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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1411]] &ndash; King [[Charles VI of France|Charles VI]] grants a monopoly for the ripening of [[Roquefort|Roquefort cheese]] to the people of [[Roquefort-sur-Soulzon]] as they had been doing for centuries.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Oxford Companion to Cheese|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pRrGDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT237|access-date=2018-06-02|date=2016-10-25|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199330904|page=237}}</ref>
*[[1561]] &ndash; The [[steeple]] of [[Old St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's]], the medieval cathedral of [[London]], is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning and is never rebuilt.
===1601–1900===
*[[1615]] &ndash; [[Siege of Osaka]]: Forces under [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] take [[Osaka Castle]] in Japan.
*[[1745]] &ndash; [[Battle of Hohenfriedberg]]: [[Frederick the Great|Frederick the Great's]] [[Prussia]]n army decisively defeated an Austrian army under [[Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine]] during the [[War of the Austrian Succession]].
*[[1760]] &ndash; [[Great Upheaval]]: [[New England]] planters arrive to claim land in [[Nova Scotia]], Canada, taken from the [[Acadians]].
*[[1783]] &ndash; The [[Montgolfier brothers]] publicly demonstrate their ''montgolfière'' ([[hot air balloon]]).
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Élisabeth Thible]] becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers {{convert|4|km|spell=in}} in 45 minutes, and reached {{convert|1,500|metres}} altitude (estimated).
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] [[George Vancouver]] claims [[Puget Sound]] for the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]].
*[[1802]] &ndash; King [[Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia]] abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, [[Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia|Victor Emmanuel]].
*[[1812]] &ndash; Following [[Louisiana]]'s admittance as a [[U.S. state]], the [[Louisiana Territory]] is renamed the [[Missouri Territory]].
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette|General Lafayette]], a French officer in the [[American Revolutionary War]], speaks at what would become [[Lafayette Square (Buffalo, New York)|Lafayette Square]] in [[Buffalo, New York]], during [[Visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States|his visit to the United States]].
*[[1855]] &ndash; Major [[Henry C. Wayne]] departs New York aboard the {{USS|Supply|1846|6}} to procure [[camel]]s to establish the [[U.S. Camel Corps]].
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Second Italian War of Independence|Italian Independence wars]]: In the [[Battle of Magenta]], the French army, under [[Louis-Napoleon]], defeat the Austrian army.
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops evacuate [[Fort Pillow, Tennessee|Fort Pillow]] on the [[Mississippi River]], leaving the way clear for [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] troops to take [[Memphis, Tennessee]].
*[[1876]] &ndash; An [[express train]] called the ''[[Transcontinental Express]]'' arrives in [[San Francisco]] via the [[first transcontinental railroad]] only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving [[New York City]].
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Cyprus Convention]]: The [[Ottoman Empire]] cedes [[Cyprus]] to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Henry Ford]] completes the [[Ford Quadricycle]], his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.

===1901–present===
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Massachusetts]] becomes the first state of the United States to set a [[Minimum wage in the United States|minimum wage]].
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Emily Davison]], a [[suffragette]], runs out in front of King [[George V]]'s horse at [[Epsom Derby|The Derby]]. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[Russian Empire|Russia]] opens the [[Brusilov Offensive]] with an [[artillery]] barrage of [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] lines in [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galicia]].
*[[1917]] &ndash; The first [[Pulitzer Prize]]s are awarded: [[Laura E. Richards]], [[Maude H. Elliott]], and [[Florence Howe Hall|Florence Hall]] receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for ''[[Julia Ward Howe]]''). [[Jean Jules Jusserand]] receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work ''[[With Americans of Past and Present Days]]''. [[Herbert B. Swope]] receives the first Pulitzer for [[journalism]] for his work for the ''[[New York World]]''.
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Women's rights]]: The [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] approves the [[19th Amendment to the United States Constitution]], which guarantees [[Women's suffrage in the United States|suffrage to women]], and sends it to the [[U.S. state]]s for ratification.
*  1919   &ndash; [[Leon Trotsky]] bans the [[Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents#Planned Fourth Congress (June 1919)|Planned Fourth Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Colin|last=Darch|title=Nestor Makhno and Rural Anarchism in Ukraine, 1917–21|year=2020|location=[[London]]|publisher=[[Pluto Press]]|isbn=978-0745338880|oclc=1225942343|page=60}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Hungary]] loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the [[Treaty of Trianon]] is signed in Paris.
*[[1928]] &ndash; The [[President of the Republic of China]], [[Zhang Zuolin]], is assassinated by Japanese agents.
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Marmaduke Grove]] and other Chilean military officers lead a [[coup d'état]] establishing the short-lived [[Socialist Republic of Chile]].
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: The {{MS|St. Louis}}, a ship carrying 963 [[Emigration of Jews from Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe|German Jewish refugees]], is denied permission to land in [[Florida]], in the United States, after already being turned away from [[Cuba]]. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[concentration camp]]s.
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Dunkirk evacuation]] ends: the [[British Armed Forces]] completes evacuation of 338,000 troops from [[Dunkirk]] in France. To rally the morale of the country, [[Winston Churchill]] delivers, only to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]], his famous "[[We shall fight on the beaches]]" speech.
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Battle of Midway]] begins. The Japanese [[Admiral]] [[Chūichi Nagumo]] orders a strike on [[Midway Island]] by much of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]].
