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Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 4 June.

1. BC 1st total solar eclipse reliably recorded by Chinese
2. British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner
3. Mme. Thible becomes 1st woman to fly (in a balloon)
4. Capt. George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain
5. La Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory"
6. Empire Engine Company No 1 organized
7. Henry takes his 1st Ford through sts of Detroit
8. US marines invade Costa Rica
9. British complete miracle of Dunkirk by evacuating 300 -000 troops
10. Battle of Midway begins 1st naval battle won in air
11. 1st submarine captured & boarded on high seas - U 505
12. Rome liberated from Mussolini's Fascist armies
13. Largest solar prominence (300 -000 miles) is observed
14. Taft-Hartley Act approved despite Truman veto
15. Speech by Khrushchev blasting Stalin made public
16. 1st commercial coal pipeline placed in operation
17. Tonga gains independence from Britain (National Day)
18. Violence during Puerto Rican Day in Chicago kills two
19. Israel attacks targets in south Lebanon
20. Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law
21. Jonathan Pollard spy for Israel pleads guilty

These famous people were born on 4 June.

1. 1694 - Fran‡ois Quesnay, French economist, leader of the Physiocrats
2. 1738 - George III, English king during American Revolution (1760-1820)
3. 1867 - Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, Finnish military hero, president (1944-46)
4. 1908 - Roselind Russell
5. 1917 - Howard Metzenbaum, (D), Ohio sen
6. 1919 - Robert Merrill, baritone
7. 1922 - Gene Barry, Actor (Bat Masterson)
8. 1924 - Dennis Weaver, Actor (Chester in Gunsmoke, Duel)
9. 1926 - Robert Earl Hughes, became heaviest known human (486 kg)
10. 1932 - John Barrymore, Jr., Actor
11. 1936 - Bruce Dern, Actor (Coming Home, Silent Running, Tatoo)
12. 1937 - Freddie Fender, country singer
13. 1946 - Bettina Gregory, News woman
14. 1948 - Rosemary Joyce
15. 1952 - Parker Stevenson
16. 1965 - Andrea Jagger, in Chicago Tennis player