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June 4: Day of the Week
June 4, 2024 is the 156th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 210 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.
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Here’s the June calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
June 4 Historical Event(s)
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.
1802
Grieving over the death of his wife, Marie Clotilde of France, King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.
1812
Following Louisiana’s admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
1940
World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends – British forces complete evacuation of 300,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers his famous “We shall fight on the beaches” speech.
1944
World War II: Rome falls to the Allies, the first Axis capital to fall.
1961
In the Vienna summit, Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.
1974
During Ten Cent Beer Night, inebriated Cleveland Indians fans start a riot, causing the game to be forfeited to the Texas Rangers.
1988
Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
1989
Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
Who were born on June 4?
1394
Philippa of England, queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430)
1694
François Quesnay, French economist (d. 1774)
1930
Morgana King, American actress
1934
Dame Monica Dacon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines schoolteacher, educator and politician
1953
Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish musician (d. 1979)
1971
Shōji Meguro, Japanese composer
1972
Rob Huebel, American comedian
1976
Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player
1981
T. J. Miller, American actor and comedian
1984
Jenaveve Jolie, American pornographic actress
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