TODAY IN HISTORY - JUNE 4TH

1812 – Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
1855 – Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.
1862 – American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
1876 – An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
1896 – Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
1910 – Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (d. 1999) is born.
1912 – Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
1919 – Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
1926 – Robert Earl Hughes, American who was the heaviest human being recorded in the history of the world during his lifetime (d. 1958) is born.
1936 – Vince Camuto, American fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Nine West (d. 2015) is born.
1937 – Ketevan Geladze, Georgian mother of Joseph Stalin (b. 1858) dies.
1939 – The Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
1944 – Michelle Phillips, American singer-songwriter and actress (The Mamas & the Papas) is born.
1974 – During Ten Cent Beer Night, inebriated Cleveland Indians fans start a riot, causing the game to be forfeited to the Texas Rangers.
1989 – Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death and funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1992 – Carl Stotz, American businessman, founded Little League Baseball (b. 1910) dies.
1998 – Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing
2010 – Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.
2012 – The concert for Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee takes place outside Buckingham Palace in London.