On this day

Three things

That happened :

1783 - The Montgolfier brothers demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).

1878 - The Ottoman empire cedes Cyprus to the english.

1989 - The Tiananmen square protests are suppressed and are covered live on television.


Happy birthday:

Angelina Jolie (1975), Alfredo di Stefano (1926), Socrates (470 BC)


People who died :

Ronnie Lane (1997), Kaiser Willem II (1941), Giacomo Casanova (1798)

June 4