Historical Events In June - 04

1896  On this day in history henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit   

1899  Leo Spies, composer on June - 04.   

1900  On June - 04 m Wolf & A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #456 Abnoba   

1902  On June - 04 richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928)   

1903  On June - 04 a new element, Polonium, discovered by Curie husband and wife team   

1905  On June - 04 carl Albert Loeschhorn, composer, dies at 85   

1906  On June - 04 richard Whorf, actor/director (Yankee Doodle Dandy, Keeper of Flame)   

1907  On June - 04 automatic washer & dryer introduced   

1907  On this day in history marjan Kozina, composer   

1907  On June - 04 agathe Grondahl, composer, dies at 59   

1908  Earl of Halsbury, chancellor (Brunei University) on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history paul Nordoff, Philadelphia, composer (Frog Prince)   

1910  The birth of Christopher Cockerell, Hovercraft inventor on this day in history.   

1910  Christopher Cockerell, inventor (Hovercraft) on June - 04.   

1911  Austin Andrew Wright, sculptor on this day in history.   

1912  Cone of Mount Katmai (Alaska) collapses on this day in history.   

1912  On June - 04 massachusetts passes first US minimum wage law   

1912  Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (great iron sculptures) on June - 04.   

1913  Suffragette Emily Davison throws himself in front of King George V's horse Anmer at the Epsom Derby on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history bruno Bettinelli, composer   

1913  On this day in history emily Wilding Davidson, suffragette, trampled to death by a horse   

1914  On this day in history willy-August Linnemann, Danish writer/journalist   

1915  On June - 04 modibo Keita, president of Mali (1960-68)   

1915  On June - 04 william Charles Denis Browne, composer, dies at 26   

1916  On this day in history russian General Brusilov fails on his Eastern Front attack   

1916  On June - 04 cecil Blacker, CEO (British Equestrian Federation)   

1916  On June - 04 mildred J Hill, composer/musician (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 56   

1917  On this day in history 1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards & Elliott (Julia Ward Howe)   

1917  On June - 04 allen Greenwood, deputy CEO (British Aerospace)   

1918  On this day in history m Wolf discovers asteroid #894 Erda   

1918  LeRoy Walker, Atlanta Ga, CEO (US Olympic Committee) on this day in history.   

1919  On June - 04 senate passes Women's Suffrage bill   

1919  US marines invade Costa Rica on this day in history.   

1920  On June - 04 peace of Trianon between Allies & Hungary   

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1394  Philippa of England, queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430) was born on June - 04.   

1489  Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544) was born on June - 04.   

1604  On June - 04 birth of claudia de' Medici, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1648)   

1665  On June - 04 birth of zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian soldier (d. 1733)   

1694  On June - 04 birth of francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV   

1697  On this day in history birth of jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi   

1700  On this day in history birth of theodoor Verhaegen, Flemish sculptor   

1704  Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.   

1039  Conrad II the Salian, King/Emperor of Germany (1024/27-39), dies at 49 on June - 04.   

1135  Death of Emperor Huizong of China (b. 1082) on this day in history.   

1206  On June - 04 death of adèle of Champagne, wife of Louis VII of France   

1257  On June - 04 death of duke Przemysl I of Poland   

1267  On June - 04 hendrik of Vianden, bishop of Utrecht (1252-67), dies   

1316  Louis X, King of France (1314-16), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1394  On June - 04 death of mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England (b. c 1369)   

1463  Flavio Biondi, Italian writer (Rome instaurata), dies at about 65 on this day in history.