Today in History: June 4, the Tiananmen Square Massacre
In the modern day is Wednesday June the th day of There are days left in the year In contemporary times in history On June hundreds perhaps thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators and dozens of soldiers are estimated to have been killed when Chinese troops crushed a seven-week-long protest held by occupying demonstrators in Beijing s Tiananmen Square Also on this date In the U S House of Representatives passed its first war declaration approving by a vote of - a declaration of war against Britain Related Articles What to know about fatal shooting of King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss as co-stars pay tribute In wake of deep cuts NOAA says it will hire for mission-critical weather provision positions Dollar General posts record sales as bargain stores attract more people anxious about the financial sector US progress likely to slow to this year hobbled by Trump s arrangement wars OECD says In contemporary times in History June the Zoot Suit Riots begin in Los Angeles In Congress approved the th Amendment to the U S Constitution which disclosed that the right of Americans to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex The amendment was then sent to the states for ratification In during World War II the Allied military completed the evacuation of more than troops from Dunkirk France Also in British Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared in a speech to the House of Commons We shall fight on the beaches we shall fight on the landing grounds we shall fight in the fields and in the streets we shall fight in the hills we shall never surrender In the World War II naval Battle of Midway began which resulted in a decisive American conquest against Japan and marked a turning point in the war in the Pacific In Jonathan Jay Pollard a former U S Navy intelligence analyst pleaded guilty in Washington to conspiring to deliver national defense information to Israel Sentenced to life in prison Pollard would be distributed on parole in November In Dr Jack Kevorkian carried out his first publicly assisted suicide helping Janet Adkins a -year-old Alzheimer s subject from Portland Oregon end her life in Oakland County Michigan In a federal judge sentenced Terry Nichols to life in prison without parole for his role in the bombing of the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City which killed people The present day s Birthdays Actor Bruce Dern is Golf Hall of Famer Sandra Haynie is Singer-actor Michelle Phillips is Jazz musician Paquito D Rivera is Actor Parker Stevenson is Actor Keith David is Singer El DeBarge is Opera singer Cecilia Bartoli is R B singer Al B Sure is Actor Scott Wolf is Comedian Horatio Sanz is Sen Mike Lee R-Utah is Actor Noah Wyle is Actor Angelina Jolie is Actor-comedian T J Miller is Olympic figure skating gold medalist Evan Lysacek is
