June 04

Thursday 04, 1942:

World War II: Battle of Midway begins. Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island with much of the Imperial Japanese navy.

Wednesday 04, 1919:

Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.

Wednesday 04, 1794:

British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti.

Wednesday 04, 1760:

Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia Canada taken from the Acadians.

Thursday 04, 1615:

Forces under the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.