Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/June 4


 * 780 BC - The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China
 * 1039 - Henry II becomes King of Germany
 * 1070 - Roquefort cheese is created in a cave near Roquefort, France
 * 1763 - At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort
 * 1917 - The very first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded
 * 1940 - World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation is completed
 * 1940 - German forces enter Paris
 * 1989 - The Tiananmen Square protests are suppressed in Beijing and are covered live on television
 * 1989 - A succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions occurs in Eastern Europe

Re: Image:Tank Man (Tiananmen Square protester).jpg, one day too early
Just wanna point out that the photo was taken on June 5th, not June 4th in 1989. -- 199.71.174.100 17:11, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Pictured
add pictured... feydey 01:56, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 1942 - The Battle of Midway began with a massive Imperial Japanese strike on Midway Atoll (pictured).

Independence Day in Tonga (1970) ?
I wonder if it's called Independence Day in Tonga. Culture of Tonga has "Emancipation Day" instead, but Emancipation Day makes no mention of Tonga. --199.71.174.100 05:59, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Pentecost
Can a link to Pentecost be added, please ? --199.71.174.100 09:55, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Brian0918 & F1celloguy, for adding and fixing. -- 199.71.174.100 21:29, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

editprotectPlease change the link from German to German to help with Wikiproject Disambiguation. Thanks --Milton 23:43, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅ Mr.Z-man  talk ¢ 23:53, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --Milton 01:50, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Tank Man
For a change of pace, I'd prefer to feature the famous Tank Man this year on June 5. Which means I've hidden Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 on this page so it does not appear on consecutive days. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (talk) 05:51, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:16, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Terry Nichols
 * New articles (unused): German submarine U-505
 * Omitted: Emily Davison (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Midway; California Agricultural Labor Relations Act; Ali Khamenei; Cluster (spacecraft)
 * Included: Puget Sound (8th appearance, last in 2010); Treaty of Trianon (4th appearance, last in 2006; rescued from Ineligible); MS St. Louis (5th appearance, last in 2010); Jonathan Pollard (first appearance); Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 (7th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 05:31, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Ali Khamenei (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Puget Sound; MS St. Louis; Jonathan Pollard; Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
 * Included: U.S. Camel Corps (first appearance); Emily Davison (3rd appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible; 100th anniversary); German submarine U-505 (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Treaty of Trianon (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); Cluster (spacecraft) (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 10:17, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Vienna summit
 * Omitted: United States Camel Corps; Emily Davison; Treaty of Trianon; Cluster (spacecraft)
 * Included: Puget Sound (9th appearance, last in 2012); Ten Cent Beer Night (first appearance; 40th anniversary); Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 (8th appearance, last in 2012; 25th anniversary); Marvin Heemeyer (first appearance; 10th anniversary)
 * Repeats: German submarine U-505 (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 70th anniversary)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 10:25, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * New articles (ineligible): Élisabeth Thible (too short)
 * Omitted: Puget Sound; German submarine U-505; Ten Cent Beer Night; Tiananmen Square protests of 1989; Marvin Heemeyer
 * Included: Emily Davison (4th appearance, last in 2013); Treaty of Trianon (6th appearance, last in 2013); Vienna summit (first appearance); California Agricultural Labor Relations Act (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 40th anniversary); Ali Khamenei (2nd appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible)

Suggestion
I propose the following blurb: This has never appeared on the main page. --Mhhossein (talk) 06:50, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 1982: Four Iranian diplomats were kidnapped in Lebanon after they were stopped at a check point in northern Lebanon by Lebanese Phalange forces. None of them have been seen since.
 * This is the 35th anniversary of diplomats kidnapping. -- M h hossein   talk 13:06, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:23, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
 * New articles (ineligible): Iranian diplomats kidnapping (1982) (maintenance)
 * Moved to Ineligible: United States Camel Corps (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Treaty of Trianon; Vienna summit; California Agricultural Labor Relations Act
 * Included: Puget Sound (10th appearance, last in 2014); Battle of Dunkirk (3rd appearance, last in 2006); Cluster (spacecraft) (4th appearance, last in 2013)
 * Repeats: Emily Davison (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); Ali Khamenei (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 02:45, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Deleted: 1982 Iranian diplomats kidnapping (moved to WP:Selected anniversaries/July 4)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Treaty of Trianon (maintenance); Ali Khamenei (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Public holidays in Hungary (ineligible—maintenance); Tonga (ineligible—maintenance); Emily Davison; Battle of Dunkirk (ineligible—maintenance); Cluster (spacecraft) (ineligible—maintenance)
 * Included: Old St Paul's Cathedral; Battle of Midway; Humboldt Park riot; Tiananmen Square protests of 1989; Philippa of England; Angelina Jolie

