June 4 in History

Begins the revolt by leading a poll tax attack on Dartford

Executed by Henry IV for being a traitor

Executed by Henry IV for being a traitor

Executed by Henry IV for being a traitor

Supported by Lovell & the Earl of Lincoln. An army of German mercenaries & Irish lands at Furnes, Lancashire

Supported by Lovell & the Earl of Lincoln

Bristol gains city status in connection with the creation of the new cathedral diocese.

Creates the Diocese of Bristol, with the former Augustinian abbey church becoming Bristol Cathedral.

Lord Robert Dudley marries Amy Robsart

Lord Robert Dudley marries Amy Robsart

Taken prisoner by the Army from Holmby House in Northamptonshire

Joins forces with the Jacobite invaders

Robespierre became president of the National Convention shortly before the Festival of the Supreme Being.

Arrives in the Caribbean during the pursuit of Villeneuve.

Is assassinated while travelling through the mountains of southern Gran Colombia.

Under the new constitution free association & public meetings become citizens rights

The franchise is extended to the upper middle class

The 3rd Reform Bill is passed

The 3rd Reform Bill is passed. The franchise is extended to the upper middle class. Constituencies are created in new towns, rotten & pocket boroughs abolished

The first public section of the Great Western Railway opens between Paddington and Maidenhead.

The first temporary Great Western Railway terminus at Paddington opens for services between London and Maidenhead.

Leads an Austrian force defeated by the French & Italians, forced to retire

French victory at Magenta is followed by the French liberation of Milan

La Sociedad Esperanza de Empleados (Employees Hope Society) designates Marti as delegate to the Congreso Obrero

La Sociedad Esperanza de Empleados (Employees Hope Society) designates Marti as delegate to the Congreso Obrero

Supports Free Trade while speaking at a mass meeting in Manchester

Gives evidence about deck work, lifeboat operations and the final evacuation.

Gives evidence about Titanic's lifeboats and his experience during the sinking.

Gives evidence about passenger assistance, lifeboat loading and events after the collision.

Begins giving evidence before the British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry into Titanic's loss.

Steps out in front of the King's horse, Anmer, as it rounded Tattenham Corner in the Derby, with Davison carrying the banner of the WSPU

Herbert Jones, the jockey who was riding the King's horse, suffers a mild concussion in the incident, but is "haunted by that womans face" much longer

Hunter-Weston's troops gain limited ground during the third unsuccessful Allied offensive toward Krithia.

The 3rd & Eighth Armies attack the Austrian 4th south of the Pripet Marshes. The Austrians are routed

Gouraud directs French forces during the Third Battle of Krithia on the right of the Allied line.

Hamilton's third Krithia offensive ends without capturing the village or breaking the Ottoman defence.

Hamilton launches the third major Allied attempt to capture Krithia and the heights of Achi Baba.

Transfers 15 Divisions from the Western to the Eastern front after the Brusilov Offensive

Transfers 15 Divisions from the Western to the Eastern front after the Brusilov Offensive

Challenges moderate Soviet leaders by declaring that Bolsheviks are ready to take power

Claims Bolsheviks are ready to take power.

Defends coalition policy before Soviet delegates.

About 1,500 mutineers march on Villiers-Cotterelts to try & reach Paris

Final day of 3rd Ludendorf offensive, Battle of the Aisne

Announces, "I shall fight before Paris..."

A Treaty signed between the Democratic Republic of Armenia and the Ottoman Empire signed in Batum

Turkey signs a Treaty with Armenian nationalists recognizing a new Armenian Republic. A Treaty signed between the Democratic Republic of Armenia and the Ottoman Empire signed in Batum

Says "2,000 yrs ago the mob of Jerusalem dragged a man to execution in just this way"

Survives a right-wing assassination attempt using prussic acid, reflecting the continuing campaign of political violence against republican leaders.

Says "2,000 yrs ago the mob of Jerusalem dragged a man to execution in just this way"

Writes the majority opinion protecting language instruction against a Nebraska restriction.

His train is mined, organized by 2 Japanese Colonels to secure Manchuria for Japan

Heads the first junta of the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.

Hitler has a meeting with Rohm for 5 hrs & warns him not to start a 2nd revolution

Hitler meets Rohm, the SA is asked to take 1 months leave. Hitler has a meeting with Rohm for 5 hrs & warns him not to start a 2nd revolution

Hitler has a meeting with Rohm, the SA has to take 1 months leave

The Second Malypetr Government ends in Prague, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.

