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June 4, 2000 Tony Awards, Copenhagen, Contact, The Real Thing revival, and Kiss Me Kate revival won major awards June 4, 1995 "Jackie Mason: Politically Incorrect" closes at Golden New York City at 347 perf June 4, 1995 49th Tony Awards: Love! Valour! Compassion! and Sunset Boulevard win June 4, 1995 8th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,331,000 June 4, 1995 Dale Eggeling wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic June 4, 1994 Haile Gebre Selassie runs world record 5 km (12:56.96) June 4, 1992 San Jose voters reject Giants plan to build a new stadium June 4, 1992 USPO announces young Elvis beats old Elvis stamp June 4, 1991 1st post WW II non-communist government in Albania June 4, 1991 Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl is ordained in Episcopal Church June 4, 1991 Pope John Paul II compares abortion with nazi murders June 4, 1991 Robert Strauss becomes U.S. ambassador to Soviet Union June 4, 1990 24th Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Patty Loveless June 4, 1990 Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy June 4, 1990 Los Angeles Dodger Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves June 4, 1990 New York Telephone company announces that it wants Bronx area code 917 June 4, 1990 Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die June 4, 1989 2nd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $770,000 June 4, 1989 43rd Tony Awards: Heidi Chronicles and Jerome Robbin's Broadway win June 4, 1989 Beijing cop shoots and wounds Chinese priemer Li Ping June 4, 1989 Eastern Europe's 1st somewhat free election in 40 years held in Poland June 4, 1989 Gas explodes near 2 passenger trains in U.S.S.R., kills 100s June 4, 1989 Largest parade in Bronx history honors 350th anniversary June 4, 1989 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International June 4, 1989 Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway June 4, 1988 "Cabaret" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 262 performances June 4, 1988 42nd Tony Awards: M Butterfly and Phantom of the Opera win June 4, 1988 58th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats N Zvereva (60 60) June 4, 1988 Kay Cottee sails into Sydney as 1st woman to circle the globe alone June 4, 1988 Longest game in Balt Memorial Stadium (5:46) 14 inn (beat New York 7-6) June 4, 1988 Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases for record 249 as a New York Yankee June 4, 1987 Danny Harris beats Edwin Moses, ends streak of 122 cons hurdle wins June 4, 1986 Jonathan Pollard, spy for Israel, pleads guilty in U.S. court June 4, 1985 STS 51-G vehicle moves to launch pad June 4, 1985 Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law June 4, 1984 18th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers June 4, 1984 Arnold Palmer fails to make U.S. Open golf tournament 1st time in 32 yrs June 4, 1984 Bruce Springsteen releases "Born in the USA" June 4, 1984 DNA is successfully cloned from an extinct animal June 4, 1984 New York Mets draft Shawn Abner, 17, #1 June 4, 1983 53rd French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Mima Jausovec (61 62) June 4, 1982 "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," released in USA June 4, 1982 Israel attacks targets in south Lebanon June 4, 1981 54th National Spelling Bee: Paige Pipkin wins spelling sarcophagus June 4, 1979 South-African President Vorster resigns due to scandal June 4, 1979 Sri Lanka forfeit ICC Trophy game vs Israel for political reasons June 4, 1978 "Working" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 25 performances June 4, 1978 32nd Tony Awards: Da and Ain't Misbehavin' win June 4, 1978 6th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): JoAnne Carner June 4, 1978 Liberal Julio Turbay Ayola wins Colombia elections June 4, 1977 Apple II, the 1st personal computer, goes on sale June 4, 1977 Violence during Puerto Rican Day in Chicago kills 2 June 4, 1975 Oldest animal fossils in U.S. discovered in North Carolina June 4, 1974 NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks June 4, 1974 Never-to-be-repeated 10 cents Beer Night at Cleveland Stadium occurs June 4, 1974 10 cents Beer Night at Cleveland, unruly fans stumble onto field and cause Indians to forfeit the game to Rangers with