What are the important events that happened on June 4? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

June 4: Facts & Myths About This Day

June 4 is the 155^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 210 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 22, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,748,995,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectapentacontapentagon’ day.

Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 258 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,548 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 4 Historical Events

• 1039 –
  Henry III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1825 –
  French American Revolutionary War General Lafayette speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States.
• 1912 –
  Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
• 1917 –
  The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
• 1919 –
  Women’s rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
• 1943 –
  A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
• 1957 –
  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous Power of Nonviolence speech at the University of California, Berkeley.
• 1967 –
  Stockport Air Disaster: British Midland flight G-ALHG crashes in Hopes Carr, Stockport, killing 72 passengers and crew.
• 1998 –
  Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
• 2001 –
  Gyanendra, the last King of Nepal, ascends to the throne after the massacre in the Royal Palace.

Who were born on June 4?

• 1665 –
  Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian soldier (d. 1733)
• 1744 –
  Patrick Ferguson, Scottish officer in the British Army and rifle designer (d. 1780)
• 1879 –
  Mabel Lucie Attwell, English children’s author and illustrator (d. 1964)
• 1881 –
  Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter (d. 1962)
• 1927 –
  Geoffrey Palmer, English actor
• 1936 –
  Bruce Dern, American actor
• 1953 –
  Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish musician (d. 1979)
• 1964 –
  Simon Cheshire, English children’s writer
• 1977 –
  Roman Miroshnichenko, Ukrainian guitarist
• 1992 –
  Brooke Vincent, British actress

Who died on June 4?

• 1206 –
  Adèle of Champagne, wife of Louis VII of France
• 1394 –
  Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England (b. c 1369)
• 1663 –
  William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1582)
• 1929 –
  Harry Frazee, Boston Red Sox owner from 1916-1923 (b. 1881)
• 1951 –
  Serge Koussevitsky, Russian conductor (b. 1874)
• 1964 –
  Samuil Marshak, Russian poet (b. 1887)
• 1970 –
  Sonny Tufts, American actor (b. 1911)
• 2002 –
  Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian politician (b. 1912)
• 2007 –
  Bill France Jr., NASCAR pioneer (b. 1933)
• 2011 –
  Juan Francisco Luis, U.S. Virgin Islander governor (b. 1940)