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Historical Events on June 4

  • Louisiana Territory

    1812

    Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.

  • Brusilov Offensive

    1916

    World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.

  • 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution

    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.

  • MS St. Louis

    1939

    The Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the 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.

  • We shall fight on the beaches

    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, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.

  • Axis powers

    1944

    World War II: Rome falls to the Allies, the first Axis capital to fall.

  • Stockport air disaster

    1967

    England: 72 people are killed when a Canadair C-4 Argonaut crashes at Stockport.

  • Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

    1989

    The Tiananmen Square protests are violently ended in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, with at least 241 dead.

  • Oklahoma City bombing

    1998

    Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.