Today in History - History - June 4th

1896Henry Ford takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit

1917Most Excellent Order of British Empire inaugurated by King George V to recognise the efforts of his people in WW1

1984Arnold Palmer fails to make US Open golf tournament 1st time in 32 yrs

1913Suffragette Emily Davison steps in front of King George V's horse Anmer at the Epsom Derby

1988Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases for record 249 as a NY Yankee

198353rd French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Mima Jausovec (61 62)

1940Winston Churchill says "We shall fight on the seas & oceans"

1989Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International

1967Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St Louis Women's Golf Invitational

1958French premier Charles de Gaulle arrives in Algiers

1971Noah Wyle, Hollywood California, actor (Dr John Carter-ER)

1975Angelina Jolie, Los Angeles, California, American actress (Girl, Interrupted, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider)

1951Actress Janet Leigh (23) weds actor Tony Curtis (26) in Greenwich, Connecticut

2000"Titanic" producer-director James Cameron (45) weds actress Suzy Amis (38) in Malibu, California

1940Radio broadcaster Paul Harvey (21) weds radio producer Lynne Cooper

1960"Last Tango In Paris" actor Marlon Brando (36) weds Mexican-American actress Movita Castaneda (42)

1924Physician Frederick Banting (32) weds Marion Robertson

1978Broadcaster Howard Stern (24) marries Alison Berns at Temple Ohabei Shalom, Brookline Massachusetts.

1915Canadian diplomat Vincent Massey (28) weds Alice Parkin

1958Blues musician B.B. King (32) weds his second wife Sue Hall

1978Oscar-winning actor Robin Williams (26) weds first wife Valerie Velardi

1986Legendary singer Bob Dylan (45) weds his backup singer Carolyn Dennis (32)

1973Arna Bontemps, American poet (Harlem Renaissance), dies of heart attack at 72 in Nashville

1798Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer/writer/librarian and womanizer, dies at 73