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This is a list of selected June 4 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
; Independence Day in Tonga (1970) refimprove section
Day of National Unity in Hungary; refimprove
1039Henry III became Holy Roman Emperor following the death of his father, Conrad II. refimprove
1615 – The Siege of Osaka concluded as forces under the Japanese shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu took Osaka Castle. Siege: needs more footnotes and date not in article; Castle: refimprove
1784Élisabeth Thible became the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covered 4 kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated). stubby
1855 – Major Henry C. Wayne departed New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps. refimprove section
1920 – The Kingdom of Hungary lost 72% of its territory and 64% of its population with the signing of the Treaty of Trianon in Paris. refimprove section
1928Zhang Zuolin, one of the major warlords of China, was assassinated by Japanese agents in Shenyang. The death was kept secret for the next two weeks. unreferenced sections
1940Second World War: The remaining Allied forces protecting the Dunkirk evacuation surrendered, giving the Germans a tactical victory in the Battle of Dunkirk. unreferenced section
1967 – A chartered aircraft owned by British Midland Airways crashed near Stockport, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, killing 72 of the 84 passengers and crew on board. needs more footnotes
1989 – Following the death of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Assembly of Experts elected Ali Khamenei to be the Supreme Leader of Iran. single source section
1996 – The maiden flight of the Ariane 5 failed, with the rocket self-destructing 37 seconds after launch because of a malfunction in the control software—one of the most expensive computer bugs in history. refimprove section

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Notes

June 4: Pentecost (Christianity, 2017); Anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini's death in Iran (1989)

U.S. dive bombers at Midway
U.S. dive bombers at Midway

Philippa of England (b. 1394) · Angelina Jolie (b. 1975)

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