TODAY in HISTORY
Today is Monday, June 04, the 155rd day of 2018. There are 210 days left in the year. ■ ■
1561 The steeple of St Paul’s, the medieval cathedral of London, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning and is never rebuilt. 1615 Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.
1760 Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians. 1783 The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière ( hot air balloon). 1792 Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1802 King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel. 1812 Following Louisiana’s admittance as a U. S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory. 1825 General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States. 1878 Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title. 1912 Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage. 1920 Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris. 1928 The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents. 1943 A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo. 1975 The Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the U. S. giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights. 1979 Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown. 1986 Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
1989 Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death and funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. 1996 The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission. 1998 Terry Nichols is sentenced to life for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. 2010 Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.