Daily Calendar for Thursday, June 4, 2026
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Thursday, June 4, 2026
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. –
- Cat “Rayne Beau” was lost during a family trip to Yellowstone in Wyoming; would be found two months later in California. –
Weather
- Early-season hurricanes wrecked ships from Cuba to New England –