Daily Calendar for Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Born

  • King George III (British monarch) –
  • Tom Longboat (runner) –
  • Dennis Weaver (actor) –
  • Dr. Ruth Westheimer (sex therapist, author) –
  • Bruce Dern (actor) –
  • Robert Fulghum (author) –
  • Joyce Meyer (writer) –
  • Michelle Phillips (singer & actress) –
  • Noah Wyle (actor) –
  • Angelina Jolie (actress) –
  • Evan Spiegel (American businessman) –

Died

  • Giacomo Casanova –
  • Reinhard Heydrich (Nazi leader) –
  • Dorothy Gish (actress) –

Events

  • The Sierra Club was organized in San Francisco, California–
  • Henry Ford took his car out for a trial drive around the streets of Detroit–
  • Ernest Poole first to win Pulitzer Prize for novel–
  • Battle of Midway begins, leading to a great American Naval victory over Japan during WWII–
  • Hockey player Gordie Howe retired at age 52–
  • Tiananmen Square massacre–
  • Eric Ozolins caught a 13-foot-long hammerhead shark, with a girth of 80 inches, off the coast of Padre Island in Texas. The shark was then released.–

Weather

  • Early-season hurricanes wrecked ships from Cuba to New England–

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