* Astronomy

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RE: June 4th

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Mount Drum was first climbed on June 4, 1954
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Drum

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On 4 June 1629 the ship Batavia struck Morning Reef near Beacon Island
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavia_(ship)

On 4 June 1963 Max and Graham Cramer with Greg Allen became the first to dive on the Batavia site.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavia_(ship)#Wreckage.2C_discovery_and_recovery

German Type IXC U-boat U-505 was captured on 4 June 1944
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-505

On 4 June 1783, the Montgolfier brothers flew their hot air balloon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgolfier_brothers

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Molniya-1 No.2, was the first Soviet communications satellite to be launched on 4 June 1964
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53940508/molniya-1-no2/

The Soviet Zond 1964A lunar flyby spacecraft was launched on June 4, 1964.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57741921/zond-1964a/

Ariane 5 Flight 501 took place on June 4, 1996
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t36282573/ariane-5-flight-501/

The Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit was launched on June 4, 2010
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t17920870/falcon-9-rocket/

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Shannon Walker (born 4 June 1965 in Houston, Texas) is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Walker

Robert Shane Kimbrough (born June 4, 1967) is a United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shane_Kimbrough

Zeresenay (Zeray) Alemseged (born 4 June 1969) is an Ethiopian paleoanthropologist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeresenay_Alemseged

Henry Crew (June 4, 1859 - February 17, 1953) was an American physicist and astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Crew

Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (June 4, 1754 - September 2, 1832) was a German astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver,_Baron_Von_Zach

John Grigg (4 June 1838 - 20 June 1920) was a New Zealand astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grigg_(astronomer)

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a 1982 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_II:_The_Wrath_of_Khan

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Kuiper belt object 50000 Quaoar was discovered on June 4, 2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50000_Quaoar

Asteroid (894) Erda was discovered by Max Wolf in Heidelberg on the 4th June 1918
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/894_Erda

The Alpha Circinid meteor shower peaks around 4 June
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circinus_(constellation)#Meteor_showers

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Meteorites

The Richmond (LL5) meteorite fell in Virginia, USA, on the 4th June, 1828.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49438328/richmond-meteorite/

The Kakangari (K3) meteorite fell in Tamil Nadu, India, on the 4th June, 1890.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49438336/kakangari-meteorite/