*  1942   &ndash; World War II: [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim|Gustaf Mannerheim]], the Commander-in-Chief of the [[Finnish Army]], is granted the title of [[Field marshal (Finland)|Marshal of Finland]] by the government on his 75th birthday. On the same day, [[Adolf Hitler]] arrives in Finland [[Hitler and Mannerheim recording|for a surprise visit to meet Mannerheim]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mannerheim.fi/10_ylip/e_arvoni.htm|title=Commander-in-Chief - Title of Marshal of Finland|website=Mannerheim.fi|access-date=May 26, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2018/06/04/hitlers-secretly-recorded-conversation-in-finland|title=Hitler's secretly recorded conversation in Finland|first=Kim|last=Haldin|location=Helsinki|work=Elävä arkisto|publisher=[[Yle]]|date=June 4, 2018|access-date=May 26, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; A [[1943 Argentine coup d'état|military coup]] in [[Argentina]] ousts [[Ramón Castillo]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: A hunter-killer group of the [[United States Navy]] captures the German [[Kriegsmarine]] submarine [[German submarine U-505|''U-505'']]: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
*  1944   &ndash; World War II: The [[United States Army North|United States Fifth Army]] [[Battle of Anzio#Breakout|captures Rome]], although much of the [[14th Army (Wehrmacht)|German Fourteenth Army]] is able to withdraw to the north.
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: In the [[Vienna summit]], the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]] sparks the [[Berlin Crisis of 1961|Berlin Crisis]] by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with [[East Germany]] and ending American, British and French access to [[East Berlin]].
*[[1967]] &ndash; Seventy-two people are killed when a [[Canadair C-4 Argonaut]] [[Stockport air disaster|crashes at Stockport]] in England.
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Tonga]] gains independence from the [[British Empire]].
*[[1975]] &ndash; The [[Governor of California]] [[Jerry Brown]] signs the [[California Agricultural Labor Relations Act]] into law, the first law in the United States giving farmworkers [[collective bargaining]] rights.
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[JVC]] introduces its [[VHS]] videotape at the [[Consumer Electronics Show]] in [[Chicago]]. It will eventually prevail against [[Sony]]'s rival [[Betamax]] system in a [[Videotape format war|format war]] to become the predominant [[home video]] medium.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Ganapati|first=Priya|title=June 4, 1977: VHS Comes to America|language=en-US|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/2010/06/0604vhs-ces/|access-date=2022-01-18|issn=1059-1028}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Flight lieutenant|Flight Lieutenant]] [[Jerry Rawlings]] takes power in [[Ghana]] after a [[1979 Ghanaian coup d'état|military coup]] in which General [[Fred Akuffo]] is overthrown.
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Gordon Kahl]], who killed two [[United States Marshals Service|US Marshals]] in [[Medina, North Dakota]] on February 13, is killed in a shootout in [[Smithville, Arkansas]], along with a local sheriff, after a four-month manhunt. 
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Pollard]] pleads guilty to [[espionage]] for selling top secret United States [[military intelligence]] to [[Israel]].
*[[1988]] &ndash; Three cars on a train carrying [[RDX|hexogen]] to [[Kazakhstan]] [[Arzamas train disaster|explode]] in [[Arzamas]], [[Gorky Oblast]], [[Soviet Union|USSR]], killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
*[[1989]] &ndash; In the [[1989 Iranian Supreme Leader election]], [[Ali Khamenei]] is elected as the new [[Supreme Leader of Iran]] after the [[Death and state funeral of Ruhollah Khomeini|death and funeral of Ruhollah Khomeini]].
*  1989   &ndash; The [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre|Tiananmen Square protests and massacre]] are [[People's Liberation Army at the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre|suppressed in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army]], with between 241 and 10,000 dead (an unofficial estimate).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-42465516|title=Tiananmen Square protest death toll 'was 10,000'|work=BBC News|date=December 23, 2017|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-02/tiananmen-square-massacre-30-year-anniversary/11163332|title='Consternation, fear and disbelief': Chinese soldier remembers Tiananmen Square massacre|date=June 1, 2019|access-date=29 December 2020|website=www.abc.net.au}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarity]]'s victory in the [[1989 Polish parliamentary election|1989 Polish legislative election]] occurs, the first election since the Communist [[Polish United Workers' Party]] abandoned its monopoly of power. It sparks off the [[Revolutions of 1989]] in Eastern Europe.
*  1989   &ndash; [[Ufa train disaster]]: A [[natural gas]] explosion near [[Ufa]], Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
*[[1996]] &ndash; The first flight of [[Ariane 5]] [[Ariane flight V88|explodes]] after roughly 37 seconds. It was a [[Cluster II (spacecraft)|Cluster mission]].
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Terry Nichols]] is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the [[Oklahoma City bombing]].
*[[2005]] &ndash; The [[Civic Forum of the Romanians of Covasna, Harghita and Mureș]] is founded.<ref>{{cite news |date=4 June 2005 |title=A fost înființat Forumul Civic al Românilor din Harghita și Covasna |trans-title=The Civic Forum of Romanians from Harghita and Covasna was established |url=https://basilica.ro/a-fost-infiintat-forumul-civic-al-romanilor-din-harghita-si-covasna/ |newspaper=[[Basilica News Agency]] |language=ro}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Falcon 9 Flight 1]] is the [[maiden flight]] of the [[SpaceX]] [[Falcon 9]] rocket, which launches from [[Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40|Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40]].
