History for June 4

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Carl Gustaf Mannerheim 1867

• 1783 - A hot-air balloon was demonstrated by Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier. It reached a height of 1,500 feet.
• 1896 - Henry Ford made a successful test drive of his new car in Detroit, MI. He called the vehicle was called a "Quadricycle."
• 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.
• 1974 - Sally Murphy became the first woman to qualify as an aviator with the U.S. Army.
• 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.