What are the important events that happened on June 4? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

June 4: Facts & Myths About This Day

June 4 is the 155^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 210 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 22, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,149,920 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectapentacontapentagon’ day.

Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 258 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,548 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 4 Historical Events

• 1783 –
  The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
• 1859 –
  Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army.
• 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.
• 1912 –
  Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1967 –
  Stockport Air Disaster: British Midland flight G-ALHG crashes in Hopes Carr, Stockport, killing 72 passengers and crew.
• 1989 –
  Ali Khamenei is elected the new Supreme Leader of Islamic republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
• 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.

Who were born on June 4?

• 1394 –
  Philippa of England, queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430)
• 1604 –
  Claudia de' Medici, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1648)
• 1929 –
  Karolos Papoulias, Greek politician
• 1941 –
  Kenneth G. Ross, Australian playwright and screenwriter
• 1942 –
  Bill Rowe, Canadian radio personality and politician
• 1945 –
  Anthony Braxton, American composer and instrumentalist
• 1971 –
  Shōji Meguro, Japanese composer
• 1976 –
  Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player
• 1979 –
  Naohiro Takahara, Japanese footballer
• 1984 –
  Ian White, Canadian hockey player

Who died on June 4?

• 1206 –
  Adèle of Champagne, wife of Louis VII of France
• 1257 –
  Duke Przemysl I of Poland
• 1585 –
  Muretus, French humanist (b. 1526)
• 1801 –
  Frederick Muhlenberg, American statesman (b. 1750)
• 1872 –
  Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Dutch politician (b. 1798)
• 1929 –
  Harry Frazee, Boston Red Sox owner from 1916-1923 (b. 1881)
• 1971 –
  Georg Lukács, Hungarian philosopher (b. 1885)
• 1973 –
  Murry Wilson, father of Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson and Carl Wilson (b. 1917)
• 2004 –
  Steve Lacy, American saxophonist (b. 1934)
• 2007 –
  Freddie Scott, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)