June 4th observes Hug Your Cat Day and Cheese Day.
Today marks the 155th day of the year. We’re slowly getting through the year, but still have 210 days left until the end of the year.
If you were born on June 4th, your star sign is Gemini.
This day in history was a great day in many ways including, fashion, employee rights, music, inventions and more.
Did you know that on this day in 1975, the oldest known animal fossils in the US were found? They were discovered in North Carolina in 620 million-year-old volcanic ash deposits.
Keep reading for more facts about June 4th in history!
What Happened On June 4 In History?
1982
Sci-Fi movie “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” was released in the US.
The Wrath of Khan was voted fourth place in the top sequel movies that are way better than the original by Playboy magazine in 2016.
Source
Wikipedia
1973
Trio inventors were granted the patents to the ATM.
Don Wetzel had the idea when waiting in line at a bank in Dallas, Texas.
Source
WorldKings.org
1969
Armando Socarras Ramirez arrived in Madrid from Havana after hiding inside the wheel pod of a plane.
It's a miracle he survived the 5,592 mile journey, at 29,000 ft high and little available oxygen!
Source
Reader's Digest
1964
The Beatles started their world tour.
The band started in Copenhagen, Denmark and only ever did one world tour.
Source
The Beatles Bible
1940
Winston Churchill presented his famous speech “We Shall Fight on the Beaches”.
Source
WinstonChurchill.org
1912
The US used a national minimum wage for the first time in Massachusetts.
The change came after many angry workers protesting their rate of pay that gave them a very low quality of life.
Source
Wikipedia
Did you know that on this day, June 4th 1975, the oldest known animal fossils in the US were found?