Begins the Third Malypetr Government in Prague and serves as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.

Dunkirk is captured after its evacuation by the BEF

The Germans enter Dunkirk

The British Royal Navy evacuates 300,000 from Dunkirk

Oversees withdrawal of British land forces during the evacuation.

Directs evacuation of Allied forces from the Narvik area.

Directs evacuation of Allied troops and equipment from the Narvik area.

Cunningham helps direct naval evacuation movements as Allied forces withdraw from northern Norway.

"We shall fight on the beaches...... we shall never surrender"

The British Royal Navy evacuates 300,000 from Dunkirk

"We shall fight on the beaches...... we shall never surrender"

Warns Parliament that Britain will fight on whatever happens.

Tomonaga leads the Japanese carrier strike that bombs Midway Island shortly after dawn.

Dies after an attack by the Czech resistence, 3 Czech parachutists with British support in an open car

Yamaguchi directs Hiryu's surviving air group in two counterstrikes that badly damage USS Yorktown.

Launches the Midway invasion believing there are no US carriers in the central Pacific

Aoki commands Akagi when American dive bombers fatally damage the carrier during the Battle of Midway.

Kaku commands Hiryu when American dive bombers fatally damage the last operational Japanese carrier at Midway.

Yanagimoto commands Soryu when American dive bombers mortally damage the carrier during the Battle of Midway.

Appointed de facto President of Argentina after the 1943 coup

Leads the first U.S. boarding party onto U-505 and secures sensitive cipher material, including Enigma equipment.

Commands the hunter-killer group that captures U-505 with Enigma machines and current codebooks intact.

Leads the salvage effort that keeps U-505 afloat, preserving captured Enigma machines and codebooks for intelligence exploitation.

The weather in the Channel deteriorates & the Allied invasion force is recalled

Postpones Operation Overlord, due 5th June, because of bad weather

Arrives home hoping to convince Hitler to defend the Cotentin coast

Ota's naval base force defends the Oroku Peninsula after American Marines begin operations against the position.

Elected to power as President but rules through military force

Appointed President of Argentina

Appointed President of Argentina, 1st term

Begins implementing the formal apartheid programme.

Forms a National Party government after the general election.

Appointed President of Argentina, 2nd term

Launches his active campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in Abilene, Kansas.

Announces that Egypt will not renew the Suez Canal Company's concession when it expires.

Pegasus Bridge now resides in the grounds of the Pegasus Memorial Museum, the museum is inaugurated by HRH The Prince of Wales and lies at the Eastern end of the current bridge

Renews pressure for a German peace settlement and threatens a separate treaty with East Germany.

Agrees with Kennedy on the goal of a neutral Laos governed by a coalition rather than direct superpower confrontation.

Defends the national Hospital Plan in the House of Commons and stresses long-term development of modern hospital services.

Lee, Marina, and June departed Holland aboard the SS Maasdam on June 4, beginning their Atlantic crossing to the United States.

Resigns before being exposed for lying to the Prime Minister in the House of Commons

Profumo resigns from the Government

Resigns before being exposed for lying to the Prime Minister in the House of Commons

Profumo resigns from the Government

Sessions start at Studio 2 in Abbey Road on "Eclipse", the original title of "Dark Side Of The Moon"

Sessions start at Studio 2 in Abbey Road on "Eclipse", the original title of "Dark Side Of The Moon"

Sessions start at Studio 2 in Abbey Road on "Eclipse", the original title of "Dark Side Of The Moon"

Elected first President of the Khmer Republic after adoption of the constitution

Sumner and Hook attend a Sex Pistols show at the Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall, only 35 to 40 people are in attendance, but that night has been credited with igniting the Manchester music scene

Sumner and Hook attend a Sex Pistols show at the Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall, only 35 to 40 people are in attendance, but that night has been credited with igniting the Manchester music scene

Performs at the Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall, a concert later treated as a catalyst for local punk.

Plays at the Lesser Free Trade Hall concert that helps inspire future Manchester musicians.

Forms a short-lived Progressive Conservative minority government.

The invasion leads to the unconditional recognition of the State of Israel. Israels ambassador to Britain, Shlomo Argov, is shot and wounded outside a London hotel, Israels invasion of Lebanon follows the assassination attempt, the attack is blamed on Abu Nidals Palestinian Fatah group. Israel attacks targets in south Lebanon one day after the attempted assassination of the Israeli Ambassador in London

Britain vetoes the ceasfire resolution in the Security Council

Rajiv Gandhi's government orders Operation Poomalai, an Indian Air Force airdrop over Jaffna during the Sri Lankan civil conflict.

