June 4th

June 4 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 200 days remaining until the end of time.

1070 Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France. How hungry would you have to be to try the first piece of that cheese?

1850 Self deodorizing fertilizer patented in England

1896 Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit

1917 American men begin registering for the draft. The fully clothed doughboy goes on to become the 33rd President of the United States.

1940 The synthetic rubber tire is unveiled. It looks like a tire.

1972 Dr. Angela Davis, US philosophy professor/black activist, is acquitted of killing a white guard

1973 ATM is patented.  This one gives cupcakes!

1974 10 cents Beer Night at Cleveland, unruly fans stumble onto field and cause Indians to forfeit the game to Rangers with score tied 5-5 in 9th

1977 Apple II, the 1st gay personal computer, goes on sale

1984 DNA is successfully cloned from an extinct animal

1989 Ali Khamenei is elected the new Supreme Leader of Islamic republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after Ayatollah Khomeini is recalled for new parts.  This one looks like such a nice man. . .

1989 The Tiananmen Square protests are violently ended in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army.

1991 Gay priest Elizabeth Carl is ordained in Episcopal Church

2004 Marvin Heemeyer's (eventually suicidal) protest rampage with an improvised bulletproofed bulldozer destroys 13 Granby, Colorado buildings including the town hall.

1927 Ken Clark, US actor 

1928 Dr Ruth Westheimer, German-born US sex therapist 

1936 Bruce Dern, US actor

 

1961 Sam Harris, gay US actor/singer 

1964 Sean Pertwee, English actor/son of Dr. Who #3  

1968 Scott Wolf, US actor 

1971 Noah Wyle, US actor/ER 

1969 Rob Huebel, maybe gay US comedian/actor 

1975 Matthew Whittet, Australian actor 

1975 Russell Brand, English comedian/actor 

1978 Danny Lopez, gay Venezuelan pornographic actor 

1980 Philip Olivier, maybe gay English actor/ model 

1982 Jamie Dornan, Irish actor (Once Upon a Time)/model 

1985 Evan Lysacek, maybe gay US 2010 Olympic champion figure skater/DWTS Runner-up 

1986 Shane Kippel, Canadian actor 

1913 At the Epsom Derby, Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse, Anmer, who really does not care if women get the right to vote.

1992 Carl Stotz, founder (baseball's little league), goes down swinging.

1994 Massimo Troisi, maybe gay Italian actor (Il Postino)/director (Ricomincio da tre), finds splendor too soon <le sigh>

2001 John Hartford, maybe gay STLMO-educated US musician, stays gentle on my mind