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[2023 Polish protests|Protests]] begin in Poland against the [[Andrzej Duda|Duda government]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Shaun |date=2023-06-04 |title=Poland: hundreds of thousands march against rightwing populist government |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/04/poland-hundreds-of-thousands-march-against-rightwing-populist-government |access-date=2023-06-12 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*2023   &ndash; Four people are killed when a [[Cessna Citation V]] [[2023 Virginia plane crash|crashes]] into [[Mine Bank Mountain]] in [[Augusta County, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Zinn |first=Brad |date=June 5, 2023 |title=Four dead in Augusta County plane crash on Mine Bank Mountain; investigators comb wreckage |url=https://news.yahoo.com/four-dead-augusta-county-plane-205726113.html |newspaper=[[The News Leader]] |location=Staunton, Virginia}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1394]] &ndash; [[Philippa of England]], Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Panton |first1=James |title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7497-8 |page=370 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&pg=PA370 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1489]] &ndash; [[Antoine, Duke of Lorraine]] (d. 1544)
*[[1563]] &ndash; [[George Heriot]], Scottish goldsmith (d. 1624)
===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] &ndash; [[Claudia de' Medici]], Italian daughter of [[Christina of Lorraine]] (d. 1648)
*[[1665]] &ndash; [[Zacharie Robutel de La Noue]], Canadian captain (d. 1733)
*[[1694]] &ndash; [[François Quesnay]], French economist and physician (d. 1774)
*[[1704]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Huntsman]], English inventor and businessman (d. 1776)
*[[1738]] &ndash; [[George III of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1820)
*[[1744]] &ndash; [[Patrick Ferguson]], Scottish soldier, designed the [[Ferguson rifle]] (d. 1780)
*[[1754]] &ndash; [[Miguel de Azcuénaga]], Argentinian soldier (d. 1833)
*  1754   &ndash; [[Franz Xaver von Zach]], Slovak astronomer and academic (d. 1832)
*[[1787]] &ndash; [[Constant Prévost]], French geologist and academic (d. 1856)
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[James Pennethorne]], English architect, designed [[Victoria Park, London|Victoria Park]] (d. 1871)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Apollon Maykov]], Russian poet and playwright (d. 1897)
*[[1829]] &ndash; [[Jinmaku Kyūgorō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (d. 1903)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Solko van den Bergh]], Dutch target shooter (d. 1916)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Alexis Lapointe]], Canadian runner (d. 1924)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[William Propsting]], Australian politician, 20th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (d. 1937)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Miina Sillanpää]], Finnish journalist and politician (d. 1952)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim]], Finnish general and politician, 6th [[President of Finland]] (d. 1951)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Nictzin Dyalhis]], American author (d. 1942)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Otto Wieland]], German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1957)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Mabel Lucie Attwell]], English author and illustrator (d. 1964)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Clara Blandick]], American actress (d. 1962)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Arturo Rawson]], Argentinian general and politician, 26th [[President of Argentina]] (d. 1952)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Beno Gutenberg]], German-American seismologist (d. 1960)

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Yevgeny Mravinsky]], Russian conductor (d. 1988)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Bhagat Puran Singh]], Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist (d. 1992)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Jacques Roumain]], Haitian journalist and politician (d. 1944)
*  1907   &ndash; [[Rosalind Russell]], American actress (d. 1976)
*  1907   &ndash; [[Patience Strong]], English poet and journalist (d. 1990)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Christopher Cockerell]], English engineer, invented the [[hovercraft]] (d. 1999)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Robert Jacobsen]], Danish sculptor and painter (d. 1993)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Walter Hadlee]], New Zealand cricketer (d. 2006)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Modibo Keïta]], Malian educator and politician, 1st [[President of Mali]] (d. 1977)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Nils Kihlberg]], Swedish actor, singer, and director (d. 1965)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Robert F. Furchgott]], American biochemist and pharmacologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2009)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Fernand Leduc]], Canadian painter (d. 2014) 
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Robert Merrill]], American actor and singer (d. 2004)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Milan Komar]], Slovenian-Argentinian philosopher and academic (d. 2006)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Bobby Wanzer]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2016)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Jolley]], English-Australian author and academic (d. 2007)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Mas Oyama|Masutatsu Ōyama]], Japanese karateka (d. 1994)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Tofilau Eti Alesana]], Samoan politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Samoa]] (d. 1999)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Dennis Weaver]], American actor and director (d. 2006)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Antonio Puchades]], Spanish footballer (d. 2013)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Robert Earl Hughes]], American [[List of the heaviest people|who was the heaviest human being recorded in the history of the world during his lifetime]] (d. 1958)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Ain Kaalep]], Estonian poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2020)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Judith Malina]], German-American actress and director, co-founded [[The Living Theatre]] (d. 2015)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Henning Carlsen]], Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Geoffrey Palmer (actor)|Geoffrey Palmer]], English actor (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Geoffrey Palmer, star of Butterflies and As Time Goes By |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/obituary-geoffrey-palmer-star-butterflies-and-time-goes-3034891 |website=www.scotsman.com |date=14 November 2020 |access-date=16 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Ruth Westheimer]], German-American sex therapist, talk show host, professor, author, and Holocaust survivor
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Karolos Papoulias]], Greek lawyer and politician, 5th [[President of Greece]] (d. 2021)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[George Chesworth]], English air marshal and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Moray]] (d. 2017)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Morgana King]], American singer and actress (d. 2018)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Viktor Tikhonov (ice hockey, born 1930)|Viktor Tikhonov]], Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Gustav Nossal]], Austrian-Australian biologist and academic
