Historical Events for 4th June 2026

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1647 - English Parliamentary army under Cornet George Joyce takes King Charles I as a prisoner during Second Civil War
1824 - First free press (without government approval) founded in Australia - the Hobart Town Gazette by ex-convict Andrew Bent
1942 - "Mrs Miniver" based on the novel by Jan Struther, directed by William Wyler and starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon is released in the US (Best Picture 1943)
1962 - Lee Harvey Oswald departs Rotterdam aboard the SS Maasdam for the US
1979 - South African President John Vorster resigns due to a scandal
2012 - US drone attack kills 15 militants in Pakistan, including high ranking al-Qaeda official, Abu Yahya al-Libi
2014 - 10 Nigerian generals and five other senior military officers are court-martialed for providing arms and information to jihadist terrorist group Boko Haram
2020 - Memorial for George Floyd led by Rev. Al Sharpton, killed in police custody, in Minneapolis, as 10th night of protests at his death held around the country

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