What happened on June 4 ?

470 BC - Socrates, Greek philosopher (d. 399 BC)

1489 - Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544)

1665 - Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian soldier (d. 1733)

1694 - François Quesnay, French economist (d. 1774)

1704 - Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (d. 1776)

1738 - King George III of Great Britain (d. 1820)

1744 - Patrick Ferguson, Scots army officer and rifle designer, killed in action (d. 1780)

1754 - Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Austrian scientific editor and astronomer (d. 1832)

1787 - Constant Prévost, French geologist (d. 1856)

1801 - Sir James Pennethorne, English architect (d. 1871)

1821 - Apollon Maykov, Russian poet (d. 1897)

1866 - Miina Sillanpää, Finnish politician, first female Finnish minister (d. 1952)

1867 - C.G.E. Mannerheim, President of Finland (d. 1951)

1877 - Heinrich Wieland, German biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)

1880 - Clara Blandick, American actress (d. 1962)

1881 - Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter (d. 1962)

1894 - La Bolduc, French Canadian singer (d. 1941)

1907 - Rosalind Russell, American actress (d. 1976)

1907 - Jacques Roumain, Haitian writer (d. 1944)

1910 - Christopher Sydney Cockerell, British engineer and inventor (d. 1999)

1916 - Robert F. Furchgott, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1916 - Fernand Leduc, French Canadian painter (The Automatistes)

1919 - Robert Merrill, American baritone (d. 2004)

1923 - Daniel Pinkham, American composer, organist, and harpsichordist

1924 - Dennis Weaver, American actor (d. 2006)

1926 - Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish footballer

1928 - Dr. Ruth Westheimer, German-American sex therapist and author

1930 - Morgana King, American actress

1930 - Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach

1932 - John Drew Barrymore, American actor (d. 2004)

1932 - Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer

1936 - Bruce Dern, American actor

1937 - Freddy Fender, American musician

1937 - Robert Fulghum, American author

1937 - Gorilla Monsoon, American professional wrestler (d. 1999)

1937 - Mortimer Zuckerman, American publisher (US News and World Report)

1944 - Michelle Phillips, American singer (The Mamas & the Papas) and actress

1945 - Gordon Waller, Scottish musician (Peter and Gordon)

1947 - Viktor Klima, Chancellor of Austria

1950 - George Noory, American radio personality (Coast to Coast AM)

1952 - Parker Stevenson, American actor and director

1953 - Susumu Ojima, Japanese entrepreneur (Huser)

1956 - Keith David, American actor

1956 - John Hockenberry, American journalist

1961 - El DeBarge, American singer (DeBarge)

1961 - Andrea Jaeger, American tennis player

1965 - Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer

1966 - Cecilia Bartoli, Italian mezzo-soprano

1966 - Tiffany Million, American actress

1966 - Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician

1969 - Horatio Sanz, Chilean-born comedian

1970 - David Pybus, British musician

1971 - Noah Wyle, American actor

1972 - Nikka Costa, American funk singer

1972 - Derian Hatcher, American hockey player

1972 - Rob Huebel, American comedian

1974 - Andrew Gwynne, British politician

1974 - Stefan Lessard, bassist in Dave Matthews Band

1975 - Angelina Jolie, American actress

1977 - Quinten Hann, Australian snooker player

1983 - Emmanuel Eboue, Ivory Coast footballer

1985 - Lukas Podolski, Polish-born German footballer

1985 - Bar Refaeli, Israeli international supermodel

1986 - Shane Kippel, Canadian actor