Events, Births and Deaths Happening on this Date
Thursday, June 4, 2026
Today is the 155th day of 2026. There are 210 days left in this year.
Notable Events
1647
The English army seized King Charles I as a hostage.
1812
The Louisiana Territory was renamed the Missouri Territory.
1878
Turkey turned Cyprus over to the British.
1892
The Sierra Club 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.
1940
The Allies completed the military evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk, France. Read the original AP story
1942
The Battle of Midway began during World War II.
1944
The U.S. Fifth Army entered Rome, beginning the liberation of the Italian capital during World War II.
1947
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the Taft-Hartley Act.
1954
French Premier Joseph Laniel and Vietnamese Premier Buu Loc initialed treaties in Paris according ''complete independence'' to Vietnam.
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. He is serving a life prison term.
1989
Chinese army troops stormed Tiananmen Square in Beijing to crush the pro-democracy movement; hundreds - possibly thousands - of people died.
1992
The U.S. Postal Service announced the results of a nationwide vote on the Elvis Presley stamp, saying more people preferred the ''younger Elvis'' design.
1998
A federal judge sentenced Terry Nichols to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
1999
President Clinton appointed James C. Hormel, an openly gay San Francisco businessman, as ambassador to Luxembourg.