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[John Drew Barrymore]], American actor (d. 2004)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Oliver Nelson]], American saxophonist and composer (d. 1975)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Maurice Shadbolt]], New Zealand author and playwright (d. 2004)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Monica Dacon]], Vincentian educator and politician, 6th [[Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]
*  1934   &ndash; [[Daphne Sheldrick]], Kenyan-British conservationist and author (d. 2018)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Colette Boky]], Canadian soprano and actress
*  1935   &ndash; [[Berhanu Dinka]], Ethiopian economist and diplomat (d. 2013)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Vince Camuto]], American fashion designer and businessman, co-founded [[Nine West]] (d. 2015)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Bruce Dern]], American actor
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Freddy Fender]], American singer and guitarist (d. 2006)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Gorilla Monsoon]], American wrestler (d. 1999)<ref>{{cite web |title=June 4: Gorilla Monsoon enters the ring |url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/videos/sports/2013/06/05/2391423/ |publisher=[[Democrat and Chronicle]] |access-date=31 May 2023 |date=5 June 2013}}</ref>
*  1937   &ndash; [[Mortimer Zuckerman]], Canadian-American businessman and publisher, founded [[Boston Properties]]
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[John Harvard (politician)|John Harvard]], Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd [[Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba]] (d. 2016)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Art Mahaffey]], American baseball player
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo]], Anglo-Irish peer (d. 2014)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Denis de Belleval]], Canadian civil servant and politician
*  1939   &ndash; [[Henri Pachard]], American director and producer (d. 2008)
*  1939   &ndash; [[George Reid (Scottish politician)|George Reid]], Scottish journalist and politician, 2nd [[Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament]]
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Ludwig Schwarz]], Slovak-Austrian bishop
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Kenneth G. Ross]], Australian playwright and screenwriter
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Louis Reichardt]], American mountaineer
*  1942   &ndash; [[Bill Rowe]], Canadian lawyer and politician
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[John Burgess (host)|John Burgess]], Australian radio and television host
*  1943   &ndash; [[Sandra Haynie]], American golfer
*  1943   &ndash; [[Tom Jaine]], English author
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Roger Ball (musician)|Roger Ball]], Scottish saxophonist and songwriter 
*  1944   &ndash; [[Michelle Phillips]], American singer-songwriter and actress 
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Anthony Braxton]], American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer 
*  1945   &ndash; [[Daniel Topolski]], English rower and coach (d. 2015)
*  1945   &ndash; [[Gordon Waller]], Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Viktor Klima]], Austrian businessman and politician, 25th [[Chancellor of Austria]]
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Bob Champion]], English jockey
*  1948   &ndash; [[Sandra Post]], Canadian golfer and sportscaster
*  1948   &ndash; [[Jürgen Sparwasser]], German footballer and manager
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Gabriel Arcand]], Canadian actor
*  1949   &ndash; [[Mark B. Cohen]], American lawyer and politician
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Raymond Dumais]], Canadian bishop (d. 2012)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Leigh Kennedy]], American author
*  1951   &ndash; [[Bronisław Malinowski (athlete)|Bronisław Malinowski]], Polish runner (d. 1981)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Melanie Phillips]], English journalist and author
*  1951   &ndash; [[Wendy Pini]], American author and illustrator
*  1951   &ndash; [[David Yip]], English actor and playwright
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Bronisław Komorowski]], Polish historian and politician, 5th [[President of Poland]]
*  1952   &ndash; [[Dambudzo Marechera]], Zimbabwean author and poet (d. 1987)
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Linda Lingle]], American journalist and politician, 6th [[Governor of Hawaii]]
*  1953   &ndash; [[Jimmy McCulloch]], Scottish musician and songwriter (d. 1979)   
*  1953   &ndash; [[Susumu Ojima]], Japanese businessman, founded [[Huser]]
*  1953   &ndash; [[Paul Samson]], English guitarist and producer (d. 2002)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Raphael Ravenscroft]], English saxophonist and composer (d. 2014)
*  1954   &ndash; [[Kazuhiro Yamaji]], Japanese actor and voice actor
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Val McDermid]], Scottish author
*  1955   &ndash; [[Mary Testa]], American singer and actress
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Keith David]], American actor
*  1956   &ndash; [[John Hockenberry]], American journalist and author
*  1956   &ndash; [[Terry Kennedy (baseball)|Terry Kennedy]], American baseball player and manager
*  1956   &ndash; [[Joyce Sidman]], American author and poet
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Neil McNab]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/tottenham-hotspur-fc/neil-mcnab-9203/league-appearances-for-spurs_a16625/|title=Neil McNab|publisher=sporting-heroes.net|access-date=4 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Juan Camacho (Bolivian athlete)|Juan Camacho]], Bolivian runner
*  1959   &ndash; [[Georgios Voulgarakis]], Greek politician, 21st [[Minister for Culture (Greece)|Greek Minister for Culture]]
*  1959   &ndash; [[Anil Ambani]], Indian businessman and Chairman of Reliance Infrastructure 
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Miloš Đelmaš]], Serbian footballer and manager
*  1960   &ndash; [[Kristine Kathryn Rusch]], American author
*  1960   &ndash; [[Paul Taylor (keyboardist)|Paul Taylor]], American guitarist and keyboard player 
*  1960   &ndash; [[Bradley Walsh]], English television presenter, comedian, singer and former footballer
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[El DeBarge]], American singer-songwriter and producer 
*  1961   &ndash; [[Ferenc Gyurcsány]], Hungarian businessman and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of Hungary]]
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Krzysztof Hołowczyc]], Polish race car driver
*  1962   &ndash; [[Zenon Jaskuła]], Polish cyclist
*  1962   &ndash; [[John P. Kee]], American singer-songwriter and pastor 
*  1962   &ndash; [[Junius Ho]], Hong Kong solicitor and politician
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Sean Fitzpatrick]], New Zealand rugby union player
*  1963   &ndash; [[Jim Lachey]], American football player and sportscaster
*  1963   &ndash; [[Xavier McDaniel]], American basketball player and coach
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Sean Pertwee]], English actor
*  1964   &ndash; [[Kōji Yamamura]], Japanese animator, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Mick Doohan]], Australian motorcycle racer
*  1965   &ndash; [[Andrea Jaeger]], American tennis player and preacher
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Cecilia Bartoli]], Italian soprano and actress
*  1966   &ndash; [[Svetlana Jitomirskaya]], American mathematician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Svetlana Jitomirskaya - Biography |url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Jitomirskaya/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Maths History |language=en}}</ref>
*  1966   &ndash; [[Vladimir Voevodsky]], Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2017)
*  1966   &ndash; [[Bill Wiggin]], English politician, [[Shadow Secretary of State for Wales]]
