June 4: Corpus Christi (various Western Christian churches, 2015); Day of National Unity in Hungary; Independence Day in Tonga (1970)
- 1913 – Emily Davison, an activist for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, was fatally injured when she was trampled by King George V's horse at the Epsom Derby.
- 1920 – The Kingdom of Hungary lost 72% of its territory and 64% of its population with the signing of the Treaty of Trianon in Paris.
- 1961 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev unsuccessfully met in Vienna to discuss numerous issues in the relationship between their countries.
- 1975 – Governor Jerry Brown (pictured) signed the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act, the first law in the United States guaranteeing collective bargaining rights to farmworkers.
- 1989 – Following the death of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Assembly of Experts elected Ali Khamenei to be the Supreme Leader of Iran.
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