Year 1784
Elisabeth Thimble became the very first female to fly on a hot air balloon that was untethered.
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4 June: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 4 June.
Observances & Special Days
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (International)
National Unity Day (Hungary)
Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 Memorial Day (International)
Year 1896
Henry Ford completed the first gasoline-powered vehicle, Ford Quadricycle, and also gave a test run.
Year 1903
Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Dur
Year 1926
Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax.
Year 1941
National Seva Dal was established.
Year 1947
Hindi daily 'Nai Duniya' started publication at Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
Year 1953
University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
Year 1955
Ministry of Iron & Steel inaugurated.
Year 1958
The three-men Indian Mountaineering group successfully climbed the high Peak in the Garhwal Hills Range.
Year 1959
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari opposed the Socialist Policies of Indian National Congress and founded Swatantra Party along with Ranga.
Year 1972
First Environment Day.
Year 1974
Sally Murphy graduated from flight school to become the first female helicopter pilot in the US Army.
Year 1989
The Tiananmen Square protects ended violently in Beijing with the Peopleβs Liberation Army killing 241 protesters.
Year 2001
The last king of Nepal, Gyanendra, ascended the throne and became the last monarch of the kingdom after the infamous Nepalese Royal massacre.
Born 1738
George III, King of Great Britain and King of Ireland.
Born 1902
Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928), was born.
Born 1904
Bhagat Puran Singh, an Indian writer.
Born 1912
Alungal Mathai Thomas, social reformer, politician and diplomat, was born at Kurikad, Kerala.
Born 1936
Nutan, an Indian film actress.
Born 1946
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, an Indian musician and playback singer.
Born 1947
Ashok Saraf, an Indian film and stage actor.
Born 1959
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani, an Indian businessman.
Born 1975
Angelina Jolie, an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian.
Born 1991
Ben Stokes, an English international cricketer.
Died 1932
Mahendranath Gupt, a follower of Ramkrishna Paramhans, passed away.
Died 1947
Acharya Dharmananda Kosambi, a prominent Buddhist scholar and a PΔli language expert.
Died 1962
Charles William Beebe, an American naturalist.
Died 2020
Basu Chatterjee, an Indian film director, and screenwriter.