June 4 is the 155th day of the year (156th in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 210 days remaining until the end of the year.

Railways

On June 4, 1870, he published a will about the last point of the line from Edirne to the Aegean Sea.
June 4, 1900 Sultan Abdulhamid donated 50 thousand liras to the Hejaz Railway. Sultan would follow the statesmen.
With the law numbered 4, June 1929, 1504, the contract with the Eastern Railways Company operating the Sirkeci-Edirne Line since 1923 was approved. Accordingly, the company would establish a Turkish Joint Stock Company until 1931. The complete nationalization of the Eastern Railways was with the law numbered 26.4, dated 1937 3156.
4 June 2004 Yahya Kemal Beyatlı and Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu Express started the expedition.

Events

781 BC – For the first time in history, a solar eclipse is recorded in China.
1783 - The Montgolfier Brothers introduced their hot air balloons to the public and made the first flight.
1876 – Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz, who was deposed by the coup d'état on May 30, 1876, was found dead with his wrists cut in the Feriye Palaces, where he was detained. Although it was decided by the doctors that he committed suicide, the common belief is that he was killed.
1878 – The “Cyprus Treaty” is signed, temporarily leaving the administration of Cyprus to the United Kingdom. The administration, which would last until 16 August 1960 and which was called British Cyprus, was established.
1917 – The Pulitzer Prizes are given for the first time.
1936 – Left wins the elections in France. Socialist Léon Blum, leader of the Popular Front alliance, became Prime Minister.
1937 – The Ziraat Bank Law of the Republic of Turkey was accepted in the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
1940 – II. World War II: German forces enter Paris. Only 10 days later (June 14, 1940) will they be able to take the city under full control.
1944 – II. World War II: Rome falls to the Allies, making it the first capital lost by the Axis Powers.
1944 – II. During World War II, German warships passed through the Straits in the form of merchant ships. The United Kingdom protested this situation before Turkey.
1946 - Juan Peron becomes President of Argentina.
1961 – US President John F. Kennedy and USSR President Nikita Khrushchev met in Vienna.
1970 – "Golden Orange" Cinema Award, starring Yılmaz Güney An Ugly Man won the movie.
1972 - University of California professor, black activist Angela Yvonne Davis is acquitted of founding a secret organization, murder and kidnapping. All members of the jury were white.
1973 – Patent of ATM (Banking) was obtained.
1973 – Battleship Yavuz was removed from the Navy with a ceremony held in Gölcük.
1974 – The International Committee of Jurists announced that 250 people have been killed in Uganda since Idi Amin took power.
1980 – The Process Leading to the 12 September 1980 Coup in Turkey (1979 - 12 September 1980): The Deputy Chief of the General Staff, General Haydar Saltık, presented the prepared "Flag Operation Order" to General Kenan Evren, the Chief of the General Staff.
1981 – The 12th execution of the September 5 Coup: Cevdet Karakaş, the right-wing militant who killed the left-wing lawyer Erdal Aslan on February 11, 1980, was executed.
1986 – A female student at İzmir 9 Eylül University was beaten by the police on the grounds that she came to school in a hanging dress on Ramadan day.
1989 – The first free elections were held in Poland. Solidarity Union won the elections.
1989 – Tiananmen Square Incidents: The Chinese People's Liberation Army intervened against the anti-regime demonstrators in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, which has been going on since April 15. A large number of demonstrators were killed and more than 7000 demonstrators were injured.
1990 – The United Communist Party of Turkey (TBKP) was officially established.
1992 – III. Izmir Economy Congress convened.
The Justice Party, which was closed during the 1995 – 12 September period, was re-established.
1997 – A military helicopter participating in the Hammer Operation against the terrorist organization PKK in northern Iraq crashed near the Zap Camp. Eight officers, two non-commissioned officers and a private were killed in Hakkari.
1998 – The BSEC Charter transforming the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) into an international organization was signed by 11 countries in Yalta, Ukraine.
2001 – In connection with the assassination of Gaffar Okkan, 10 people, including a member of Hezbollah, were arrested.
2006 – In the second round of the Peruvian presidential election, social democrat Alan García declared victory and became President, replacing Alejandro Toledo.
2009 – Rahşan Ecevit resigned from the Democratic Left Party of which he was the founder.

