June 4
1070 | Roqueford cheese is accidentally discovered in a cave near Roqueford, France, when a sheperd finds a lunch he had forgotten several days before. | |
1615 | The fortress at Osaka, Japan, falls to Shogun Leyasu after a six-month siege. | |
1647 | Parliamentary forces capture King Charles I and hold him prisoner. | |
1717 | The Freemasons are founded in London. | |
1792 | Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain. | |
1794 | British troops capture Port-au-Prince, Haiti. | |
1805 | Tripoli is forced to conclude peace with the United States after a conflict over tribute. | |
1859 | The French army, under Napoleon III, takes Magenta from the Austrian army. | |
1864 | Confederates under General Joseph Johnston retreat to the mountains in Georgia. | |
1911 | Gold is discovered in Alaska's Indian Creek. | |
1918 | French and American troops halt Germany's offensive at Chateau-Thierry, France. | |
1919 | The U.S. Senate passes the Women's Suffrage bill. | |
1940 | British complete the evacuation of 300,000 troops at Dunkirk. | |
1943 | In Argentina, Juan Peron takes part in the military coup that overthrows Ramon S. Castillo. | |
1944 | The U-505 becomes the first enemy submarine captured by the U.S. Navy. | |
1944 | Allied troops liberate Rome. | |
1946 | Juan Peron is installed as Argentina's president. | |
1953 | North Korea accepts the United Nations proposals in all major respects. | |
1960 | The Taiwan island of Quemoy is hit by 500 artillery shells fired from the coast of Communist China. | |
1972 | Black activist Angela Davis is found not guilty of murder, kidnapping, and criminal conspiracy. |
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