Saturday, June 4

This Day In History

• 1647   The English army seized King Charles I as a hostage.
• 1878   Turkey turned Cyprus over to the British.
• 1892   The Sierra Club was incorporated in San Francisco.
• 1896   Henry Ford made a successful pre-dawn test run of his horseless carriage, called a quadricycle, through the streets of Detroit.
• 1940   The Allies completed the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk, France.
• 1942   The Battle of Midway began during World War II.
• 1944   The U.S. Fifth Army began liberating Rome during World War II.
• 1947   The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the Taft-Hartley Act, which allows the president to intervene in labor disputes.
• 1954   French Premier Joseph Laniel and Vietnamese Premier Buu Loc initialed treaties in Paris according ''complete independence'' to Vietnam.
• 1984   The album ''Born in the U.S.A.'' by Bruce Springsteen was released.
• 1985   The Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling striking down an Alabama law providing for a daily minute of silence in public schools.
• 1986   Jonathan Jay Pollard, a former Navy intelligence analyst, pleaded guilty in Washington to spying for Israel.
• 1989   Tiananmen Square
• 1992   The U.S. Postal Service announced the results of a nationwide vote on the Elvis Presley stamp, saying more people preferred the ''younger Elvis'' design.
• 1998   A federal judge sentenced Terry Nichols to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
• 2001   Nepal's King Dipendra died, three days after he reportedly shot and killed most members of the royal family before turning the gun on himself.
• 2003   Martha Stewart stepped down as head of her media empire, hours after federal prosecutors in New York charged her with obstruction of justice, conspiracy, securities fraud and lying to investigators.

Happy Birthday To

• 1738   King George III (King of Great Britain and Ireland [1760-1811] during time of the American Revolutionary War against the British; died Jan 29, 1820)
• 1907   Rosalind Russell (actress)
• 1924   (Billy) Dennis Weaver (actor: Gunsmoke, McCloud)
• 1928   Dr. Ruth Westheimer (Karola Ruth Siegel) (sex therapist; author; TV celebrity)
• 1971   Noah Wyle (actor: ER)