WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2008

Today is Wednesday, June 4 the 156th day of 2008. There are 210 days left in the year.

780 B.C. _ First total solar eclipse reliably recorded by Chinese

1070 _ Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France

1647 _ British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner

1783 _ Montgolfier brothers launch first hot-air balloon (unmanned)

1896 _ Henry takes his first Ford through streets of Detroit

1919 _ Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill

1940 _ German forces enter Paris

1964 _ Beatles ``World Tour" begins in Copenhagen Denmark

1984 _ Bruce Springsteen releases ``Born in the USA"

1989 _ Beijing cop shoots and wounds Chinese Premier Li Peng