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Michael Greyeyes]], Canadian actor, dancer, choreographer, director, and educator<ref>{{cite book |last1=Berumen |first1=Frank Javier Garcia |title=American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood |date=2020 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476636474 |page=250}}</ref>
*  1967   &ndash; [[Robert S. Kimbrough]], American colonel and astronaut
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Niurka Montalvo]], Cuban-Spanish long jumper
*  1968   &ndash; [[Al B. Sure!]], American R&B singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
*  1968   &ndash; [[Scott Wolf]], American actor
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Horatio Sanz]], Chilean-American actor and comedian
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Deborah Compagnoni]], Italian skier
*  1970   &ndash; [[Richie Hawtin]], English-Canadian DJ and producer
*  1970   &ndash; [[Dave Pybus]], English bass player and songwriter 
*  1970   &ndash; [[Izabella Scorupco]], Polish-Swedish actress and model
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Joseph Kabila]], Congolese soldier and politician, [[President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
*  1971   &ndash; [[Mike Lee]], American lawyer and politician
*  1971   &ndash; [[Shoji Meguro]], Japanese director and composer
*  1971   &ndash; [[Noah Wyle]], American actor and producer<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA309|date=30 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|pages=309}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Derian Hatcher]], American ice hockey defenseman 
*  1972   &ndash; [[Rob Huebel]], American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Mikey Whipwreck]], American wrestler and trainer
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni]], Indian chef (d. 2012)
*  1974   &ndash; [[Darin Erstad]], American baseball player and coach
*  1974   &ndash; [[Andrew Gwynne]], English lawyer and politician
*  1974   &ndash; [[Janette Husárová]], Slovak tennis player
*  1974   &ndash; [[Buddy Wakefield]], American poet and author
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Russell Brand]], English comedian and actor
*  1975   &ndash; [[Henry Burris]], American football player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Angelina Jolie]], American actress, filmmaker, humanitarian, and activist<ref>{{cite web |title=Angelina Jolie {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Angelina-Jolie |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=2 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1975   &ndash; [[Dinanath Ramnarine]], Trinidadian cricketer
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Kasey Chambers]], Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1976   &ndash; [[Alexei Navalny]], Russian lawyer and politician (d. 2024)
*  1976   &ndash; [[Nenad Zimonjić]], Serbian tennis player
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Dionisis Chiotis]], Greek footballer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Alex Manninger]], Austrian footballer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Roman Miroshnichenko]], Ukrainian guitarist and composer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Roland G. Fryer Jr.]], American economist and professor
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Naohiro Takahara]], Japanese footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Daniel Vickerman]], South African-Australian rugby player (d. 2017)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[François Beauchemin]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Jennifer Carroll (swimmer)|Jennifer Carroll]], Canadian swimmer
*  1981   &ndash; [[T.J. Miller]], American actor and comedian<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reid |first1=Joe |title=T.J. Miller, TV's Most Endearing Loudmouth, Was Born |url=https://decider.com/2016/06/04/today-in-tv-history-tj-miller-birthday/ |publisher=[[Decider (website)|Decider]] |access-date=31 May 2023 |date=4 June 2016}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Giourkas Seitaridis]], Greek footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Gary Taylor-Fletcher]], English footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gary Taylor-Fletcher Statistics {{!}} Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4086/player/stats |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.premierleague.com |language=en}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Natalia Vodopyanova]], Russian basketball player
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Matt Gilks]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Gilks Bolton Wanderers Goalkeeper, Profile & Stats {{!}} Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4061/Matthew-Gilks/overview |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.premierleague.com |language=en}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Abel Kirui]], Kenyan runner
*  1982   &ndash; [[Ronnie Prude]], American-Canadian football player
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Romaric (footballer)|Romaric]], Ivorian footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Emmanuel Eboué]], Ivorian footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Olha Saladuha]], Ukrainian triple jumper
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Henri Bedimo]], Cameroonian footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henri Bedimo profile |url=https://www.ligue1.com/player |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Ligue1 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Kento Handa]], Japanese actor and singer<ref>[https://www.vip-times.co.jp/?talent_id=M03-0410], Profile.</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Stuart Kettlewell]], Scottish football manager and former player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stuart Kettlewell profile |url=https://www.eurosport.com/geoblocking.shtml |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.eurosport.com}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Enrico Rossi Chauvenet]], Italian footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Ian White (ice hockey)|Ian White]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1984   &ndash; [[Rainie Yang]], Taiwanese actress
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Leon Botha]], South African painter and DJ (d. 2011)
*  1985   &ndash; [[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]], German tennis player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Evan Lysacek]], American figure skater
*  1985   &ndash; [[Lukas Podolski]], German footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Bar Refaeli]], Israeli model and actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Bar Refaeli |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/bar-refaeli |publisher=[[Jewish Virtual Library]] |access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Oddvar Reiakvam]], Norwegian politician
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Mollie King]], English singer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mollie King – News, Photos, Videos, Movies or Albums {{!}} Yahoo |url=https://uk.yahoo.com/topics/mollie-king/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=uk.yahoo.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Matt Bartkowski]], American ice hockey defenseman<ref>{{Ice hockey stats |nhl=8474749 }}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Kimberley Busteed]], Australian model
*  1988   &ndash; [[Tjaronn Chery]], Dutch-born Surinamese footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tjaronn Chery profile |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/player/6051/tjaronn-chery |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=SkySports |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Federico Erba]], Italian footballer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Paweł Fajdek]], Polish hammer thrower