score tied 5-5 in 9th June 4, 1973 43rd French Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beats C Evert (67 76 64) June 4, 1972 Angela Davis, black activist, acquitted of killing a white guard June 4, 1972 Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open June 4, 1972 Record 8 shutouts pitched in 16 major league games (AL=5, NL=3) June 4, 1971 J Luns appointed Secretary-General of NATO June 4, 1971 Oakland A's beat Washington Senators, 5-3, in 21 innings June 4, 1971 Zaheer Abbas scores Cricket 274 at Edgbaston, 544 minutes 38 fours June 4, 1970 43rd National Spelling Bee: Libby Childress wins spelling croissant June 4, 1970 San Diego Padres draft Mike Ivie #1 June 4, 1970 Tonga, formerly Friendly Islands, declares independence from U.K. June 4, 1970 WSMW TV channel 27 in Worcester, MA (IND) begins broadcasting June 4, 1970 Yanks Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 1st of 3 times in 28 days June 4, 1969 Beatles release Ballad Of John and Yoko/Old Brown Shoe, in US June 4, 1969 Nicky Hopkins quits rock and rolls, Jeff Beck Group June 4, 1969 22-year-old man sneaks into wheel pod of a jet parked in Havana and survives 9-hr flight to Spain despite thin oxygen levels at 29,000 ft June 4, 1968 Don Drysdale pitches his 6th straight shutout, en route to 58 innings June 4, 1967 19th Emmy Awards: Mission Impossible, Monkees, Don Knotts and Lucy Ball June 4, 1967 KTVN TV channel 2 in Reno, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting June 4, 1967 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St. Louis Women's Golf Invitational June 4, 1967 Monkees take home an Emmy for their Outstanding comedy Series June 4, 1967 Curt Flood's record 568 straight chances without an error ends (227 straight games) June 4, 1966 "Batman and His Grandmother" by Dickie Goodman hits #70 June 4, 1966 Hurricane Alma, kills 51 in Honduras June 4, 1966 98th Belmont: William Boland aboard Amberoid wins in 2:29.6 June 4, 1965 Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction" June 4, 1964 Beatles "World Tour" begins in Copenhagen Denmark June 4, 1964 Los Angeles Dodger Sandy Koufax 3rd no-hitter beats Philadelphia Phillies, 3-0 June 4, 1964 Maldives adopts constitution June 4, 1964 Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott vs. Australia at Trent Bridge, 48 June 4, 1963 1st transmission of "Pop Go the Beatles" on BBC radio June 4, 1963 British Minister of War John Profumo resigns due to Christine Keeler June 4, 1962 Lee Harvey Oswald departs Rotterdam on SS Maasdam to U.S. June 4, 1961 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Western Golf Open June 4, 1958 French premier De Gaulle arrives in Algiers June 4, 1958 San Francisco Giants Hank Sauer and B Schmidt are 2nd to hit consecutive pinch HRs June 4, 1957 1st commercial coal pipeline placed in operation June 4, 1957 May and Cowdrey make 411 stand vs. WI Ramadhin bowls 98 overs June 4, 1956 Speech by Khrushchev blasting Stalin made public June 4, 1955 "Mickey Rooney Show," TV comedy last airs on NBC June 4, 1954 Arthur Murray flies X-1A rocket plane to record 27,000 m June 4, 1954 France grants Vietnam independence inside French Union June 4, 1953 Pittsburgh trades outfielder Ralph Kiner and Joe Garagiola to Chicago June 4, 1951 Mississippi Valley State University founded June 4, 1951 Pirate's Gus Bell hits for cycle helps beat Phillies 12-4 June 4, 1950 CVP wins Belgian parliamentary election June 4, 1950 Dutch cyclist Wim van Est wins Bordeaux-Paris (586 km in 17:25) June 4, 1949 "Cavalcade of Stars" debuts (DuMont); Jackie Gleason made host in 1950 June 4, 1947 "Louisiana Lady" closes at Century Theater New York City after 4 performances June 4, 1947 House of Representatives approves Taft-Hartley act June 4, 1946 Largest solar prominence, 300,000 mi/500,000 km, observed June 4, 1945 6th Marine division occupies Orokoe Peninsula Okinawa June 4, 1945 U.S., Russia, England and France agree to split occupied Germany June 4, 1944 1st British gliders touches down on French soil for D-Day June 4, 1944 1st submarine captured and boarded on high seas-U 505 June 4, 1944 5th Army enters and liberates Rome from Mussolini's Fascist armies June 4, 1944 French general De Gaulle arrives in London June 4, 1943 Argentina taken over by Gen Rawson and Col Juan Peron June 4, 1943 St. Louis Card Mort Cooper pitches his 2nd consecutive 