On June 4, 1942, the World War II Battle of Midway began, resulting in a decisive American victory against Japan and marking the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
The Chicago Tribune’s June 7, 1942, front page was led by a report on the Battle of Midway that made evident the U.S. had cracked the Japanese naval code.Today is Tuesday, June 4, the 156th day of 2024. There are 210 days left in the year.In 1812, the U.S. House of Representatives approved, by a vote of 79-49, a declaration of war against Britain.
In 1940, during World War II, the Allied military evacuation of some 338,000 troops from Dunkirk, France, ended. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared: “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”
In 1985, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling striking down an Alabama law providing for a daily minute of silence in public schools. In 2017, elite rock climber Alex Honnold became the first to climb solo to the top of the massive granite wall known as El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without ropes or safety gear.
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