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On This Day
June 4Copyright 1989-2007 epicidiot.com
1993 Two once-a-month injectable contraceptives, Cyclofem and Mesigyna, are approved the World Health Organization.
1992 Young Elvis beats old: The public voted 3-1 in favor of the postage stamp featuring young Elvis as opposed to old Elvis.
1990 Suicide Doctor: Dr. Jack Kevorkian uses his suicide machine for the first time. Alzheimer's Disease sufferer Janet Adkins gives herself a fatal injection by pressing a button on Kevorkian's machine.
1989 Tiananmen Square: The People's Army massacres thousands of Chinese pro-democracy demonstrators and injure 10,000 others.
1989 Largest unmanned rocket launched into space, a Titan 4.
1986 First birth in the U.S. from a frozen embryo.
1942 Battle of Midway begins, Japan's first major defeat in World War II.
1917 First Pulitzer prizes are awarded.
1896 First Ford automobile is completed. Testing was delayed as it was to wide fit through the door of the workshop.
1890 First state employment office opens, Toledo, Ohio.
1937 Freddy Fender (Baldemar G. Huerta), American singer. Music: Wasted Days and Wasted Nights (1975).
1936 Bruce Dern, American actor, known for his portrayal of psychotics and maniacs. Film: Silent Running (1972, tree saver).
1932 John Barrymore Jr., actor.
1924 d. 2006 Dennis Weaver, American Emmy-winning actor. TV: Gunsmoke (deputy Chester Goode, Emmy), Gentle Ben (Tom Wedloe), and McCloud (title role).
1922 Samuel L. Gravely Jr., American military leader, first black admiral in the U.S. Navy (1971).
1922 Gene Barry (Eugene Klass), actor. TV: Bat Masterson (Bat Masterson).
1884 d. 1964 Fontaine Fox Jr., cartoonist, creator of Toonerville Folks.
1880 d. 1962 Clara Blandick, actress, Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
1738 d. 1820 George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland (1760-1820) during the American Revolution. He became insane in 1811 leaving the Prince of Wales (George IV) to run the government.
1994 b. 1943 Derek "Lek" Leckenby, English guitarist, with Herman's Hermits. Music: I'm Into Something Good (1964, #1 in UK), Mrs Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter (1965, #1), I'm Henry VII, I Am (1965, #1), and There's a Kind of Hush (1967).
1992 b. ???? Larry Riley, actor. TV: Knotts Landing (Frank Williams).
1990 b. 1907 Jack Gilford (Jacob Gellman), American actor. TV: The Crackerjack commercials of the late 1960s and Taxi (Alex's father).
1989 b. 1917 Dik Browne, cartoonist, created Hagar the Horrible (1973).
1968 b. 1898 Dorothy Gish, American silent-film actress. Film: Remodeling Her Husband (1920) and Nell Gwyn (1926).
1918 b. 1852 Charles Warren Fairbanks, 26th U.S. Vice-President (1905-09).
1915 b. 1859 Mildred J. Hill, American schoolteacher. She composed Happy Birthday to You (1893). Originally called Good Morning to All, the lyrics - written by her sister - were changed in 1924 to the now familiar words. It has become the most sung song in the world.
1887 b. 1819 William Almon Wheeler, 19th U.S. Vice-President (1877-81).
1813 b. 1781 James Lawrence, American naval officer. He made his famous proclamation, "Don't give up the ship" after falling mortally wounded in battle during the War of 1812.
1798 b. 1725 Casanova (Giovanni Jacopo), Italian lover, adventurer, considered history's greatest romantic.
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