1 hitter June 4, 1942 Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II June 4, 1942 Capitol Record Co. opens for business June 4, 1942 USS Yorktown sinks near Midway Island June 4, 1941 Rep of Croatia orders all Jews to wear a star with the letter Z June 4, 1940 1st NL night game at Sportsman's Park (Dodgers 10, Cardinals 1) June 4, 1940 1st night game at Forbes Field (Pirates 14, Braves 2) June 4, 1940 British complete miracle of Dunkirk by evacuating 300,000 troops June 4, 1940 German forces enter Paris June 4, 1940 The synthetic rubber tire unveiled June 4, 1940 Winston Churchill says "We shall fight on the seas and oceans" June 4, 1938 10th Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland, 7 -4 June 4, 1938 70th Belmont: James Stout aboard Pasteurized wins in 2:29.6 June 4, 1937 Leon Blum becomes premier of People's front government of France June 4, 1932 64th Belmont: Tom Malley aboard Faireno wins in 2:32.8 June 4, 1932 Edouard Herriot becomes premier of France June 4, 1929 George Eastman demonstrates 1st technicolor movie (Rochester New York) June 4, 1927 1st Ryder Cup: U.S. beats England, 9 -2 at Worcester CC Mass June 4, 1927 Johnny Weissmuller set swim records in 100-yard and 200-yard free-style June 4, 1920 Peace of Trianon between Allies and Hungary June 4, 1919 Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill June 4, 1919 U.S. Marines invade Costa Rica June 4, 1917 1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards and Elliott (Julia Ward Howe) June 4, 1917 American men begin registering for the draft June 4, 1917 Order of British Empire inaugurated June 4, 1916 Russian General Brusilov fails on his Eastern Front attack June 4, 1913 Suffragette Emily Davinson throws himself in front of king's horse June 4, 1912 Cone of Mount Katmai (Alaska) collapses June 4, 1912 Massachusetts passes 1st U.S. minimum wage law June 4, 1907 Automatic washer and dryer introduced June 4, 1896 Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit June 4, 1892 Oil City and Titusville Penn, destroyed by oil tank explosion; 130 die June 4, 1892 Sierra Club forms in San Francisco June 4, 1884 18th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Panique wins in 2:42 June 4, 1878 Cyprus ceded by Turkey to Britain for administrative purposes June 4, 1875 Pacific Stock Exchange opens June 4, 1873 1st contract workers of British-Indies Co arrives in Suriname June 4, 1870 4th Belmont: W Dick aboard Kingfisher wins in 2:59 June 4, 1868 Van Bosse/Fock government begins June 4, 1862 Confederates evacuate Ft. Pillow, Tennessee June 4, 1850 Empire Engine Company No 1 organized June 4, 1850 Self deodorizing fertilizer patented in England June 4, 1845 Mexican - U.S. war starts June 4, 1832 3rd national black convention meets, Philadelphia June 4, 1831 National Congress selects Leopold von Saksen-Coburg as King of Belgium June 4, 1825 Unseasonable hurricane hits New York City June 4, 1812 Louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory" June 4, 1805 Tripoli forced to conclude peace with U.S. after war over tribute June 4, 1800 White House completed and President and Mrs. John Adams move in June 4, 1794 Congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of foreign powers June 4, 1792 Capt George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain June 4, 1789 U.S. constitution goes into effect June 4, 1784 Mme Thible becomes 1st woman to fly, in a balloon June 4, 1783 Montgolfier brothers launch 1st hot-air balloon, unmanned June 4, 1756 Quakers leave assembly of Pennsylvania June 4, 1745 Battle at Hohenfriedberg Silezie: Prussia beats Austria June 4, 1745 Frederick the Great (Prussia) defeats Austrians and Saxons June 4, 1741 Prussia goes to the Covenant of Nymphenburg June 4, 1666 Battle at Duinkerk: English vs Dutch fleet June 4, 1664 Viceroy Willem Frederik conquerors Dijlerschans June 4, 1647 British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner June 4, 1632 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Venlo June 4, 1487 Lord Lovell and John de la Poles army land at Furness Lancashire June 4, 1391 Mob led by Ferrand Martinez surounds and sets fire to Jewish quarter of Seville Spain, surviving Jews sold into slavery June 4, 1133 Rome-Innocentius II crowns Lotharius III Roman-German emperor June 4, 1070 Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France |