TODAY IN HISTORY

June 4

1892:The Sierra Club, led by John Muir, was incorporated in San Francisco.

1896:Henry Ford took his first car out for a test drive.

1942:The Battle of Midway, a decisive Allied victory in World War II, began.

1944:The U.S. Fifth Army entered Rome, leading to the liberation of the city during World War II.

1968:Dorothy Gish, American actress who starred in many silent-film classics, died.

1989:People's Army of China opened fire on crowds of prodemocracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, killing thousands.

1992:The U.S. Post Office announced that in a poll people preferred the "young Elvis" stamp to the "old Elvis" stamp.

2003:Martha Stewart was indicted on charges of insider trading.