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Evan Spiegel]], American Internet entrepreneur<ref>{{cite web|last=Van Grove|first=Jennifer|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57613694-93/snapchats-evan-spiegel-saying-no-to-$3b-and-feeling-lucky|title=Snapchat's Evan Spiegel: Saying no to $3B, and feeling lucky|publisher=[[CNET]]|date=November 26, 2013|access-date=December 10, 2013|archive-date=December 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207070452/http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57613694-93/snapchats-evan-spiegel-saying-no-to-$3b-and-feeling-lucky/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Lorenzo Insigne]], Italian footballer
*  1991   &ndash; [[Matt McIlwrick]], New Zealand rugby league player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/matt-mcilwrick/summary.html|title=Matt McIlwrick - Career Stats & Summary|publisher=Rugby League Project|date=1991-06-04|access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Ben Stokes]], New Zealand-English cricketer<ref>{{cite web |title=Ben Stokes: He's all smiles but is this the new Flintoff? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/ben-stokes-he-s-all-smiles-but-is-this-the-new-flintoff-2274163.html |website=The Independent |access-date=9 January 2022 |language=en |date=23 April 2011}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Rajiv van La Parra]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rajiv van La Parra Midfielder, Profile & Stats {{!}} Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/10964/Rajiv-van-La-Parra/overview |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.premierleague.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Jordan Hugill]], English footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jordan Hugill Cardiff City Forward, Profile & Stats {{!}} Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/9417/Jordan-Hugill/overview |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.premierleague.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Huberdeau]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1993   &ndash; [[Juan Iturbe]], Paraguayan footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juan Iturbe Roma Forward, Profile & Stats {{!}} Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/5349/Juan-Iturbe/overview |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.premierleague.com |language=en}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Aaron Nola]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Aaron Nola |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/aaron-nola-605400 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Annika Taylor]], British-American cross-country skier<ref>{{Cite web |title=Annika Taylor |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/137211 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=27 March 2024 }}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Oli McBurnie]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oliver McBurnie Sheffield United Forward, Profile & Stats {{!}} Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/8107/Oliver-McBurnie/overview |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.premierleague.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Kim So-hyun]], South Korean actress<ref>{{cite news |date=November 16, 2012 |title=김소현 My name is… |language=ko |trans-title=Kim So-hyun: My name is... |work=TenAsia |url=http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/15840 |url-status=live |access-date=November 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214070948/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/15840 |archive-date=December 14, 2013}}</ref>
*  1999   &ndash; [[Drew Pavlou]], Australian activist<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pavlou|first=Drew|date=4 June 2020|title=Drew Pavlou 柏乐志 @DrewPavlou|url=https://twitter.com/DrewPavlou/status/1268335820533936128|website=[[Twitter]]|quote=I was born June 4th, 1999, exactly ten years to the day of Tiananmen. For my 21st birthday today, please honour the brave students of Tiananmen by donating to this fundraiser to support @amnesty’s human rights work in China. Help protect dissidents.}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Takefusa Kubo]], Japanese footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Takefusa Kubo LaLiga Santander |url=https://www.laliga.com/en-GB/player/take |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Take |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Mackenzie Ziegler]], American [[Child actor|child actress]], dancer, and [[Recording Artist|recording artist]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-19|title=Mackenzie Ziegler - 25 Facts, Age, Birthday, Height & More|url=https://www.thefactninja.com/mackenzie-ziegler-facts|access-date=2021-03-14|website=The Fact Ninja|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Princess Lilibet of Sussex]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/06/06/meghan-harry-baby-girl-lilibet-diana/%3foutputType=amp|title=Meghan and Harry announce birth of baby girl, Lilibet Diana|access-date=June 6, 2021|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[756]] &ndash; [[Emperor Shōmu|Shōmu]], Japanese emperor (b. 701)
* [[863]] &ndash; [[Charles (archbishop of Mainz)|Charles]], archbishop of [[Electorate of Mainz|Mainz]]
* [[895]] &ndash; [[Li Xi (Tang dynasty)|Li Xi]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor]] of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]]
* [[946]] &ndash; [[Guaimar II of Salerno|Guaimar II]] (Gybbosus), Lombard prince 
* [[956]] &ndash; [[Muhammad III of Shirvan]], Muslim ruler
*[[1039]] &ndash; [[Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. 990)
*[[1102]] &ndash; [[Władysław I Herman]], Polish nobleman (b. c. 1044)
*[[1134]] &ndash; [[Magnus I of Sweden]] (b. 1106)
*[[1135]] &ndash; [[Emperor Huizong of Song]] (b. 1082)
*[[1206]] &ndash; [[Adela of Champagne]] (b. 1140)
*[[1246]] &ndash; [[Isabella of Angoulême]] (b. 1188)
*[[1257]] &ndash; [[Przemysł I of Greater Poland]] (b. 1221)
*[[1394]] &ndash; [[Mary de Bohun]], wife of [[Henry IV of England]] (b.c. 1368)
*[[1453]] &ndash; [[Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos]], Byzantine commander
*[[1463]] &ndash; [[Flavio Biondo]], Italian historian and author (b. 1392)
*[[1472]] &ndash; [[Nezahualcoyotl (tlatoani)|Nezahualcoyotl]], Aztec poet (b. 1402)
*[[1585]] &ndash; [[Muretus]], French philosopher and author (b. 1526)
===1601–1900===
*[[1608]] &ndash; [[Francis Caracciolo (saint)|Francis Caracciolo]], Italian Catholic priest (b. 1563)
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Péter Révay]], Hungarian soldier and historian (b. 1568)
*[[1647]] &ndash; [[Canonicus]], Grand Chief Sachem of the Narragansett (b. 1565)
*[[1663]] &ndash; [[William Juxon]], English archbishop and academic (b. 1582)
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Giacomo Casanova]], Italian adventurer and author (b. 1725)
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[Frederick Muhlenberg]], American minister and politician, 1st [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (b. 1750)
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Nicolai Abildgaard]], Danish neoclassical and history painter, sculptor and architect (b. 1743)
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Antonio José de Sucre]], Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd [[President of Bolivia]] (b. 1795)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Johan Rudolph Thorbecke]], Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (b. 1798)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Eduard Mörike]], German pastor and poet (b. 1804)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire]], 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1830)
===1901–present===
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[W. H. R. Rivers]], English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (b. 1864)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Margaret Murray Washington]], American Academic (b. 1865)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/washington-margaret-murray-1865-1925/|title=Margaret Murray Washington (1865-1925) • BlackPast|last=Espiritu|first=Allison|date=2007-02-15|website=BlackPast|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref>
