Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
June 4
| 1070 | Roqueford cheese is accidentally discovered in a cave near Roqueford, France, when a sheperd finds a lunch he had forgotten several days before. | |
| 1615 | The fortress at Osaka, Japan, falls to Shogun Leyasu after a six-month siege. | |
| 1647 | Parliamentary forces capture King Charles I and hold him prisoner. | |
| 1717 | The Freemasons are founded in London. | |
| 1792 | Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain. | |
| 1794 | British troops capture Port-au-Prince, Haiti. | |
| 1805 | Tripoli is forced to conclude peace with the United States after a conflict over tribute. | |
| 1859 | The French army, under Napoleon III, takes Magenta from the Austrian army. | |
| 1864 | Confederates under General Joseph Johnston retreat to the mountains in Georgia. | |
| 1911 | Gold is discovered in Alaska's Indian Creek. | |
| 1918 | French and American troops halt Germany's offensive at Chateau-Thierry, France. | |
| 1919 | The U.S. Senate passes the Women's Suffrage bill. | |
| 1940 | British complete the evacuation of 300,000 troops at Dunkirk. | |
| 1943 | In Argentina, Juan Peron takes part in the military coup that overthrows Ramon S. Castillo. | |
| 1944 | The U-505 becomes the first enemy submarine captured by the U.S. Navy. | |
| 1944 | Allied troops liberate Rome. | |
| 1946 | Juan Peron is installed as Argentina's president. | |
| 1953 | North Korea accepts the United Nations proposals in all major respects. | |
| 1960 | The Taiwan island of Quemoy is hit by 500 artillery shells fired from the coast of Communist China. | |
| 1972 | Black activist Angela Davis is found not guilty of murder, kidnapping, and criminal conspiracy. | |
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Born on June 4 |
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| 1738 | George III, English king (1760-1820). | |
| 1843 | Charles C. Abbott, American naturalist (Days Out of Doors). | |
| 1889 | Beno Gutenberg, seismologist. | |
| 1895 | Dino Conte Grandi, Italy's delegate to League of Nations. | |
| 1904 | Alvah Bessie, screenwriter and novelist. | |
| 1937 | Robert Fulghum, American author (All I Really need to Know I learned in Kindergarten). | |
| 1945 | Anthony Braxton, jazz composer and saxaphonist. | |
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