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Important events of history that took place in India and elsewhere on today’s date.

4 June

🇮🇳 In India

1953 University of Cambridge conferred honorary Doctorate of Laws on Jawaharlal Nehru.

1997 Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, was launched.

🌎 Elsewhere

0781 BCE Oldest Chinese recording of a solar eclipse.

1783

The Montgolfier brothers demonstrate the first hot air balloon. The flight of the Montgolfière lasted only about 10 minutes, but it secured the French inventors a place in the history books.

1917 The first Pulitzer Prize was awarded. Every year, the prestigious award honours outstanding journalistic achievements. It was established with money bequeathed to Columbia University by publisher Joseph Pulitzer.

1926 The ear tax and the nose tax were introduced temporarily to support military needs in the state of Tibet under the rule of the 13th Dalai Lama. Those with only one ear would pay half the tax.

1989 Chinese troops used assault rifles and tanks on unarmed civilians who had taken part in pro-democracy protests. Thousands died in the Tiananmen Square Massacre.

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