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June 4th, 2001EventGyanendra, the last King of Nepal, ascends to the throne after the massacre in the Royal Palace.
June 4th, 1998EventTerry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
June 4th, 1991EventThe United Kingdom s Conservative government announces that some British regiments would disappear or be merged into others - the largest armed forces cuts in almost twenty years.
June 4th, 1989EventAli Khamenei is elected the new Supreme Leader of Islamic republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
June 4th, 1989EventTiananmen Square protests are violently ended in Beijing by People s Liberation Army. Many people are killed.
June 4th, 1989EventSolidarity s victory in the first partly free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparks off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe and leads to the creation of the so-called Contract Sejm.
June 4th, 1989EventUfa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
June 4th, 1986EventJonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
June 4th, 1979EventFlight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
June 4th, 1973EventA patent for the ATM is granted to Don Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain.

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