This Day in History: June 4th

This Day in History: Oxford and Cambridge meet for the very first time in a cricket match, beginning a long-standing rivalry which will become legend over the next two centuries, 1827; Henry Ford rides his four-wheeled gas-powered contraption which he calls a "quadricycle" around Detroit, the first step in what will seven years later become the Ford Motor Company, 1896; the U.S. Congress finally f...igures out that- yes- both sexes should be eligible to cast ballots and passes the 19th Amendment, allowing women to enter the voting booth and pull the lever on election day, 1919; Carson McCullers releases her very first novel- "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter"- and something exceptional for a young, unknown writer happens- it's an instant hit, the story of misfits in a small Georgia town propelling her to success, 1940; the Battle of Midway- one of the turning points of World War II begins, the naval onslaught allowing the U.S. to destroy four Japanese aircraft carriers while only losing one- the U.S.S. Yorktown, 1942; Bruce Springsteen's album "Born in the U.S.A." goes gold, the album bringing him huge success and building on his already long-standing reputation of giving 3-hour marathon concerts to adoring crowds coast-to-coast, 1984; Chinese police and combat troops attack protesters in Tianenman Square, killing dozens, with one solitary man capturing the attention of the world as he stands solidly straight, unflinching in front of a tank, 1989