Bacon, Francis: Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.
Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 4 June.
- BC 1st total solar eclipse reliably recorded by Chinese
- British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner
- Mme. Thible becomes 1st woman to fly (in a balloon)
- Capt. George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain
- La Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory"
- Empire Engine Company No 1 organized
- Henry takes his 1st Ford through sts of Detroit
- US marines invade Costa Rica
- British complete miracle of Dunkirk by evacuating 300 -000 troops
- Battle of Midway begins 1st naval battle won in air
- 1st submarine captured & boarded on high seas - U 505
- Rome liberated from Mussolini's Fascist armies
- Largest solar prominence (300 -000 miles) is observed
- Taft-Hartley Act approved despite Truman veto
- Speech by Khrushchev blasting Stalin made public
- 1st commercial coal pipeline placed in operation
- Tonga gains independence from Britain (National Day)
- Violence during Puerto Rican Day in Chicago kills two
- Israel attacks targets in south Lebanon
- Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law
- Jonathan Pollard spy for Israel pleads guilty
These famous people were born on 4 June.
- 1694 - Fran‡ois Quesnay, French economist, leader of the Physiocrats
- 1738 - George III, English king during American Revolution (1760-1820)
- 1867 - Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, Finnish military hero, president (1944-46)
- 1908 - Roselind Russell
- 1917 - Howard Metzenbaum, (D), Ohio sen
- 1919 - Robert Merrill, baritone
- 1922 - Gene Barry, Actor (Bat Masterson)
- 1924 - Dennis Weaver, Actor (Chester in Gunsmoke, Duel)
- 1926 - Robert Earl Hughes, became heaviest known human (486 kg)
- 1932 - John Barrymore, Jr., Actor
- 1936 - Bruce Dern, Actor (Coming Home, Silent Running, Tatoo)
- 1937 - Freddie Fender, country singer
- 1946 - Bettina Gregory, News woman
- 1948 - Rosemary Joyce
- 1952 - Parker Stevenson
- 1965 - Andrea Jagger, in Chicago Tennis player
