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 155th 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.
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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.
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June 4 Historical Events
- 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.
- 1792 –Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1970 –Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1996 –The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 20 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
- 1998 –Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
Who were born on June 4?
- 1801 –James Pennethorne, English architect (d. 1871)
- 1921 –Emilio Komar, Slovenian-born Argentine philosopher (d. 2006)
- 1936 –Nutan Behl, Indian actress (d. 1991)
- 1966 –Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician
- 1972 –Derian Hatcher, American ice hockey player
- 1973 –Mikey Whipwreck, American professional wrestler
- 1974 –Andrew Gwynne, British politician
- 1976 –Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player
- 1977 –Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer
- 1985 –Evan Lysacek, American 2010 Olympic champion figure skater
Who died on June 4?
- 1463 –Flavio Biondo, Italian humanist (b. 1392)
- 1798 –Giacomo Casanova, Italian womanizer and writer (b. 1725)
- 1875 –Eduard Mörike, German poet (b. 1804)
- 1964 –Samuil Marshak, Russian poet (b. 1887)
- 1970 –Sonny Tufts, American actor (b. 1911)
- 1973 –Maurice René Fréchet, French mathematician (b. 1878)
- 1992 –Carl Stotz, American Little League founder (b. 1910)
- 1997 –Ronnie Lane, British bass player (b. 1946)
- 2004 –Marvin Heemeyer, American muffler owner (b. 1952)
- 2010 –John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1910)
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