Births

1738 – III. George, King of England (d. 1820)
1753 – Johann Philipp Gabler, German protestant theologian and covenant critic (d. 1826)
1821 – Apollon Maykov, Russian poet (d. 1897)
1882 – John Bauer, Swedish painter (d. 1918)
1907 – Jean Chazal, French lawyer (d. 1991)
1915 – Azra Erhat, Turkish writer (d. 1982)
1918 – Pauline Phillips, American radio broadcaster and activist (d. 2013)
1960
- Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian F1 racer (d. 1994)
- Bradley Walsh, English actor, comedian, singer, television presenter and former professional football player
- Åse Michaelsen, Norwegian politician
1961
- Ferenc Gyurcsany, Hungarian politician
- Karin Konoval, American actress
1962
- Lindsay Frost, American actress
- Ulisses Correia e Silva, Cape Verdean politician
1963 – Björn Kjellman, Swedish actor and singer
1964
- Seyfi Doğanay, Turkish folk and arabesque music artist (d. 2015)
- Gia Carides, Australian actress
- Jordan Mechner, American video game programmer
1966
- Cecilia Bartoli, Italian mezzo-soprano opera singer
- Vladimir Voyevodski, Russian-American mathematician (d. 2017)
1968
- Rachel Griffiths, Australian actress
- Behmen Gulbarnejad, Iranian paralympic cyclist (d. 2016)
- Faizon Love, American actor and comedian
- Ian Taylor, English football player
1969
- Rob Huebel, American actor, comedian and writer
- Alfredo Versace, one of the main players of the Italian Bridge national team
1970
- Devin the Dude, American hip hop artist
- Ekrem İmamoğlu, Turkish businessman and politician
- Dave Pybus, British musician
1971 – Joseph Kabila, President of Congo DC
1972 – Stoja, Serbian pop-folk singer
1973 – Sonsee Neu, German actress
1974
- Murat Basaran, Turkish singer
- Janette Husárová, Slovak professional tennis player
1975
- Angelina Jolie, American actress and winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- Russell Brand, English actor, singer and writer
1976 – Aleksey Navalny, Russian lawyer, activist and politician
1977
- Aslı Hünel, Turkish classical music artist
- Alex Manninger, Austrian goalkeeper
1978
- Ayşe Şule Bilgiç, Turkish actress and screenwriter
- Sulifou Faaloua, American Samoan international football player
- Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Turkish-French director and screenwriter
1979
- Naohiro Takahara, Japanese international football player
- Daniel Vickerman, Australian professional rugby player (d. 2017)
1980
- Pontus Farnerud, Swedish national football player
- Tuğba Özerk, Turkish singer, songwriter and producer
1981
- Gary Taylor-Fletcher, English former football player and manager
- Mike Hall, British racing cyclist (d. 2017)
- TJ Miller, American comedian, actor and voice actor
- Giourkas Seitaridis, Greek football player
1982
- Matthew Gilks, Scottish international football player
- Abel Kirui, Kenyan long-distance runner
1983
- David Cerrajería, Spanish football player
- Emmanuel Eboué, Ivory Coast football player (Galatasaray player 2011-2015)
- Koffi Ndri Romaric, Ivory Coast international football player
- Serhat Teoman, Turkish actor
1984
- Henri Bedimo, former Cameroonian international football player
- Milko Bjelica, Serbian basketball player
- Hernán Dario Pellerano, Argentine football player
- Raphael Ragucci, Austrian rapper
1985
- Anna-Lena Groenefeld, German tennis player
- Evan Lysacek, American figure skater
- Bar Refaeli, Israeli top model
- Lukas Podolski, Polish-German football player
- Yevgeny Ustyugov, Russian biathlete
1986
- Franco Arizala, Colombian football player
- Park Yoochun, Korean singer, writer, composer and actor
- Fahriye Evcen, Turkish actress
1987 – Kerem Bürsin, Turkish actor
1988
- Tjaronn Chery, Dutch football player
- Ryota Nagaki, Japanese football player
- Lucas Pratto, Argentine football player
1988
- Pawel Fajdek, Polish athlete
1989 – Silviu Lung Jr., Romanian national football player
1990
- Reginaldo Faife, Mozambican football player
- Andrew Lawrence, British professional basketball player
- Greg Monroe, American professional basketball player
- Jess Moskaluke, Canadian country pop singer
- Evan Spiegel, American internet entrepreneur
1991 – Lorenzo Insigne, Italian football player
1992 – Dino Jelusic, Croatian singer
1993 – Juan Iturbe, Paraguayan football player
1994
- Wilmer Azofeifa, Costa Rican international football player
- Valentin Lavigne, French football player
- Tiaguinho, former Brazilian football player (d. 2016)
1995
- Jhon Murillo, Venezuelan national football player
- Uygar Mert Zeybek, Turkish football player
1996
- Maria Bakalova, Bulgarian actress
- Dion Cools, Belgian football player
1999
- Kim So-Hyun, South Korean actress
- Aryan Tari, Norwegian chess grandmaster
- Fıratcan Üzüm, Turkish football player
2001 – Takefusa Kubo, Japanese international football player

