June 4

This day in history:

• 1928 – The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• 1989 – In the 1989 Iranian Supreme Leader election, Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of Iran after the death and funeral of Ruhollah Khomeini.
• 1967 – Seventy-two people are killed when a Canadair C-4 Argonaut crashes at Stockport in England.
• 1896 – Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile and also gives it a successful test run.

Births:

• 1954 – Kazuhiro Yamaji, Japanese actor and voice actor
• 1935 – Berhanu Dinka, Ethiopian economist and diplomat (died 2013)
• 1985 – Bar Refaeli, Israeli model and actress

Deaths:

• 1931 – Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Sharif and Emir of Mecca, King of the Hejaz (born 1853–54)
• 2017 – Juan Goytisolo, Spanish essayist, poet and novelist (born 1931)
• 1922 – W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (born 1864)

Holidays:

• Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 Memorial Day (International)
• Day of state symbols in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• National Unity Day (Hungary)

Random Article of the day:

Alexander Stadler

Alexander Stadler (born 16 October 1999) is a German field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Den Bosch and the German national team.
He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.

It's my duty.

#June4 #June4th #globalrunningday #Polar #PolarVeritySense

這活動將於2025年6月3日在 #日本 國會眾議院第一議員會館進行，悼念 #六四 #天安門鎮壓 ，我和另外幾位很重要的講者會發言，請大家有空來參加🙏

I will speak at this #June4 #TiananmenCrackdown commemoration event at the Japanese National Diet on 3 June. Join us 🙏

https://fdc64.jp/news/?p=6121

Today's the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre

To says it's a touchy subject in China is an understatement.

Inside of China, many people don't know about it. Mentions are met with ignorance by educational design, or denial as government policy, or aggression as policing.

Outside of China, we should remember it as a warning, but also be inspired by the optimism and strength of the protesters.

Tank Man is such a strong symbol of civilian protest against an unjust government and its military-industrial complex.
A handful of photos exist of Tank Man famously halting a column of tanks, each taken at almost the same moment and from similar angles. These phots are by AP photographer Jeff Widener, Newsweek photographer Charlie Cole, Magnum photographer Stuart Franklin, and Reuters photographer Arthur Tsang.

#TankMan #TiananmenSquare #Tiananmen #June4 #Democracy #HongKong #China #HumanRights

June 4

This day in history:

• 1928 – The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• 1812 – Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
• 1940 – World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: the British Armed Forces completes evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
• 1855 – Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.

Births:

• 1934 – Monica Dacon, Vincentian educator and politician, 6th Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• 1984 – Rainie Yang, Taiwanese actress
• 1956 – Keith David, American actor

Deaths:

• 1647 – Canonicus, Grand Chief Sachem of the Narragansett (b. 1565)
• 1922 – W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (b. 1864)
• 2011 – Juan Francisco Luis, Virgin Islander sergeant and politician, 23rd Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (b. 1940)

Holidays:

• Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 Memorial Day (International)
• Emancipation Day or Independence Day, commemorates the abolition of serfdom in Tonga by King George Tupou in 1862, and the independence of Tonga from the British protectorate in 1970. (Tonga)
• National Unity Day (Hungary)

Random Article of the day:

Nikolai Skadovsky

Nikolai Lvovich Skadovsky (Ukrainian: Микола Львович Скадовський; 16 November 1845 in Bilozerka, Kherson Governorate – 11 June 1892 in Bilozerka) was a Ukrainian painter who specialized in genre scenes.

.remember June 4th.
There is A LOT of conflicts still going on in the world, but it's important for me to commemorate this date, as in Hong Kong I attended many memorials until it became forbodden to even mention it.

If we forget the past, we are doomed to revive it.

#4/6 #june4 #china #June4th #tankman