History for June 4

History for June 4 - On-This-Day.com
Rosalind Russell 1908, Gene Barry 1922, Dennis Weaver 1924


Dr. Ruth Westheimer 1928, Michelle Phillips (Holly Michelle Gilliam) 1944 - Singer (The Mamas & the Papas), actress ("The Last Movie", "Knot's Landing"), Angelina Jolie 1975 - Actress


1792 - Captain George Vancouver claimed Puget Sound for Britain.


1896 - Henry Ford made a successful test drive of his new car in Detroit, MI. He called the vehicle was called a "Quadricycle."


1939 - The first shopping cart was introduced by Sylvan Goldman in Oklahoma City, OK. It was actually a folding chair that had been mounted on wheels.


1940 - The British completed the evacuation of 300,000 troops at Dunkirk, France.


1942 - The Battle of Midway began. It was the first major victory for America over Japan during World War II. The battle ended on June 6 and ended Japanese expansion in the Pacific.


1944 - During World War II, the U.S. Fifth Army entered Rome, which began the liberation of the Italian capital.


1974 - The Cleveland Indians had "Ten Cent Beer Night". Due to the drunken and unruly fans the Indians forfeited to the Texas Rangers.


1989 - In Beijing, Chinese army troops stormed Tiananmen Square to crush the pro-democracy movement. It is believed that hundreds, possibly thousands, of demonstrators were killed.