Lightning strikes over Bangkok
An estimated 50,000 people, many of them students, gather in Hong Kong's Victoria Park for the annual candlelit vigil to commemorate the anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre
June 4, 781 BC – The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China.
June 4, 1912 – Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
June 4, 1917 – The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
June 4, 1989: Massacre in Tiananmen Square
Venezuelan is Miss Universe; Thai is best-dressed(bangkokpost)
Miss Venezuela is Miss Universe 2008 (Times of India)
TROPHY MOMENT
Captain Kapil Dev holds up the 1983 Prudential Trophy
"The current team is playing well and I am sure they can do it," said Kapil Dev, who led India to the historic victory
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., boards his campaign plane in Jacksonville, Fla., Friday, June 20, 2008
Actress Rachael Ray (C) cheers backstage with her show's cast and crew after winning the award for Outstanding Talk show/Entertainment Program at the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Kodak theatre in Hollywood, California June 20, 2008
Maria Sharapova
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen walks the runway during the Victoria's Secret fashion in Hollywood, California in 2006. Supermodels Naomi Campbell and Bundchen are scheduled to headline Latin America's foremost fashion event, Sao Paulo Fashion Week, which sashays onto the runway this week
Supermodels Naomi Campbell, Gisele Bundchen (pictured in this file photo) and Raquel Zimmerman are scheduled to hit the catwalk for the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, Latin America's top fashion event which kicks off Tuesday.
A model displays a creation from the Blue Man Spring/Summer collection during a show at the Sao Paulo Fashion Week June 19, 2008.
A model displays a creation from the Blue Man Spring/Summer collection during Sao Paulo Fashion Week June 19, 2008
A model displays a creation from the Blue Man Spring/Summer collection during Sao Paulo Fashion Week June 19, 2008
A model displays a creation from the Blue Man Spring/Summer collection during a show at the Sao Paulo Fashion Week in this June 19, 2008 combination photograph.
Shriya
On this day in 1948, Lord Mountbatten resigned as Governor-General of India. He was the last Viceroy of the British Indian Empire and the first Governor-General of independent India
Shilpa Shetty
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Ana Ivanovic
African love birds of 12 different varieties in a cage in Hyderabad on Tuesday
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The New York Times building is struck by lightning in New York.
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