Deaths

756 – Shōmu, 45th emperor of Japan in traditional succession (b. 701)
822 – Saichō, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 767)
956 – III. Mohammed, 7th shah of the State of Shirvanshahs and father of Shirvanshah Ahmet Mezyed I
1039 – II. Konrad, Holy Roman Emperor (b.~ 990)
1086 – Kutalmışoğlu Süleyman Shah, founder of the Anatolian Seljuk State (b. ?)
1135 – Huizong, emperor of China (b. 1082)
1246 - Isabella, Was Queen of England (b. 1186)
1742 – Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (b. 1671)
1798 – Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer (b. 1725)
1809 – Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, Danish painter (b. 1743)
1830 – Antonio José de Sucre, second president of Bolivia (b. 1795)
1838 – Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest, French zoologist and writer (b. 1784)
1872 – Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch politician and liberal statesman (b. 1798)
1875 – Eduard Mörike, German Lutheran pastor and poet (b. 1804)
1876 – Abdulaziz, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1830)
1931 – Sharif Hussein, Arab leader, Sharif of Mecca and King of Hejaz (b. 1852)
1933 – Ahmet Haşim, Turkish poet (b. 1884)
1941 – II. Wilhelm, German (Prussian) Emperor (b. 1859)
1946 – Sándor Simonyi-Semadam, Hungarian Prime Minister (b. 1864)
1949 – Maurice Blondel, French philosopher (b. 1861)
1953 – Alwin Mittasch, German chemist and historian of science (b. 1869)
1961 – William Astbury, English physicist and molecular biologist (b. 1898)
1968 – Dorothy Gish, American film and stage actress (b. 1898)
1973 – Fikret Adil, Turkish writer, journalist and translator (b. 1901)
1979 – Randy Smith, American former professional basketball player (b. 1948)
1994 – Roberto Burle Marx, Brazilian landscape architect (b. 1909)
1994 – Massimo Troisi, Italian actor (b. 1953)
1996 – Bob Flanagan, American performance artist, comedian, author, poet, and musician (b. 1952)
2000 – Takashi Kano, former Japanese international football player (b. 1920)
2001 – Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah, former king of Nepal (b. 1971)
2008 – Agata Mróz-Olszewska, Polish volleyball player (b. 1982)
2009 – Şadan Kamil, Turkish film director, screenwriter and cinematographer (b. 1917)
2010 – David Markson, American author (b. 1927)
2010 – John Wooden, Former American basketball player (b. 1910)
2012 – Herbert Reed, American singer and musician (b.1928)
2013 – Joey Covington, American drummer and musician (b. 1945)
2014 – Walter Winkler, Polish football player (b. 1943)
2016 – Gil Bartosh, Former American football player and coach (b. 1930)
2016 – Erich Linemayr, retired Austrian football referee (b. 1933)
2016 – Carmen Pereira, politician from Guinea-Bissau (b. 1937)
2017 – Juan Goytisolo, Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist (b. 1931)
2017 – David Nicholls, British horse racer and trainer (b. 1956)
2017 – Roger Smith, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
2018 – Georgann Johnson, American stage, film and television actress (b. 1926)
2018 – Canel Konvur, Turkish volleyball player and athlete (b. 1939)
2018 – CM Newton, American former basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
2019 – Keith Birdsong, American painter and graphic artist (b. 1954)
2019 – Linda Collins-Smith, American businessperson and politician (b. 1962)
2019 – Lennart Johansson, Swedish president of UEFA from 1990 to 2007 (b. 1929)
2019 – Nechama Rivlin, Israeli first lady and academic (b. 1945)
2020 – Marcello Abbado, Italian composer, academic, conductor and pianist (b. 1926)
2020 – Fabiana Anastácio Nascimento, Brazilian gospel singer (b. 1975)
2020 – Milena Benini, Croatian science fiction writer and translator (b. 1966)
2020 – Basu Chatterjee, Indian film director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
2020 – Rupert Neville Hine, English musician, songwriter and record producer (b. 1947)
2020 – Dulce Nunes, Brazilian actress and singer-songwriter (b. 1929)
2020 – Pete Rademacher, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1928)
2020 – Antonio Rodríguez de las Heras, Spanish historian, professor (b. 1947)
2020 – Bixente Serrano Izco, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1948)
2021 – Karla Burns, American opera singer and actress (b. 1954)
2021 – Douglas S. Cramer, American television producer (b. 1931)
2021 – Loris Dominissini, Italian former football player and manager (b. 1961)
2021 – Richard Ernst, Swiss chemist and physicist (b. 1933)
2021 – Barbara Mertens, Belgian journalist, radio broadcaster and television presenter (b. 1968)
2021 – Clarence Williams III, American actor (b. 1939)
2022 – Isaac Berger, American weightlifter (b. 1936)
2022 – Prayar Gopalakrishnan, Indian politician (b. 1949)
2022 – Goran Sankovic, Slovenian football player (b. 1979)