Infopedia:Selected anniversaries/June 4

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 * 1792 – Captain George Vancouver of the Royal Navy claimed the land around Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest for Great Britain.
 * 1913 – Emily Davison (pictured), an activist for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, was fatally injured after being trampled by King George V's horse at the Epsom Derby.
 * 1940 – Second World War: The remaining Allied forces protecting the Dunkirk evacuation surrendered, ending the Battle of Dunkirk; in response, British prime minister Winston Churchill gave a speech in which he declared "We shall fight on the beaches".
 * 1944 – World War II: A United States Navy task group captured German submarine U-505.
 * 1961 – U.S. president John F. Kennedy and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev held an unsuccessful summit in Vienna to discuss issues in the countries' relationship during the Cold War.
 * 1967 – A chartered British Midland Airways aircraft crashed near Stockport, England, killing 72 of the 84 people on board.
 * 1974 – Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians hosted Ten Cent Beer Night, but had to forfeit the game to the Texas Rangers due to rioting by drunken fans.
 * 1975 – Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act, one of the first laws in the United States guaranteeing collective bargaining rights to farmworkers.
 * 1977 – The Humboldt Park riot began in Chicago, resulting in three deaths, three cars in the Humboldt Park lagoon, and increased tension between the Chicago Police Department and the Puerto Rican community.
 * 1987 – American intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard pleaded guilty to charges of spying for Israel.
 * 1989 – The People's Liberation Army suppressed the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, leaving many dead and wounded.
 * 1998 – Terry Nichols was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
 * 2004 – In Granby, Colorado, U.S., Marvin Heemeyer went on a rampage with a modified bulldozer over a zoning dispute, destroying several buildings before committing suicide.
 * Born/died: | Przemysł I of Greater Poland |d|1257| Antoine, Duke of Lorraine |b|1489| George Heriot |b|1563| Benjamin Huntsman |b|1704| Miguel de Azcuénaga |b|1754| Eduard Mörike |d|1875| Angelina Jolie |b|1975| Leslie Averill |d|1981| Marguerite Patten |d|2015