THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2009

Today is Thursday, June 4, the 155th day of 2009. 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

1940 _ German forces enter Paris

1942 _ Battle of Midway begins; Japan's first major defeat in WW II

1965 _ Rolling Stones release ``Satisfaction"

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

1990 _ Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy