Today in History: June 4th

You can check here and there. This is what stood out to me:

1789 Jun 4, The US constitution, enacted as sovereign law, went into effect.

1794 Jun 4, Robespierre was unanimously elected president of the Convention in the French Revolution.

1919 Jun 4, The U.S. Senate passed the Women’s Suffrage bill.

1989 Jun 4, In China hundreds of people died as Chinese army troops stormed Beijing to crush the pro-democracy movement. Hundreds of thousands of discontented Chinese took to the streets of Beijing, demanding more reform, but the military crushed the protests in the Tiananmen Square crackdown.

What stood out to you–KSH?

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4 comments on “Today in History: June 4th

  1. David Keller says:

    June 4, 1942, the beginning of the Battle of Midway which ended Japanese naval dominance in the Pacific; a blow from which they never recovered.

  2. David Keller says:

    #2–In that case, thank the Lord for Roquefort cheese.

  3. Ad Orientem says:

    Well, one out of four aint bad… (ducking…).