June 4
1647 - The English army seized King Charles I.
1812 - The Louisiana Territory was renamed the Missouri Territory, to avoid confusion with the recently admitted state of Louisiana.
1812 - The U.S. House of Representatives approved, 79-49, a declaration of war against Britain.
1892 - The Sierra Club, led by John Muir, was incorporated in San Francisco.
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.
1939 - The German ocean liner MS St. Louis, carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees from Germany, was turned away from the Florida coast by U.S. officials.
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.
1954 - French and Vietnamese officials signed treaties in Paris according independence to Vietnam.
1968 - Dorothy Gish, American actress who starred in many silent-film classics, died.
1972 - A jury in San Jose, California, acquitted radical activist Angela Davis of murder and kidnapping for her alleged connection to a deadly courthouse shootout in Marin County in 1970.
1977 - The VHS home videocassette recorder was introduced to North America by JVC during a press conference in Chicago.
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. (Pollard, sentenced to life in prison, was released on parole on Nov. 20, 2015.)
1989 - People's Army of China opened fire on crowds of prodemocracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, killing thousands.
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.
1998 - A federal judge sentenced Terry Nichols to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
2001 - King Dipendra of Nepal died, three days after shooting most of his family and himself.
2003 - Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart was indicted on charges of insider trading.
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.
2020 - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee would be removed from Richmond’s Monument Avenue, and that the state would no longer “preach a false version of history.”
Birthdays
29 - Brooke Vincent (actress)
31 - Zac Farro (musician)
34 - Shakey Graves (singer)
34 - Mollie King (singer)
36 - Evan Lysacek (figure skater)
36 - Bar Refaeli (model)
40 - TJ Miller (comedian)
45 - Kasey Chambers (country singer)
46 - Theo Rossi (actor)
46 - Angelina Jolie (actress)
46 - Russell Brand (actor/comedian)
50 - Noah Wyle (actor)
50 - James Callis (actor)
52 - Horatio Sanz (actor/comedian)
52 - Rob Huebel (actor/comedian)
53 - Scott Wolf (actor)
59 - Lindsay Frost (actress)
60 - Julie White (actress)
60 - El DeBarge (singer)
63 - Eddie Velez (actor)
65 - Keith David (actor)
69 - Parker Stevenson (actor)
77 - Michelle Phillips (actress/singer)
85 - Bruce Dern (actor)
93 - 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.
1940 - Sportsman's Park hosted its first night game. It was the first National League to be played at night. The Dodgers beat the Cardinals 10-1.
1964 - Sandy Koufax 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 for the U.S. Open golf tournament.
1996 - Eddie Murray hit his 535th double. He moved into 18th on the all-time list by passing Lou Gehrig.
1997 - Michael Irvin (Dallas Cowboys) announced that he was putting his NFL career on hold. Irvin later retracted his announcement and returned to the game.
2008 - The Detroit Red Wings defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins to win their 11th Stanley Cup in franchise history.
2011 - Li Na won the French Open's women's championship, becoming the first Chinese tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles title.
2019 - San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy wins his 1,000th game.
1647 - The English army seized King Charles I.
1812 - The Louisiana Territory was renamed the Missouri Territory, to avoid confusion with the recently admitted state of Louisiana.
1812 - The U.S. House of Representatives approved, 79-49, a declaration of war against Britain.
1892 - The Sierra Club, led by John Muir, was incorporated in San Francisco.
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.
1939 - The German ocean liner MS St. Louis, carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees from Germany, was turned away from the Florida coast by U.S. officials.
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.
1954 - French and Vietnamese officials signed treaties in Paris according independence to Vietnam.
1968 - Dorothy Gish, American actress who starred in many silent-film classics, died.
1972 - A jury in San Jose, California, acquitted radical activist Angela Davis of murder and kidnapping for her alleged connection to a deadly courthouse shootout in Marin County in 1970.
1977 - The VHS home videocassette recorder was introduced to North America by JVC during a press conference in Chicago.
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. (Pollard, sentenced to life in prison, was released on parole on Nov. 20, 2015.)
1989 - People's Army of China opened fire on crowds of prodemocracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, killing thousands.
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.
1998 - A federal judge sentenced Terry Nichols to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
2001 - King Dipendra of Nepal died, three days after shooting most of his family and himself.
2003 - Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart was indicted on charges of insider trading.
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.
2020 - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee would be removed from Richmond’s Monument Avenue, and that the state would no longer “preach a false version of history.”
Birthdays
29 - Brooke Vincent (actress)
31 - Zac Farro (musician)
34 - Shakey Graves (singer)
34 - Mollie King (singer)
36 - Evan Lysacek (figure skater)
36 - Bar Refaeli (model)
40 - TJ Miller (comedian)
45 - Kasey Chambers (country singer)
46 - Theo Rossi (actor)
46 - Angelina Jolie (actress)
46 - Russell Brand (actor/comedian)
50 - Noah Wyle (actor)
50 - James Callis (actor)
52 - Horatio Sanz (actor/comedian)
52 - Rob Huebel (actor/comedian)
53 - Scott Wolf (actor)
59 - Lindsay Frost (actress)
60 - Julie White (actress)
60 - El DeBarge (singer)
63 - Eddie Velez (actor)
65 - Keith David (actor)
69 - Parker Stevenson (actor)
77 - Michelle Phillips (actress/singer)
85 - Bruce Dern (actor)
93 - 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.
1940 - Sportsman's Park hosted its first night game. It was the first National League to be played at night. The Dodgers beat the Cardinals 10-1.
1964 - Sandy Koufax 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 for the U.S. Open golf tournament.
1996 - Eddie Murray hit his 535th double. He moved into 18th on the all-time list by passing Lou Gehrig.
1997 - Michael Irvin (Dallas Cowboys) announced that he was putting his NFL career on hold. Irvin later retracted his announcement and returned to the game.
2008 - The Detroit Red Wings defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins to win their 11th Stanley Cup in franchise history.
2011 - Li Na won the French Open's women's championship, becoming the first Chinese tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles title.
2019 - San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy wins his 1,000th game.