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Fred Spofforth]], Australian-English cricketer and coach (b. 1853)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Zhang Zuolin]], Chinese warlord (b. 1873)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Harry Frazee]], American director, producer, and agent (b. 1881)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca]], Sharif and Emir of Mecca, King of the Hejaz (b. 1853–54)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Ahmet Haşim]], Turkish poet and author (b. 1884)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Mathilde Verne]], English pianist and educator (b. 1869)<ref>{{cite book|last=Schonberg|first=Harold C.|title=The Great Pianists|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=1998|isbn=978-0-67164-200-6|page=524}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Tommy Ladnier]], American trumpet player (b. 1900)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor]] (b. 1859)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Reinhard Heydrich]], German [[SS]] officer and politician (b. 1904)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Serge Koussevitzky]], Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (b. 1874)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Katherine MacDonald]], American actress and producer (b. 1881)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Clem McCarthy]], American sportscaster (b. 1882)
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Linda Eenpalu]], Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1890)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Dorothy Gish]], American actress (b. 1898)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Sonny Tufts]], American actor (b. 1911)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[György Lukács]], Hungarian historian and philosopher (b. 1885)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Maurice René Fréchet]], French mathematician and academic (b. 1878)
*  1973   &ndash; [[Murry Wilson]], American songwriter, producer, and manager (b. 1917)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Leslie Averill]], New Zealand doctor and soldier (b. 1897)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Dik Browne]], American cartoonist (b. 1917)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Stiv Bators]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1949)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Carl Stotz]], American businessman, founded [[Little League Baseball]] (b. 1910)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Bernard Evslin]], American writer (b. 1922)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Derek Leckenby]], English musician (b. 1943) <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-derek-leckenby-1421402.html|title=Obituary: Derek Leckenby|date=9 June 1994|work=The Independent|access-date=29 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Ronnie Lane]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1946) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/faces-ronnie-lane-dead-at-51-19970605 |title=Faces' Ronnie Lane Dead at 51 |date=5 June 1997 |work=Rolling Stone magazine|publisher=Rolling Stone magazine; Jann Wenner 2010 |access-date=29 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Josephine Hutchinson]], American actress (b. 1903) <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-josephine-hutchinson-1164556.html|title=Obituary: Josephine Hutchinson|date=June 13, 1998|access-date=February 29, 2020|work=The Independent}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Fernando Belaúnde Terry]], Peruvian architect and politician, 42nd [[President of Peru]] (b. 1912) <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/06/obituaries/06BELA.html|title=Fernando Belaunde Terry, 89, Former Peruvian Leader, Dies|last=Lewis|first=Paul|date=2002-06-06|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Steve Lacy (saxophonist)|Steve Lacy]], American saxophonist and composer (b. 1934) <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/05/business/steve-lacy-69-who-popularized-the-soprano-saxophone.html|title=Steve Lacy, 69, Who Popularized the Soprano Saxophone|work=The New York Times|first1=Ben|last1=Ratliff|date=June 5, 2004}}</ref>
*  2004   &ndash; [[Nino Manfredi]], Italian actor (b. 1921) <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.screendaily.com/italy-mourns-death-of-nino-manfredi/4018946.article|title=Italy mourns death of Nino Manfredi|publisher=Screen Daily|first1=Melanie|last1=Rodier}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Clete Boyer]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1937) <ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/04/AR2007060401471.html |title=Former Yankees third baseman Boyer dies|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date= June 4, 2007|first1=Ben|last1=Walker}}</ref>
*  2007   &ndash; [[Bill France Jr.]], American businessman (b. 1933) <ref>{{cite news|title=Bill France Jr., 74, Dies; Gave Nascar Its National Reach|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/sports/othersports/05francejr.html|work=The New York Times|date=2007-06-05}}</ref>
*  2007   &ndash; [[Craig L. Thomas]], American captain and politician (b. 1933) <ref>{{cite news |title=Wyoming Sen. Craig Thomas Dies at 74. |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,277993,00.html |work=Fox News |date=2007-06-05 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607140513/https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,277993,00.html|archive-date=2007-06-07}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[John Wooden]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1910) <ref>{{cite news |url = http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/news/story?id=5253601 |title = Wooden dies at age 99 |publisher = ESPN Los Angeles |date = June 4, 2010 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104203520/https://www.espn.com/los-angeles/news/story?id=5253601|archive-date=2020-01-04}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Juan Francisco Luis]], Virgin Islander sergeant and politician, 23rd [[Governor of the United States Virgin Islands]] (b. 1940) <ref>{{cite news|first=John|last=Bauer|title=Former Gov. Juan F. Luis Dies at 70|url=http://stcroixsource.com/content/news/local-news/2011/06/05/former-gov-juan-f-luis-dies-70|work=St. Croix Source|date=2011-06-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318132848/http://stcroixsource.com/content/news/local-news/2011/06/05/former-gov-juan-f-luis-dies-70|archive-date=2012-03-18}}</ref>
*  2011   &ndash; [[Andreas P. Nielsen]], Danish author and composer (b. 1953)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Peter Beaven]], New Zealand architect, designed the [[Lyttelton Road Tunnel Administration Building]] (b. 1925) <ref>{{cite news |last=Turner |first=Anna |title=Tributes flow for top Chch architect |url = http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/7048708/Tributes-flow-for-top-Chch-architect |newspaper=[[The Press]]|date=6 June 2012 |author2=Rachel Young|page=A1}}</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; [[Pedro Borbón]], Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1946)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Rodolfo Quezada Toruño]], Guatemalan cardinal (b. 1932) <ref>{{cite news|title=Guatemalan 'Peace Cardinal' Quezada Toruno dies|date=2012-06-05|newspaper=British Broadcasting Corporation|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-18325894|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217011945/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-18325894|archive-date=2019-12-17}}</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; [[Herb Reed]], American violinist (b. 1929) <ref>{{cite news|title=Herb Reed of vocal group – The Platters dead at 83|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-platters-herbreed-idUSBRE8540VN20120605|work=[[Reuters]]|date=June 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402113154/https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-platters-herbreed/herb-reed-of-vocal-group-the-platters-dead-at-83-idUSBRE8540VN20120605|archive-date=2019-04-02}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Walt