Today is Friday, June 4, the 155th day of 2010. There are 210 days left in the year.

June 4, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

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On this date in:

1783: The Montgolfier brothers first publicly demonstrate their hot-air balloon, which does not carry any passengers, over Annonay, France.

1892: The Sierra Club is incorporated in San Francisco.

1919: Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing citizens the right to vote regardless of their gender, and sends it to the states for ratification.

1939: The German ocean liner St. Louis, carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees from Germany, is turned away from the Florida coast by U.S. officials.

1940: During World War II, the Allied military evacuation from Dunkirk, France, involving more than 338,000 troops, ends.

1942: The Pacific Battle of Midway begins during World War II.

1954: French Premier Joseph Laniel and Vietnamese Premier Buu Loc sign treaties in Paris according “complete independence” to Vietnam.

1989: Chinese army troops storm Beijing to crush a pro-democracy movement, killing hundreds, possibly thousands, of people.

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1985: Counties in the Mahoning Valley are declared eligible for federal disaster aid and a Chicago official of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is appointed to oversee all federal relief efforts in the area.

Dr. Jerry M. Boone, 43, is named interim president of Westminster College.

An explosion destroys the former El Dorosa Tavern at 8986 Youngstown-Pittsburgh Road in Poland Township.

1970: Alfred Bevak of Campbell, the Vindicator’s entry in the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., is eliminated in the 15th round, ending up fourth in the nation after stumbling on the word “guyot.”

Youngstown City Council approves an appropriation of $5,607 for the Mahoning County Civil Defense program, but some councilmen are threatening to pull out of the program.

Richard King Mellon, 70, of Pittsburgh, whose wealth is estimated at $3 billion, dies at West Penn Hospital.

1960: Joseph Romano, 60-year-old gambler, is fighting for his life in St. Elizabeth Hospital after being gunned down at the rear of a two-family apartment at 39 Tod Lane. A pair of new shotguns are found in a culvert north of Gypsy Lane.

The Renner Brewing Co. announces plans to spend a million dollars on expansion and modernization of its plant.

Ohio’s requirements for a temporary driving permit will be stiffened under a new system that requires passage of a written test before a permit is issued.

1935: Youngstown mills are amassing huge piles of coal, stockpiling a two-month supply in preparation for a coal strike that is scheduled to begin in two weeks.

The Poland Seminary High mile-relay team wins the state crown with a time of 3 minutes, 41.4 seconds. Members of the team are Jack Countryman, Ben Bowditch, Ken Granger and Ed Slagle.