On This Day🌄 June4 Anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini's death in Iran (1989)

1411 – King Charles VI of France granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon.

1792 – Royal Navy Captain George Vancouver claimed Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest for Great Britain.

1913 – Emily Davison (pictured), an activist for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, was fatally injured when she was trampled by King George V's horse at the Epsom Derby.

1944 – World War II: A United States Navy task group captured German submarine U-505.

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