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On This Day

June 4

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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