June 4

"June Fourth" redirects here. For the student protest which is often referred as the June Fourth Incident, see Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

June 4 is the 155th day of the year (156th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 210 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 1039 – Henry III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1411 – King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries.
• 1615 – Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.
• 1760 – Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada taken from the Acadians.
• 1783 – The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
• 1792 – Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• 1794 – British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti.
• 1802 – Grieving over the death of his wife, Marie Clotilde of France, King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.
• 1812 – Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
• 1825 – French American Revolutionary War General Lafayette speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States.
• 1855 – Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.
• 1859 – Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
• 1876 – An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
• 1878 – Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
• 1896 – Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
• 1912 – Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
• 1913 – Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness and dies a few days later.
• 1916 – World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
• 1917 – The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
• 1919 – Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
• 1920 – Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
• 1928 – President of the Republic of China Zhang Zuolin is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• 1932 – Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'etat establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.
• 1939 – Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
• 1940 – World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends – British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
• 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese navy.
• 1943 – A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
• 1944 – World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505 – the first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
• 1944 – World War II: Rome falls to the Allies, the first Axis capital to fall.
• 1957 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous Power of Nonviolence speech at the University of California, Berkeley.
• 1961 – In the Vienna summit, Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.
• 1965 – Duane Earl Pope robbed the Farmers' State Bank of Big Springs, Nebraska, killing three people execution style and severely wounding a fourth. The crime landed Pope on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list.
• 1967 – Stockport Air Disaster: British Midland flight G-ALHG crashes in Hopes Carr, Stockport, killing 72 passengers and crew.
• 1970 – Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1974 – During Ten Cent Beer Night, inebriated Cleveland Indians fans start a riot, causing the game to be forfeited to the Texas Rangers.
• 1975 – Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the U.S. giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights.
• 1979 – Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
• 1986 – Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
• 1988 – Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
• 1989 – Ali Khamenei is elected the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death and funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
• 1989 – The Tiananmen Square protests are violently ended in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army.
• 1989 – Solidarity's victory in the first (somewhat) free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparks off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe, leads to the creation of the so-called Contract Sejm and begins the Autumn of Nations.
• 1989 – Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
• 1996 – The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
• 1998 – Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
• 2001 – Gyanendra, the last King of Nepal, ascends to the throne after the massacre in the Royal Palace.
• 2004 – Marvin Heemeyer's (eventually suicidal) protest rampage with an improvised bulletproofed bulldozer destroys 13 Granby, Colorado buildings including the town hall.
• 2010 – Falcon 9 Flight 1 was the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.
• 2012 – The Diamond Jubilee Concert was held outside Buckingham Palace on The Mall, London. Organised by Gary Barlow, the concert was part of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

