Today in History - History - June 4th

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

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

1979Joe Clark is sworn in as the youngest Prime Minister in Canadian history

19445th Army enters & liberates Rome from Mussolini's Fascist armies

1962Lee Harvey Oswald departs Rotterdam on SS Maasdam to US

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

1989Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International

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

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

1956Speech by Khrushchev criticising Stalin made public

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

1975Russell Brand, British comedian and television personality

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

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

1915Canadian diplomat Vincent Massey (28) weds Alice Parkin

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

1924Physician Frederick Banting (32) weds Marion Robertson

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

1992TV personality Steve Irwin (30) weds naturalist Terri Raines (27) in Eugene, Oregon

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

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

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

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

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