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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_4" title="June 4">June 4</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trianon_Treaty_Day" title="Trianon Treaty Day">Trianon Treaty Day</a></b> in Romania (1920)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1561" title="1561">1561</a> – The spire of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_St_Paul%27s_Cathedral" title="Old St Paul's Cathedral">Old St Paul's Cathedral</a></b> in London was destroyed by fire.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913" title="1913">1913</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Davison" title="Emily Davison">Emily Davison</a></b>, an activist for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom">women's suffrage in the United Kingdom</a>, was fatally injured after being trampled by a horse owned by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_V" title="George V">King George V</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsom_Derby" title="Epsom Derby">Epsom Derby</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916" title="1916">1916</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>: Russian forces began their successful <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brusilov_offensive" title="Brusilov offensive">Brusilov offensive</a></b> against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Powers" title="Central Powers">Central Powers</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rawlings" title="Jerry Rawlings">Jerry Rawlings</a></b> came to power in Ghana as chairman of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_Revolutionary_Council_(Ghana)" title="Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (Ghana)">Armed Forces Revolutionary Council</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989" title="1989">1989</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="People's Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_at_the_1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre" title="People's Liberation Army at the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre">suppressed</a></b> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre" title="1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre">Tiananmen Square protests</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>, leaving hundreds of people dead and wounded.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Rudolph_Thorbecke" title="Johan Rudolph Thorbecke">Johan Rudolph Thorbecke</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1872); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._H._R._Rivers" title="W. H. R. Rivers">W. H. R. Rivers</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1922); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Quezada_Toru%C3%B1o" title="Rodolfo Quezada Toruño">Rodolfo Quezada Toruño</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2012)</p>