Births

• 1394 – Philippa of England (d. 1430)
• 1489 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544)
• 1604 – Claudia de' Medici, Italian daughter of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1648)
• 1665 – Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian soldier (d. 1733)
• 1694 – François Quesnay, French economist (d. 1774)
• 1704 – Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (d. 1776)
• 1738 – George III of the United Kingdom (d. 1820)
• 1744 – Patrick Ferguson, Scottish-English officer and designer of the Ferguson rifle (d. 1780)
• 1754 – Franz Xaver von Zach, Austrian editor and astronomer (d. 1832)
• 1754 – Miguel de Azcuénaga, Argentine brigadier, member of the Primera Junta (d. 1833)
• 1787 – Constant Prévost, French geologist (d. 1856)
• 1801 – James Pennethorne, English architect, designed Victoria Park (d. 1871)
• 1821 – Apollon Maykov, Russian poet (d. 1897)
• 1829 – Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (d. 1903)
• 1854 – Solko van den Bergh, Dutch target shooter (d. 1916)
• 1860 – Alexis Lapointe, Quebec athlete and legendary character (d. 1924)
• 1866 – Miina Sillanpää, Finnish politician (d. 1952)
• 1867 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish military officer and politician, 6th President of Finland (d. 1951)
• 1877 – Heinrich Wieland, German biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)
• 1879 – Mabel Lucie Attwell, English author and illustrator (d. 1964)
• 1880 – Clara Blandick, American actress (d. 1962)
• 1887 – Tom Longboat, Canadian runner (d. 1949)
• 1894 – La Bolduc, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1941)
• 1899 – Hassan Fathy, Egyptian architect (d. 1989)
• 1904 – Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian writer, publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist (d. 1992)
• 1907 – Jacques Roumain, Haitian writer (d. 1944)
• 1907 – Rosalind Russell, American actress (d. 1976)
• 1907 – Patience Strong, English poet and journalist (d. 1990)
• 1908 – Geli Raubal, Half-Niece to Adolf Hitler (d. 1931)
• 1910 – Christopher Cockerell, English engineer and inventor, invented the hovercraft (d. 1999)
• 1912 – Robert Jacobsen, Danish artist (d. 1993)
• 1915 – Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (d. 1977)
• 1916 – Robert F. Furchgott, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Fernand Leduc, Canadian painter
• 1917 – Robert Merrill, American opera singer (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Russell E. Train, American civil servant (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Don Diamond, American actor (d. 2011)
• 1921 – Emilio Komar, Slovenian-Argentine philosopher (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Bobby Wanzer, American basketball player and coach
• 1923 – Elizabeth Jolley, Australian writer (d. 2007)
• 1924 – Tofilau Eti Alesana, Samoan politician, Prime Minister of Samoa (d. 1999)
• 1924 – Dennis Weaver, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1926 – Robert Earl Hughes, American heaviest human being (d. 1958)
• 1926 – Ivan Karp, American art dealer (d. 2012)
• 1927 – Henning Carlsen, Danish director
• 1927 – Geoffrey Palmer, English actor
• 1928 – Ruth Westheimer, German-American therapist and author
• 1929 – Karolos Papoulias, Greek politician
• 1930 – Morgana King, American singer and actress
• 1930 – Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
• 1931 – Gustav Nossal, Australian biologist
• 1932 – John Drew Barrymore, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1932 – Oliver Nelson, American composer and arranger (d. 1975)
• 1932 – Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer
• 1934 – Monica Dacon, Vincentian educator and politician
• 1934 – Seamus Elliott, Irish cyclist (d. 1971)
• 1934 – Daphne Sheldrick, Kenyan conservationist and author
• 1935 – Colette Boky, French-Canadian soprano
• 1936 – Nutan Behl, Indian actress (d. 1991)
• 1936 – Bruce Dern, American actor
• 1937 – Freddy Fender, American singer and guitarist (Texas Tornados and Los Super Seven) (d. 2006)
