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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)
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.
1825
French American Revolutionary War General Lafayette speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States.
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.
1942
World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese navy.
1943
A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
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.
1965
Duane Earl Pope robbed the Farmers’ State Bank of Big Springs, Nebraska, killing three people execution style and severely wounding a fourth. The crime landed Pope on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list.
1970
Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1986
Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
1989
The Tiananmen Square protests are violently ended in Beijing by the People’s Liberation Army.
Who were born on June 4?
1801
James Pennethorne, English architect (d. 1871)
1881
Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter (d. 1962)
1907
Patience Strong, English poet and journalist (d. 1990)
1921
Don Diamond, American actor (d. 2011)
1929
Karolos Papoulias, Greek politician
1937
Mortimer Zuckerman, American publisher
1950
George Noory, American radio personality
1962
Zenon Jaskuła, Polish cyclist
1970
David Pybus, British musician
1977
Roman Miroshnichenko, Ukrainian guitarist
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