Historical Events In June - 04

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

1899  Leo Spies, composer on June - 04.  

1900  M Wolf & A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #456 Abnoba on this day in history.  

1902  On this day in history richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928)  

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  On this day in history automatic washer & dryer introduced  

1907  On June - 04 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  On this day in history paul Nordoff, Philadelphia, composer (Frog Prince)  

1910  On June - 04 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  On June - 04 cone of Mount Katmai (Alaska) collapses  

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

1912  On this day in history 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  Bruno Bettinelli, composer on this day in history.  

1913  Emily Wilding Davidson, suffragette, trampled to death by a horse on June - 04.  

1914  On June - 04 willy-August Linnemann, Danish writer/journalist  

1915  On this day in history modibo Keita, president of Mali (1960-68)  

1915  On June - 04 william Charles Denis Browne, composer, dies at 26  

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

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

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

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

1918  LeRoy Walker, Atlanta Ga, CEO (US Olympic Committee) on June - 04.  

1919  On this day in history senate passes Women's Suffrage bill  

1919  On June - 04 uS marines invade Costa Rica  

1920  Peace of Trianon between Allies & Hungary on this day in history.  

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1394  On June - 04 birth of philippa of England, queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430)  

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

1604  Claudia de' Medici, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1648) was born on this day in history.  

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 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 June - 04.  

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

1135  Death of Emperor Huizong of China (b. 1082) on this day in history.  

1206  On June - 04 death of adèle of Champagne, wife of Louis VII of France  

1257  Death of Duke Przemysl I of Poland on June - 04.  

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 this day in history death of mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England (b. c 1369)  

1463  On this day in history flavio Biondi, Italian writer (Rome instaurata), dies at about 65