• 1937 – Robert Fulghum, American author
• 1937 – Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler (d. 1999)
• 1937 – Mortimer Zuckerman, American publisher
• 1938 – Art Mahaffey, American baseball player
• 1939 – Denis de Belleval, Canadian politician
• 1940 – Ludwig Schwarz, Austrian bishop
• 1941 – Kenneth G. Ross, Australian playwright and screenwriter
• 1942 – Louis Reichardt, American mountaineer
• 1942 – Bill Rowe, Canadian politician, lawyer, broadcaster, and writer
• 1943 – Sandra Haynie, American golfer
• 1943 – Joyce Meyer, American educator and author
• 1944 – Michelle Phillips, American singer-songwriter and actress (The Mamas & the Papas)
• 1945 – Anthony Braxton, American bandleader, musician, and composer (Circle)
• 1945 – Gordon Waller, Scottish singer-songwriter and gutarist (Peter and Gordon) (d. 2009)
• 1946 – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Indian singer, actor, director, and producer
• 1947 – Viktor Klima, Austrian politician and businessman, Chancellor of Austria
• 1947 – Ashok Saraf, Indian actor
• 1948 – Bob Champion, English jockey
• 1948 – Sandra Post, Canadian golfer
• 1948 – Jurgen Sparwasser, German footballer
• 1949 – Gabriel Arcand, French-Canadian actor
• 1949 – Lou Macari, Scottish footballer
• 1949 – Mark B. Cohen, American politician, longest-serving Pennsylvania state legislator
• 1950 – Raymond Dumais, Canadian Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2012)
• 1950 – Dagmar Krause, German singer and pianist (Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, Art Bears, and News from Babel)
• 1950 – George Noory, American radio host
• 1950 – Kevin Woodford, English chef
• 1951 – Melanie Phillips, British journalist and author
• 1951 – Wendy Pini, American writer and artist
• 1952 – Bronisław Komorowski, Polish historian and politician, 5th President of Poland
• 1952 – Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1992)
• 1952 – Parker Stevenson, American actor and director
• 1953 – Linda Lingle, American politician, 6th Governor of Hawaii
• 1953 – Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician (One in a Million, Wings, Small Faces, The Dukes, and Thunderclap Newman) (d. 1979)
• 1953 – Susumu Ojima, Japanese businessman, founder of Huser
• 1953 – Paul Samson, English singer and musician (Samson) (d. 2002)
• 1955 – Val McDermid, Scottish writer
• 1955 – Paul Stewart, English writer
• 1955 – Mary Testa, American actress
• 1956 – Martin Adams, English darts player
• 1956 – Keith David, American actor
• 1956 – John Hockenberry, American journalist
• 1956 – Terry Kennedy, American baseball player and manager
• 1956 – Gerry Ryan, Irish radio host (d. 2010)
• 1956 – Joyce Sidman, American children's writer
• 1957 – Yoon Suk-ho, South Korean director
• 1957 – John Treacy, Irish athlete
• 1958 – Eddie Velez, American actor
• 1959 – Juan Camacho, Bolivian runner
• 1960 – Bradley Walsh, English actor
• 1960 – Miloš Đelmaš, Serbian footballer
• 1961 – El DeBarge, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (DeBarge)
• 1961 – Ferenc Gyurcsány, Hungarian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Hungary
• 1962 – Zenon Jaskuła, Polish cyclist
• 1962 – Krzysztof Holowczyc, Polish race car driver
• 1962 – John P. Kee, American singer-songwriter, musician, and pastor
• 1963 – Xavier McDaniel, American basketball player
• 1964 – Kōji Yamamura, Japanese animator
• 1964 – Sean Pertwee, English actor
• 1964 – Simon Cheshire, English writer
• 1965 – Michael Doohan, Australian five-times Grand Prix Motorcycle World Champion (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 & 1998)
• 1965 – Andrea Jaeger, American tennis player
• 1966 – Cecilia Bartoli, Italian soprano
• 1966 – Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician
• 1967 – Robert Shane Kimbrough, American astronaut
• 1968 – Roger Lim, American-Asian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 – Al B. Sure!, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1968 – Scott Wolf, American actor
