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