20, 2015; he moved to Israel after completing parole in December 2020.)
1989 - The People's Army of China opened fire on crowds of pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, killing thousands.
1989 - A gas explosion in the Soviet Union engulfed two passing trains, killing 575.
1990 - Dr. Jack Kevorkian carried out his first publicly assisted suicide, helping Janet Adkins, a 54-year-old Alzheimer’s patient from Portland, Oregon, end her life in Oakland County, Michigan.
1992 - The U.S. Post Office announced that in a poll people preferred the "young Elvis" stamp to the "old Elvis" stamp, in a tribute to music great Elvis Presley.
1998 - A federal judge sentenced Terry Nichols to life in prison for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, which killed 168 people.
2001 - King Dipendra of Nepal died, three days after shooting most of his family and himself.
2003 - TV star Martha Stewart was indicted on charges of insider trading.
2018 - Saudi Arabia issued its first driver’s licenses to women as the kingdom prepared to lift the world’s only ban on women driving.
2020 - In the first of a series of memorials set for three cities over six days, celebrities, musicians and political leaders gathered in front of George Floyd’s golden casket in Minneapolis.
Birthdays
23 - Lilly Nelson (actress)
36 - Mollie King (singer)
37 - Shakey Graves (singer)
39 - Evan Lysacek (figure skater)
39 - Bar Refaeli (model)
42 - TJ Miller (actor/comedian)
46 - Robin Lord Taylor (actor)
48 - Kasey Chambers (singer)
49 - Theo Rossi (actor)
49 - Angelina Jolie (actress)
49 - Russell Brand (actor/comedian)
53 - Noah Wyle (actor)
53 - James Callis (actor)
55 - Horatio Sanz (actor/comedian)
55 - Rob Huebel (actor/comedian)
56 - Scott Wolf (actor)
59 - Andrea Jaeger (tennis player)
60 - Sean Pertwee (actor)
62 - Lindsay Frost (actress)
63 - Julie White (actress)
63 - Bradley Walsh (actor)
63 - El DeBarge (singer)
66 - Eddie Velez (actor)
68 - Keith David (actor)
72 - Parker Stevenson (actor)
80 - Michelle Phillips (actress/singer)
88 - Bruce Dern (actor)
96 - Dr. Ruth Westheimer (sex therapist and media personality)
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Today in Sports History - June 4
1927 - The U.S. defeated Britain in the first Ryder Cup international golf championship.
1964 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers threw his third career no-hitter.
1968 - Don Drysdale (Los Angeles) pitched his sixth consecutive shutout.
1974 - The NFL granted the Seattle Seahawks franchise.
1974 - Henry (Hank) Aaron set a National League record when he hit his 16th career grand slam.
1980 - Gordie Howe announced his retirement from hockey.
1984 - For the first time in 32 years, Arnold Palmer failed to make the cut at the U.S. Open Golf Tournament.
2008 - The Detroit Red Wings defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins to win their 11th Stanley Cup.
2019 - San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy records his 1,000th career win, joining John McGraw in the exclusive milestone.
