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Famous Quote For June 4

"The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn."

Pope John Paul II, 1991

June 4 Birthdays

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Mackenzie Ziegler

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Lucky Blue Smith

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June 4 History

2006 - World's largest cruise ship, MS Freedom of the Seas, makes its maiden voyage.

1990 - NY Telephone company announces that it wants Bronx area code 917

1912 - Massachusetts passes the first US minimum wage law

1876 - Transcontinental Express, arrives in San Francisco, 83 hr 39 min. after leaving NYC.

1769 - Venus transit followed by total solar eclipse five hr later, shortest such interval.

This Day In Business

1973 - Donald Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain receive a patent for the ATM.

This Day In Entertainment

1982 - "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," released in USA

This Day In Geography

1812 - After Louisiana is admitted as US state, Louisiana Territory renamed Missouri Territory.

This Day In Sports

1964 - The great Sandy Koufax becomes the 4th pitcher to throw a third no hitter.

June 4th Holiday

International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression - Inspired by the high number of innocent Palestinian and Lebanese victims of Israel's acts of aggression in the 1980s.

Today's Birthday Trivia

In 2006, he released a pair of films about the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima: Flags of Our Fathers, which told a story of American soldiers, and Letters from Iwo Jima, which focused on Japanese soldiers. Who is he?

Today's Birthday Horoscope

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