Today is Tuesday, June 4, the 155th day of 2013. There are 210 days left in the year.
780 B.C. ― First total solar eclipse reliably recorded by Chinese
1647 ― British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner
1783 ― Montgolfier brothers launch first hot-air balloon (unmanned)
1784 ― Mme. Thible becomes first woman to fly (in a balloon)
1927 ― First Ryders Cup (Golf), U.S. beats England 9-2
1929 ― George Eastman demonstrates first Technicolor movie (Rochester, N.Y.)
1940 ― German forces enter Paris
1942 ― Battle of Midway begins; Japan's first major defeat in WW II
1956 ― Speech by Khrushchev blasting Stalin made public
1965 ― Rolling Stones release “Satisfaction”