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