• 1969 – Willem de Rooij, Dutch artist
• 1969 – Horatio Sanz, Chilean-American actor and comedian
• 1970 – Richie Hawtin, English-Canadian DJ, musician, and producer
• 1970 – Dave Pybus, English musician and songwriter (Anathema, Cradle of Filth, and Angtoria)
• 1970 – Izabella Scorupco, Polish actress
• 1971 – James Callis, English actor
• 1971 – Joseph Kabila, Congolese politician
• 1971 – Mike Lee, American politician
• 1971 – Shōji Meguro, Japanese composer and director
• 1971 – Noah Wyle, American actor
• 1972 – Nikka Costa, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1972 – Derian Hatcher, American ice hockey player
• 1972 – Joe Hill, American writer
• 1972 – Rob Huebel, American actor and comedian
• 1973 – Mikey Whipwreck, American wrestler
• 1974 – Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni, Indian chef (d. 2012)
• 1974 – Darin Erstad, American baseball player
• 1974 – Andrew Gwynne, English politician
• 1974 – Janette Husárová, Slovak tennis player
• 1974 – Stefan Lessard, American musician (Dave Matthews Band and Yukon Kornelius)
• 1974 – Buddy Wakefield, American poet
• 1975 – Russell Brand, English comedian and actor
• 1975 – Henry Burris, American football player
• 1975 – Angelina Jolie, American actress
• 1976 – Kasey Chambers, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 – Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player
• 1977 – Dionisis Chiotis, Greek footballer
• 1977 – Quinten Hann, Australian snooker player
• 1977 – Berglind Icey, Icelandic actor
• 1977 – Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer
• 1977 – Roman Miroshnichenko, Ukrainian guitarist and composer
• 1979 – Christopher Dorner, American police officer and murderer (d. 2013)
• 1979 – Naohiro Takahara, Japanese footballer
• 1979 – Daniel Vickerman, Australian rugby player
• 1980 – François Beauchemin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 – T. J. Miller, American actor and comedian
• 1981 – Giourkas Seitaridis, Greek footballer
• 1982 – Jamie Dornan, Irish model and actor
• 1982 – MC Jin, American-Chinese rapper, songwriter, and actor
• 1982 – Ronnie Prude, Canadian football player
• 1983 – Emmanuel Eboué, Ivorian footballer
• 1983 – Romaric, Ivorian footballer
• 1984 – Kento Handa, Japanese actor
• 1984 – Jenaveve Jolie, American porn actress, model, and dancer
• 1984 – Enrico Rossi Chauvenet, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Ian White, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Rainie Yang, Taiwanese singer and actress (4 in Love)
• 1984 – Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian model (d. 2006)
• 1985 – Leon Botha, South African painter and DJ (d. 2011)
• 1985 – Anna-Lena Grönefeld, German tennis player
• 1985 – Alicja Janosz, Polish singer
• 1985 – Evan Lysacek, American figure skater
• 1985 – Lukas Podolski, German footballer
• 1985 – Bar Refaeli, Israeli model and actress
• 1985 – Oddvar Reiakvam, Norwegian politician
• 1986 – Yoochun, South Korean singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (TVXQ and JYJ)
• 1986 – Oona Castilla Chaplin, Spanish actress
• 1986 – Fahriye Evcen, Turkish-German actress
• 1986 – Shane Kippel, Canadian actor
• 1986 – Tori Praver, American model
• 1986 – Shelly Woods, English athlete
• 1987 – Mollie King, English singer-songwriter (The Saturdays)
• 1988 – Li Man, Chinese actress
• 1989 – Federico Erba, Italian footballer
• 1989 – Eldar Gasimov, Azerbaijani singer (Eldar & Nigar)
• 1990 – Tippi Degré, Namibian-French filmmaker
• 1990 – Zac Farro, American singer and musician (Paramore, Novel American, and Half Noise)
• 1990 – Jetsun Pema, Bhutanese Queen, wife of Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
• 1991 – Jordan Hinson, American actress
• 1991 – Kathryn Prescott, English actress
• 1991 – Megan Prescott, English actress
• 1991 – Lorenzo Insigne, Italian footballer
• 1992 – Morgan Griffin, Australian actress
• 1992 – Dino Jelušić, Croatian singer-songwriter and musician
• 1992 – Brooke Vincent, English actress

Deaths

• 1039 – Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 990)
• 1134 – Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1106)
• 1135 – Emperor Huizong of Song (b. 1082)
• 1206 – Adèle of Champagne, French wife of Louis VII of France (b. 1140)
• 1257 – Przemysł I of Greater Poland (b. 1221)
• 1394 – Mary de Bohun, English wife of Henry IV of England (b. 1369)
• 1463 – Flavio Biondo, Italian historian (b. 1392)
• 1585 – Muretus, French humanist (b. 1526)
• 1663 – William Juxon, English archbishop (b. 1582)
• 1798 – Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and writer (b. 1725)
• 1801 – Frederick Muhlenberg, American minister and politician (b. 1750)
• 1830 – Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan general and statesmen, 2nd President of Bolivia (b. 1795)
• 1872 – Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Dutch politician (b. 1798)
• 1875 – Eduard Mörike, German poet (b. 1804)
• 1922 – W. H. R. Rivers, English doctor (b. 1864)
• 1926 – Fred Spofforth, Australian cricketer (b. 1853)
• 1928 – Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (b. 1873)
• 1929 – Harry Frazee, American agent, producer, and director (b. 1881)
• 1939 – Tommy Ladnier, American trumpeter (b. 1900)
• 1941 – Wilhelm II, German Emperor (b. 1859)
• 1942 – Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1951 – Serge Koussevitzky, Russian conductor, musician, and composer (b. 1874)
• 1956 – Katherine MacDonald, American actress (b. 1881)
• 1962 – Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (b. 1882)
• 1964 – Samuil Marshak, Russian poet (b. 1887)
• 1968 – Dorothy Gish, American actress (b. 1898)
• 1970 – Sonny Tufts, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1971 – Georg Lukács, Hungarian philosopher (b. 1885)
• 1973 – Maurice René Fréchet, French mathematician (b. 1878)
• 1973 – Murry Wilson, American musician, songwriter, producer, and manager (b. 1917)
• 1989 – Dik Browne, American cartoonist (b. 1917)
• 1992 – Carl Stotz, American businessman, founder of Little League Baseball (b. 1910)
• 1994 – Derek Leckenby, English guitarist (Herman's Hermits) (b. 1943)
• 1994 – Massimo Troisi, Italian actor (b. 1953)
• 1997 – Ronnie Lane, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Faces and Small Faces) (b. 1946)
• 2001 – Dipendra of Nepal (b. 1971)
• 2001 – John Hartford, American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer (b. 1937)
• 2002 – Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian politician, President of Peru (b. 1912)
• 2004 – Marvin Heemeyer, American welder and shop owner (b. 1952)
• 2004 – Steve Lacy, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1934)
• 2004 – Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (b. 1921)
• 2007 – Clete Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1937)
• 2007 – Jim Clark, American sheriff (b. 1922)
• 2007 – Bill France, Jr., American businessman (b. 1933)
• 2007 – Sotiris Moustakas, Greek actor (b. 1940)
• 2007 – Freddie Scott, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
• 2007 – Craig L. Thomas, American politician (b. 1933)
• 2008 – Nikos Sergianopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1952)
• 2010 – John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1910)
• 2011 – Juan Francisco Luis, U.S. Virgin Islander politician, 23rd Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (b. 1940)
• 2011 – Andreas P. Nielsen, Danish author and composer (b. 1953)
• 2012 – Abu Yahya al-Libi, Libyan terrorist, senior member of al-Qaeda (b. 1963)
• 2012 – Ireneo García Alonso, Spanish bishop (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Peter Beaven, New Zealand architect, designed the Lyttelton Road Tunnel Administration Building (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Bobby Black, Scottish footballer (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Pedro Borbón, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1946)
• 2012 – Jim Fitzgerald, American businessman (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Bernard A. Jean, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Eduard Khil, Russian singer (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Guatemalan cardinal, Archbishop of Guatemala City (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Herb Reed, American singer and musician (The Platters) (b. 1929)

Holidays and observances

• Bhagat Puran Singh's Birthday. (Sikhism)
• Birthday of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim & Flag Day celebration of the Finnish Defence Forces (Finland)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Francis Caracciolo
  • Optatus
  • Petroc of Cornwall
  • Quirinus of Sescia
  • Saturnina
  • June 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Emancipation Day or Independence Day(Tonga)
• Flag Day (Estonia)
• International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (International)
• National Unity Day (Hungary)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On this day in Canada

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