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 02:31, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: MS St. Louis (maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Battle of Dunkirk
 * Omitted: Battle of Midway; Humboldt Park riot; Tiananmen Square protests of 1989; Philippa of England; Angelina Jolie
 * Included: German submarine U-505 (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Stockport air disaster (2nd appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Terry Nichols (first appearance; 20th anniversary); Przemysł I of Greater Poland (first appearance); Miguel de Azcuénaga (first appearance); W. H. R. Rivers (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Old St Paul's Cathedral (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Puget Sound (3rd consecutive appearance, 12 total)

2019
''"1989 – The People's Liberation Army responded to Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, leaving many dead and wounded."


 * "Responded" seems a little vague and understated. —  AjaxSmack  07:13, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:41, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): United States Camel Corps
 * Omitted: Old St Paul's Cathedral (ineligible—maintenance); Stockport air disaster; Terry Nichols; Przemysł I of Greater Poland; Miguel de Azcuénaga; W. H. R. Rivers
 * Included: Roquefort (first appearance); Emily Davison (6th appearance, last in 2016); 1989 Tiananmen Square protests (10th appearance, last in 2017; 30th anniversary); George Heriot (first appearance); Eduard Mörike (first appearance); Marguerite Patten (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Puget Sound (4th consecutive appearance, 13 total); German submarine U-505 (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 18:06, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Puget Sound; Emily Davison; German submarine U-505; 1989 Tiananmen Square protests; George Heriot; Eduard Mörike; Marguerite Patten
 * Included: Old St Paul's Cathedral (3rd appearance, last in 2018; rescued from Ineligible); Treaty of Trianon (7th appearance, last in 2015; 100th anniversary; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Dunkirk/We shall fight on the beaches (Battle: 4th appearance, last in 2016; Speech: first appearance; 80th anniversary); Ten Cent Beer Night (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (first appearance); Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (2nd appearance, last in 2016; also appears on November 3); Rodolfo Quezada Toruño (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Roquefort (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 17:46, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Deleted: Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (moved to December 25); United States Camel Corps (moved to May 14); Philippa of England (moved to January 5)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Ali Khamenei
 * New articles (ineligible): Ufa train disaster (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Ruhollah Khomeini (deleted—moved to June 3); Roquefort; Old St Paul's Cathedral; Treaty of Trianon; Battle of Dunkirk/We shall fight on the beaches; Ten Cent Beer Night; Johan Rudolph Thorbecke; Rodolfo Quezada Toruño
 * Included: Trianon Treaty Day (first appearance); Puget Sound (14th appearance, last in 2019); Emily Davison (7th appearance, last in 2019); Vienna summit (2nd appearance, last in 2015; 60th anniversary); Terry Nichols (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Benjamin Huntsman (first appearance); Leslie Averill (first appearance; 40th anniversary)
 * Repeats: Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2022 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:40, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Roquefort (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Puget Sound; Emily Davison; Vienna summit; Terry Nichols; Antoine, Duke of Lorraine; Benjamin Huntsman; Leslie Averill
 * Included: Old St Paul's Cathedral (4th appearance, last in 2020); Élisabeth Thible (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Treaty of Trianon (8th appearance, last in 2020); Battle of Midway (9th appearance, last in 2017; 80th anniversary); Ali Khamenei (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (4th appearance, last in 2020; 150th anniversary; normally appears on November 3); W. H. R. Rivers (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 100th anniversary); Rodolfo Quezada Toruño (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 10th anniversary)

2023 note
I'm going to nominate Ali Khamenei for his election to be as Supreme Leader of Iran. It is Eligible. how can I do it? thanks!