June 4 in History

• 1919

  June 4, 1919:

  The United States Constitution’s 19th Amendment is passed, allowing women to vote.

• 1927

  June 4, 1927:

  The first Ryder Cup tournament ends in Worcester, Massachusetts with the United States emerging as the inaugural winner.

• 1940

  June 4, 1940:

  Author Carson McCullers publishes her first novel titled “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter”.

• 1942

  June 4, 1942:

  The Jan Struther novel-adapted film, “Mrs Miniver” is released in the United States.

• 1984

  June 4, 1984:

  American rock singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen releases his seventh studio album, “Born in the U.S.A”.

• 1986

  June 4, 1986:

  Jonathan Pollard, a former US Navy intelligence analyst, confesses to selling highly classified documents to Israel.

• 2003

  June 4, 2003:

  Television personality and entrepreneur Martha Stewart is indicted for securities fraud in relation to selling ImClone Systems stocks.

• 2011

  June 4, 2011:

  Chinese tennis player Li Na beats Francesca Schiavone to win the French Open Women’s title, becoming the first player from China to win a Grand Slam title.

• 2017

  June 4, 2017:

  Ariana Grande performs at her benefit concert to support the victims of the bombing at her Manchester concert.

• 2018

  June 4, 2018:

  Bill Clinton reveals in an NBC interview that he never apologized to Monica Lewinsky and has no plans of doing so in future.