By Day: Historical Events on June 4th

A train named the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco 83 hours and 39 minutes after it left New York City. More

Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor Company takes his first car for a spin on the city of Detroit. More

The 19th amendment granting women the right to vote is passed by Congress. The amendment passed its final hurdle of obtaining the agreement of three-fourths of the states when Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment on August 18, 1920. U.S. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby certifies the 19th Amendment on August 26, 1920, giving women the Constitutional right to vote. It had been first proposed in Congress, forty two years earlier in 1878, More

194The battle of Midway - Early on the morning of June 4, aircraft from four Japanese aircraft carriers attacked and severely damaged the US base on Midway. Unbeknownst to the Japanese, the US carrier forces were just to the east of the island and ready for battle. More

Rome was liberated by the U.S. 5th Army, led by General Mark Clark.

Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top-secret U.S. military intelligence information to Israel. More

1989, June 4 - Chinese military cracks down on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. More