Daily Calendar - June 4

 The 155th day of the year, 210 days left until the New Year.

Church Calendar

Martyr Basiliskos, martyred in the Abkhazian Koma (c. 303); Martyr John Vladimir, Prince of Serbia (1015); Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Second Ecumenical Council (381).

Born:

1772 — Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, founder of the famous encyclopedic publishing house. Died in 1832.

1782 — Teimuraz Batonishvili, writer, scientist, son of George XII. Died in 1846.

1881 — Alexander Kerensky, figure of the Russian February Revolution, head of the Provisional Government. Died in 1970.

1916 — Robert Sturua, painter-monumentalist. Died 1982.

1923 — Edmond Kalandadze, painter, Rustaveli Prize laureate.

1926 — Konstantine Tsereteli, Georgian linguist, Semitologist. Died 2004.

1929 — Audrey Hepburn, British actress of Anglo-Dutch origin. Died 1993.

1975 - Angelina Jolie, American actress.

Died:

1797 _ Agha-Mohammed-Khan, Shah of Iran (1796-1797), founder of the Qajar dynasty.

1938 — Karl Ossetsky, German journalist, Nobel Prize laureate.

1955 — George Enescu, Romanian composer.

Events:

1854 — The Battle of Choloki took place, the Georgian army defeated the Ottoman army.

1918 — The Treaty of Batumi was signed between Georgia and the Ottoman Empire. According to the treaty, the Batumi and Kars regions, as well as the Akhalkalaki and Akhaltsikhe regions, were transferred to the Ottoman Empire.

1924 — The VIII Olympic Games opened in Paris.

1961 — Americans M. Ross and V. Prather set a height record for balloons — 34,668 meters.

1967 — The American automatic interplanetary station “Luna Orbiter-4” was launched.

1979 — Margaret Thatcher became the Prime Minister of Great Britain.

1989 — The American spacecraft "Space Shuttle-30 Atlantis-4" was launched.

Memorable days:

UN - Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

USA - Family Day

Tonga - Crown Prince's Day

Zambia - Labor Day

China - Youth Day

Netherlands - Memorial Day

Japan - National Holiday