Lost and Found – June 4th Edition

What to remember about June 4th…

• 1783  The Montgolfier brothers complete 1st successful public demonstration of their hot-air balloon
• 1794  Congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from waging war against any country at peace with the United States
• 1896  Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit
• 1919  Senate passes 19th Amendment to US Constitution (Women’s Suffrage) and sent to the states; ratified April 18,1920
• 1939  MS St Louis is refused landing in U.S.; 963 Jewish refugees forced to return to Europe; many will die in death camps
• 1940  Winston Churchill speech “We shall not flag or fail”
• 1942  Battle of Midway begins; Japan’s 1st major defeat in WW II; USS Yorktown abandoned – sinks June 7
• 1944  US 5th Army liberates Rome; U-505 captured by US Navy
• 1982  “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” released in USA
• 1989 People’s Liberation Army opens fire on peaceful protestors to end pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square; hundreds killed and foreign press banned from China
• 1998  Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building
• 2010  SpaxeX launched Falcon 9 rocket on maiden flight