Navy vessel captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
1944 – World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy capture the German submarine U-505, marking the first time a U.S. 1943 – Military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo. Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island with much of the Imperial Japanese Navy. 1942 – World War II: Battle of Midway begins. 1942 – World War II: Reinhard Heydrich dies in Prague due to the assassination by Czechoslovak paratroopers ( Operation Anthropoid). 1940 – The Destroyer War Badge for Kriegsmarine was instituted. 1940 – World War II: Dunkirk evacuation ends British forces complete evacuation of 300,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. 1940 – The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers is published. Forced to return to Europe, most of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, United States, after already having been turned away from Cuba. 1936 – Léon Blum becomes Prime Minister of France. 1928 - President of the Republic of China, Chang Tso-Lin, is assassinated by Japanese agents. 1926 – Robert Earl Hughes sets current record for world's heaviest human. 1924 – During a British expedition, Edward Felix Norton reaches the height of 8,573 metres (28,127 feet) above sea level (on Mount Everest), the highest point climbed by anyone until then, but because of it being evening, he is unable to go up to the summit. 1920 – Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris. 1919 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. 1917 – The Order of the British Empire is introduced. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism (for his work for the New York World). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history (for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days). Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for a biography (for Julia Ward Howe). 1917 – The very first Pulitzer Prizes are given: Laura E. She is trampled and dies a few days later, never having regained consciousness. 1913 – Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V of the United Kingdom's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. 1912 - Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. 1896 – Henry Ford test-drives the first automobile he designed – the Quadricycle (it was also the first automobile he ever drove). 
1878 – Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.1876 – An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City.1862 – American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.1859 – Italian Independence wars: in the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeats an Austrian army.state, the territory previously known by that name was renamed the Missouri Territory. 1805 - The Ligurian Republic and the Duchy of Parma are merged into a part of the French Empire.1802 - Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel I of Savoy.1794 – British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti.1792 – Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Great Britain.1783 – In Annonay, France, the Montgolfier Brothers demonstrate their unmanned hot air balloon.1769 – A transit of Venus is followed five hours later by a total solar eclipse, the shortest such interval in the historical past.1760 – Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada taken from the Acadians.1745 - Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick I of Prussia's army defeats the Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.1615 – Forces under the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.1039 – Henry III becomes King of Germany.780 BC – The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China.There are 210 days remaining until the end of the year.Įvents Up to 1900 June 4 is the 155th day of the year (156th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
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