Historical Events In June - 04

1896  Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit on this day in history.  

1899  On June - 04 leo Spies, composer  

1900  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1905  Carl Albert Loeschhorn, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1906  Richard Whorf, actor/director (Yankee Doodle Dandy, Keeper of Flame) on this day in history.  

1907  Automatic washer & dryer introduced on June - 04.  

1907  On this day in history marjan Kozina, composer  

1907  Agathe Grondahl, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

1909  Paul Nordoff, Philadelphia, composer (Frog Prince) on June - 04.  

1910  The birth of Christopher Cockerell, Hovercraft inventor on this day in history.  

1910  On June - 04 christopher Cockerell, inventor (Hovercraft)  

1911  On this day in history austin Andrew Wright, sculptor  

1912  On this day in history cone of Mount Katmai (Alaska) collapses  

1912  Massachusetts passes first US minimum wage law on June - 04.  

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 June - 04.  

1913  On June - 04 bruno Bettinelli, composer  

1913  On June - 04 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 June - 04.  

1915  William Charles Denis Browne, composer, dies at 26 on this day in history.  

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

1916  On this day in history cecil Blacker, CEO (British Equestrian Federation)  

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

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

1917  On June - 04 allen Greenwood, deputy CEO (British Aerospace)  

1918  M Wolf discovers asteroid #894 Erda on June - 04.  

1918  On June - 04 leRoy Walker, Atlanta Ga, CEO (US Olympic Committee)  

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

1919  US marines invade Costa Rica on this day in history.  

1920  On June - 04 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 this day in history.  

1489  Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544) was born on June - 04.  

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  On June - 04 birth of francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV  

1697  On this day in history birth of jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi  

1700  Theodoor Verhaegen, Flemish sculptor was born on this day in history.  

1704  Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.  

1039  Conrad II the Salian, King/Emperor of Germany (1024/27-39), dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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

1206  Death of Adèle of Champagne, wife of Louis VII of France on this day in history.  

1257  On June - 04 death of duke Przemysl I of Poland  

1267  On this day in history hendrik of Vianden, bishop of Utrecht (1252-67), dies  

1316  On June - 04 louis X, King of France (1314-16), dies at 26  

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 June - 04.