Arfons]], American race car driver (b. 1916)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Joey Covington]], American drummer (b. 1945) <ref>{{cite news|last=Covington|first=Joey|title=Joey Covington, Jefferson Airplane Drummer, Dies in Palm Springs Car Crash|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joey-covington-jefferson-airplane-drummer-dies-563703|date=June 5, 2012|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612022151/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joey-covington-jefferson-airplane-drummer-dies-563703|archive-date=June 12, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[Hermann Gunnarsson]], Icelandic footballer, handball player, and sportscaster (b. 1946)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Will Wynn (American football)|Will Wynn]], American football player (b. 1949)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[George Ho]], American-Hong Kong businessman (b. 1919) <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1525301/commercial-radios-founder-and-honourary-chairman-george-ho-ho-chi|title=Commercial Radio's founder George Ho Ho-chi dies aged 95|first=Phila|last=Siu|date=4 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628003834/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1525301/commercial-radios-founder-george-ho-ho-chi-dies-aged-95|archive-date=2019-06-28}}</ref>
*  2014   &ndash; [[Nathan Shamuyarira]], Zimbabwean journalist and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Zimbabwe)|Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1928)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman]], English lawyer and judge (b. 1920)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Don Zimmer]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1931) <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2014/06/04/don-zimmer-obituary/9988783/ |title=Don Zimmer, iconic coach, manager, dies at 83 |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=June 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140619072359/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2014/06/04/don-zimmer-obituary/9988783/|archive-date=June 19, 2014}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Marguerite Patten]], English economist and author (b. 1915) <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33082773|title=Cookery writer Marguerite Patten dies aged 99|date=2015-06-10|newspaper=BBC|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127090945/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33082773|archive-date=2016-11-27}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[Leonid Plyushch]], Ukrainian mathematician and academic (b. 1938) <ref>{{cite news|title=Leonid Plyushch, Soviet Dissident Punished in an Asylum, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/world/europe/leonid-plyushch-ukrainian-mathematician-and-soviet-dissident-dies.html|newspaper=The New York Times|first1=David|last1=Stout|date=2015-06-05}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[Jabe Thomas]], American race car driver (b. 1930) <ref>{{cite news|title=Friends, family remember former NASCAR driver Jabe Thomas, 85|url=https://www.roanoke.com/sports/national/friends-family-remember-former-nascar-driver-jabe-thomas/article_8c73e38c-24cb-55c7-b958-4f5be641786c.html|newspaper=[[The Roanoke Times]]|date=2015-06-08|url-status=live|first1=Randy|last1=King|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228234153/https://www.roanoke.com/sports/national/friends-family-remember-former-nascar-driver-jabe-thomas/article_8c73e38c-24cb-55c7-b958-4f5be641786c.html|archive-date=2020-02-28}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[Anne Warburton]], British academic and diplomat, [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Denmark|British Ambassador to Denmark]] (b. 1927) <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lucy-cav.cam.ac.uk/news-blog/latest-news/a-college-remembers-dame-anne-warburton|title=A College Remembers: Dame Anne Warburton|date=2015-06-10|publisher=Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123065746/https://www.lucy-cav.cam.ac.uk/news-blog/latest-news/a-college-remembers-dame-anne-warburton|archive-date=2019-11-23}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Carmen Pereira]], Bissau-Guinean politician (b. 1937) 
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Juan Goytisolo]], Spanish essayist, poet and novelist (b. 1931) <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/books/juan-goytisolo-dead-spanish-novelist-who-won-cervantes-prize.html|title=Juan Goytisolo, novelist who took aim at Spanish Conservatism, dies at 86|author=William Grimes|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2017-07-06|access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Clarence Williams III]], American actor (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Silverman|first=Hollie|date=June 7, 2021|title='The Mod Squad' actor Clarence Williams III dies at 81|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/06/us/clarence-williams-iii-obit/index.html|access-date=June 8, 2021|website=[[CNN]]}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[George Lamming]], Barbadian novelist (b. 1927)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-14 |title=George Lamming obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/14/george-lamming-obituary |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Sulochana Latkar]], Indian actress (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Sharma |first1=Devesh |title=Farewell, Sulochana Didi |magazine=Filmfare |date=July 2023 |page=118 |volume=72 |issn=0971-7277}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Filippo Smaldone]]
**[[Francis Caracciolo (saint)|Francis Caracciolo]]
**[[Optatus]]
**[[Saint Petroc|Petroc of Cornwall]]
**[[Quirinus of Sescia]]
**[[Saturnina]]
**[[June 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*Birthday of [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim|C. G. E. Mannerheim]], [[Marshal of Finland]] and the [[Flag flying days in Finland|flag flying day]] of the [[Finnish Defence Forces]] ([[Finland]])<ref>[https://intermin.fi/en/flag-and-arms/flag-flying-days Finnish flag days - Ministry of the Interior (Finland)]</ref><ref>[https://finlandtoday.fi/flag-day-of-the-finnish-defence-forces-celebrated-honorably-under-covid-19-restrictions/ Flag Day of the Finnish Defence Forces Celebrated Honorably Under COVID-19 Restrictions]</ref>
*[[Emancipation Day#Tonga|Emancipation Day]] or [[Independence Day]], commemorates the abolition of [[serfdom]] in Tonga by King [[George Tupou I|George Tupou]] in 1862, and the independence of Tonga from the [[British protectorate]] in 1970. ([[Tonga]])
*[[International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression]] ([[International observance|International]])<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
*[[National Unity Day (Hungary)]]
*[[Trianon Treaty Day]] ([[Romania]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.g4media.ro/legea-controversata-care-prevede-instituirea-datei-de-4-iunie-drept-ziua-tratatului-de-la-trianon-a-fost-promulgata-de-presedintele-klaus-iohannis.html|title=Legea controversată care prevede instituirea datei de 4 iunie drept "Ziua Tratatului de la Trianon" a fost promulgată de președintele Klaus Iohannis|newspaper=[[G4 Media (website)|G4 Media]]|date=18 November 2020|language=ro}}</ref>
*[[Memorials for the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 Memorial Day]] (International)
* Day of state symbols in the Republic of Kazakhstan.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://kbtu.edu.kz/en/students/library-en/library-news/1270-4-iyunya-v-kazakhstane-otmechaetsya-den-gosudarstvennykh-simvolov-3|title=JUNE 4 - DAY OF STATE SYMBOLS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN|work=KBTU}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/4 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=06|day=04}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/4 |title=Historical Events on June 4 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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