Summary of the Day ✨ 4 June (04/06)
Tragedy struck in Bengaluru, India as a crowd crush outside a cricket stadium killed 11 and injured 56 during IPL victory celebrations, while SpaceX successfully launched its first Falcon 9 rocket on its maiden flight from Cape Canaveral. Additionally, protests against Poland’s Duda government began, a fatal plane crash in Virginia claimed four lives, and a civic forum for Romanians in specific regions was founded.
Historical Events 📜
- 2025: Eleven people are killed and 56 people are injured during a crowd crush incident outside M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, India for the celebration of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Indian Premier League victory.
- 2023: Protests begin in Poland against the Duda government.
- 2023: Four people are killed when a Cessna Citation V crashes into Mine Bank Mountain in Augusta County, Virginia.
- 2010: Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.
- 2005: The Civic Forum of the Romanians of Covasna, Harghita and Mureș is founded.
- 1998: Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
- 1996: The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
- 1989: In the 1989 Iranian supreme leader election, Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of Iran after the death and funeral of Ruhollah Khomeini.
- 1989: The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests are suppressed in Beijing by the People’s Liberation Army, with between 241 and 10,000 dead (an unofficial estimate).
- 1989: Solidarity’s victory in the 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: Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
- 1988: Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
- 1986: Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
- 1983: Gordon Kahl, who killed two 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.
- 1979: Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
Famous Births 👶
- 2021: Princess Lilibet of Sussex
- 2004: Mackenzie Ziegler, American child actress, dancer, and recording artist
- 2001: Takefusa Kubo, Japanese footballer
- 1999: Kim So-hyun, South Korean actress
- 1999: Drew Pavlou, Australian activist
- 1998: Central Cee, British rapper and songwriter
- 1996: Oli McBurnie, Scottish footballer
- 1993: Jonathan Huberdeau, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1993: Juan Iturbe, Paraguayan footballer
- 1993: Aaron Nola, American baseball player
- 1993: Annika Taylor, British-American cross-country skier
- 1992: Jordan Hugill, English footballer
- 1991: Lorenzo Insigne, Italian footballer
- 1991: Matt McIlwrick, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1991: Ben Stokes, New Zealand-English cricketer
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Marc Garneau, Canadian astronaut and Member of Parliament (born 1949)
- 2024: John Blackman, Australian radio and television presenter (born 1947)
- 2024: Parnelli Jones, American racing driver (born 1933)
- 2023: Sulochana Latkar, Indian actress (born 1928)
- 2022: George Lamming, Barbadian novelist (born 1927)
- 2021: Clarence Williams III, American actor (born 1939)
- 2017: Juan Goytisolo, Spanish essayist, poet and novelist (born 1931)
- 2016: Carmen Pereira, Bissau-Guinean politician (born 1937)
- 2015: Marguerite Patten, English economist and author (born 1915)
- 2015: Leonid Plyushch, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (born 1938)
- 2015: Jabe Thomas, American race car driver (born 1930)
- 2015: Anne Warburton, British academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to Denmark (born 1927)
- 2014: George Ho, American-Hong Kong businessman (born 1919)
- 2014: Nathan Shamuyarira, Zimbabwean journalist and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1928)
- 2014: Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman, English lawyer and judge (born 1920)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Filippo Smaldone - Christian feast day:
Francis Caracciolo - Christian feast day:
Optatus - Christian feast day:
Petroc of Cornwall - Christian feast day:
Quirinus of Sescia - Christian feast day:
Saturnina - Christian feast day:
June 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Birthday of C. G. E. Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland and the flag flying day of the Finnish Defence Forces (Finland)
- Emancipation Day or Independence Day, commemorates the abolition of serfdom in Tonga by King 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)
- National Unity Day (Hungary)
- Trianon Treaty Day (Romania)
- Memorials for the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre (International)