Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 4
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This is a list of selected June 4 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.June 4: Independence Day in Tonga (1970)
- 1037 – Henry III became Holy Roman Emperor following the death of his father, Conrad II.
- 1615 – Forces under the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu took Osaka Castle in Japan.
- 1792 – Royal Navy Captain George Vancouver claimed Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest for Great Britain.
- 1939 – The German ocean liner SS St. Louis, carrying 963 Jewish refugees seeking asylum from Nazi persecution, was denied permission to land in the United States, after already having been turned away from Cuba.
- 1942 – The Battle of Midway (pictured), a major battle in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, began with a massive Imperial Japanese strike on Midway Atoll.
