June 4: Anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini's death in Iran (1989)
U.S. dive bombers at Midway
- 1561 –The spire of Old St Paul's Cathedral in London is destroyed by fire, probably caused by lightning.
- 1792 – Royal Navy Captain George Vancouver claimed Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest for Great Britain.
- 1942 – The Battle of Midway (Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers pictured), a major battle in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, began with a massive Imperial Japanese strike on Midway Atoll.
- 1977 – The Humboldt Park riot began in Chicago, resulting in three deaths, three cars in the Humboldt Park lagoon, and increased tension between the Chicago Police Department and the Puerto Rican community.
- 1989 – The People's Liberation Army violently cracked down on the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, leaving at least 241 dead and 7,000 wounded, and causing widespread international condemnation of the Chinese government.
Philippa of England (b. 1394) · Helen Keller (d. 1968) · Angelina Jolie (b. 1975)
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