2026-06-04

A crowd crush outside M. Chinnaswamy Stadium during celebrations of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Indian Premier League title killed 11 people and injured 56 others.

The Civic Forum of the Romanians of Covasna, Harghita and Mureș was founded to represent and promote the interests of ethnic Romanians in areas with large Hungarian populations.

In Granby, Colorado, U.S., Marvin Heemeyer went on a rampage with a modified bulldozer over a zoning dispute, destroying several buildings before dying by suicide.

Terry Nichols was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.

Following the death of Ruhollah Khomeini, the Assembly of Experts elected Ali Khamenei to be Supreme Leader of Iran.

The People's Liberation Army suppressed the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, leaving hundreds of people dead and wounded.

American intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard pleaded guilty to charges of spying for Israel.

Jerry Rawlings came to power in Ghana as chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council.

The Humboldt Park riot began in Chicago, resulting in three deaths, three cars in the Humboldt Park lagoon, and increased tension between the Chicago Police Department and the Puerto Rican community.

Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act, one of the first laws in the United States guaranteeing collective bargaining rights to farmworkers.