Historical Events In June - 04

1896  Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit on June - 04.   

1899  Leo Spies, composer on this day in history.   

1900  On June - 04 m Wolf & A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #456 Abnoba   

1902  Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928) on June - 04.   

1903  A new element, Polonium, discovered by Curie husband and wife team on June - 04.   

1905  Carl Albert Loeschhorn, composer, dies at 85 on June - 04.   

1906  Richard Whorf, actor/director (Yankee Doodle Dandy, Keeper of Flame) on June - 04.   

1907  Automatic washer & dryer introduced on June - 04.   

1907  On June - 04 marjan Kozina, composer   

1907  On June - 04 agathe Grondahl, composer, dies at 59   

1908  On this day in history earl of Halsbury, chancellor (Brunei University)   

1909  On this day in history paul Nordoff, Philadelphia, composer (Frog Prince)   

1910  On this day in history the birth of Christopher Cockerell, Hovercraft inventor   

1910  On this day in history christopher Cockerell, inventor (Hovercraft)   

1911  Austin Andrew Wright, sculptor on June - 04.   

1912  Cone of Mount Katmai (Alaska) collapses on June - 04.   

1912  Massachusetts passes first US minimum wage law on this day in history.   

1912  On June - 04 robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (great iron sculptures)   

1913  Suffragette Emily Davison throws himself in front of King George V's horse Anmer at the Epsom Derby on this day in history.   

1913  On June - 04 bruno Bettinelli, composer   

1913  On this day in history emily Wilding Davidson, suffragette, trampled to death by a horse   

1914  Willy-August Linnemann, Danish writer/journalist on this day in history.   

1915  Modibo Keita, president of Mali (1960-68) on this day in history.   

1915  William Charles Denis Browne, composer, dies at 26 on June - 04.   

1916  Russian General Brusilov fails on his Eastern Front attack on June - 04.   

1916  Cecil Blacker, CEO (British Equestrian Federation) on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history mildred J Hill, composer/musician (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 56   

1917  On this day in history 1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards & Elliott (Julia Ward Howe)   

1917  On this day in history allen Greenwood, deputy CEO (British Aerospace)   

1918  On this day in history m Wolf discovers asteroid #894 Erda   

1918  LeRoy Walker, Atlanta Ga, CEO (US Olympic Committee) on this day in history.   

1919  On June - 04 senate passes Women's Suffrage bill   

1919  On June - 04 uS marines invade Costa Rica   

1920  On this day in history peace of Trianon between Allies & Hungary   

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1394  Philippa of England, queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430) was born on June - 04.   

1489  On June - 04 birth of antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544)   

1604  On this day in history birth of claudia de' Medici, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1648)   

1665  On June - 04 birth of zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian soldier (d. 1733)   

1694  Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV was born on June - 04.   

1697  On June - 04 birth of jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi   

1700  On this day in history birth of theodoor Verhaegen, Flemish sculptor   

1704  On this day in history birth of benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (d. 1776)   

1039  On June - 04 conrad II the Salian, King/Emperor of Germany (1024/27-39), dies at 49   

1135  Death of Emperor Huizong of China (b. 1082) on June - 04.   

1206  On this day in history death of adèle of Champagne, wife of Louis VII of France   

1257  On this day in history death of duke Przemysl I of Poland   

1267  Hendrik of Vianden, bishop of Utrecht (1252-67), dies on this day in history.   

1316  Louis X, King of France (1314-16), dies at 26 on June - 04.   

1394  On June - 04 death of mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England (b. c 1369)   

1463  Flavio Biondi, Italian writer (Rome instaurata), dies at about 65 on this day in history.