Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On June 4, 1942, American dive bombers sank four Japanese aircraft carriers in a single day and broke Japan's momentum in the Pacific.
After a half-century campaign, the Senate cleared the 19th Amendment and handed the vote-or-not question to the states.
On June 4, 1783, two French paper-makers sent an empty linen bag of hot air a mile across the sky and opened the age of flight.
