June 4
People born on this day are Gemini.
- 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.
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Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
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Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
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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).
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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.
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Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
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The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
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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.
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Death of Giovanni López: Protests over the death of Giovanni López Ramírez, who had died on 4 May while in custody, begin in Jalisco following the release of a video of his arrest going viral on social media, and inspired by the George Floyd protests. Later, these spread across Mexico.
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Protests begin in Poland against the PiS government.
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Four people are killed when a Cessna Citation V crashes into Mine Bank Mountain in Augusta County, Virginia.
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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.
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2004Mackenzie Ziegler, American child actress, dancer, and recording artist
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2001Choerry, South Korean singer and member of Loona
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2001Takefusa Kubo, Japanese footballer
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1999Kim So-hyun, South Korean actress
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1999Drew Pavlou, Australian activist
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1998Central Cee, British rapper and songwriter
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1996Oli McBurnie, Scottish footballer
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1993Jonathan Huberdeau, Canadian ice hockey player
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1993Juan Iturbe, Paraguayan footballer
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1993Aaron Nola, American baseball player
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1993Annika Taylor, British-American cross-country skier
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1992Jordan Hugill, English footballer
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