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June 4

1984 – Bruce Springsteen released Born in the U.S.A., which became one of his defining works.

1942 – Japan was defeated by the United States at the Battle of Midway in World War II.

1937 – The world’s first shopping carts were introduced at Humpty Dumpty grocery stores in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

1920 – The Treaty of Trianon was signed by representatives of Hungary on one side and the Allied powers on the other, concluding World War I.

Bonus: June 5

2012 – American author Ray Bradbury, whose greatest work was the dystopian classic Fahrenheit 451, died at age 91.

2004 – American politician Ronald Reagan—who, as the 40th president of the United States (1981–89), became known for his conservative Republicanism, his fervent anticommunism, and his appealing personal style—died at age 93.

1968 – While running for U.S. president, Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot by Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles; he died the following day.

Extra Bonus: June 6

Normandy Invasion begun – “D-Day”

Led by U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, an Allied armada of ships, planes, and landing craft and some 156,000 troops began the invasion of northern France from England this day in 1944—the famous “D-Day” of World War II.