The Government imposes martial law. Pro-democracy demonstrations are crushed in Tiananmen Square

The House of Lords rejects the War Crimes Bill

Supports the Cologne decision to begin drafting a Charter of Fundamental Rights for the European Union.

Clinton and Putin agree to each dispose 34 metric tons of weapons-grade nuclear plutonium and to establish a military centre in Moscow for US and Russian officers to share early warning data on missile and space launches

Clinton and Putin agree to each dispose 34 metric tons of weapons-grade nuclear plutonium and to establish a military centre in Moscow for US and Russian officers to share early warning data on missile and space launches

Clinton and Putin agree to each dispose 34 metric tons of weapons-grade nuclear plutonium and to establish a military centre in Moscow for US and Russian officers to share early warning data on missile and space launches

Scores with an overhead kick as Belgium draw 2-2 with World Cup co-hosts Japan.

Scores Belgium's second equaliser in the 2-2 World Cup draw with Japan.

Meets Bush and Sharon and commits to ending armed attacks.

Meets Sharon and Abbas to launch Road Map commitments.

Gyanendra appoints royalist Surya Bahadur Thapa as Prime Minister

Surya Bahadur Thapa quits as Prime Minister after weeks of protests

Arrested in the United States in a case alleging plots against the Lao government

UKIP finishes second in the UK European Parliament election.

Labour finishes third in the European Parliament election vote.

Labour suffers heavy losses in the European Parliament elections.

Meets European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and confirms Ukraine's European integration course.

Begins his first foreign presidential visit at European Union and NATO institutions in Brussels.

Reaffirms that full European Union and NATO membership remain strategic priorities for Ukraine.

Announces restrictions on asylum at the southern border.

Is inaugurated after the snap election.

Proposes a ceasefire lasting until a direct meeting with Vladimir Putin can be arranged.

Birth of George III, Norfolk House, St Jamess Square, London

Releases Born in the USA, the album that turns him into a global pop and rock superstar.

Dies at Utrecht aged 49, he is succeeded as German King by his son Henry

Executed by Henry IV for being a traitor

Executed by Henry IV for being a traitor

Executed by Henry IV for being a traitor

Death of Tsolin Chang

Death of Reinhard Heydrich

The Czech resistence assassinates Heydrich, "the Protector of Bohemia"

Former president Mamerto Urriolagoitia Harriague dies in Sucre.

Directs Russian artillery as Peter prepares for battle.

Peter arrives near Poltava after suppressing opposition among Cossack supporters of Mazepa.

Commands Russian infantry in the campaign around Poltava.

Commands a major part of the Russian army arriving to relieve Poltava.

Frederick II the Great surprises & defeats Charles of Lorraines Austrian Army

Frederick II the Great surprises & defeats Charles of Lorraines Austrian Army

Defeats Oudinot & Grossbeeren at Luckau

Defeats the larger Ottoman corps at the Choloki River and captures its artillery.

Commands the Ottoman corps driven from its fortified position at the Choloki River.

Results in a French-Sardinian victory under Napoleon III against the Austrians under Marshal Ferencz Gyulai. French victory at Magenta is followed by the French liberation of Milan

Leads an Austrian force defeated by the French & Italians, forced to retire

Transforms the battle into a French victory. MacMahon is created Duke of Magenta for his role in this battle, and later serves as President of the French Republic. French victory at Magenta is followed by the French liberation of Milan

Napoleon IIIs army crossed the Ticino River and outflanked the Austrian right forcing the Austrian army under General Gyulai to retreat

Final day of 3rd Ludendorf offensive, Battle of the Aisne

The French rearguard surrenders

Oversees withdrawal of British land forces from northern Norway.

Directs evacuation of Allied forces from the Narvik area.

Spruance & Fletcher sink 4 Japanese carriers with the loss of the Yorktown

Orders a 2nd attack when the Japanes are caught with their decks crowded with planes. Launches the Midway invasion believing there are no US carriers in the central Pacific. By 5:00PM Japan had lost her entire carrier force

Provides the Japanese code which inform the Americans of the Japanese plans

Attacks Japanese carriers heading for Midway, lulls Nagumo into false sense of victory

The Americans retreat & he gives up the battle. All the Japanese carriers are lost at Midway