June 4 is the 155th day of the year, there are 210 days left

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Today's number is 4

4 is the second squared number
4 is the smallest squared prime
4 is the only even squared prime
4 is both 2 doubled and 2 squared. It is the only number that is both 2x & x squared.
A number is divisible by 4 if its last two digits are divisible by 4. For example 1632 is divisible by 4 because 32 is divisible by 4 (4 x 8 = 32)
A Tetrahedron has 4 sides and 4 vertices. It is the simplest Platonic solid.
4 is the first positive non-Fibonacci number
4 pops up quite frequently in religions, magik, divination & superstitions, 'nuff 'bout that.
4 is beryllium

The four states of matter are: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma.
There are four fundamental forces (electromagnetism, gravitation, the weak nuclear force, and the strong nuclear force).
There are 4 forms in the logical "square of Opposition": A ("All S is R"), I ("Some S is R"), E ("No S is R"), and O ("Some S is not R")
It takes 4 Supreme Court Justices to grant a writ of cert.
There were 4 classical Greek elements (earth, water, air & fire)
There are 4 seasons
There are 4 suits in a standard deck of playing cards
There are 4 horsemen of the Apocalypes, plus Basement Cat.

A 4 banger is a 4 cylinder engine
A "Four in hand" is a knot used in tying men's neckties

Title 4 of the US Code isRandom Shit FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES

4 BCE
was the Year of the Consulship of Sabinus and Rufus
Herod the Great died
Publius Quintilius Varus, then Governor of Syria (YES, that damn Varus again), took three of his four legions from Antioch to Jerusalem to restore order and crucified 2,000 Jewish rebels.
Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist was born
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On this day in:

1615 -- Tokugawa Ieyasu's forces took Osaka Castle
1760 -- Planters from New England arrived in Nova Scotia to claim land stolen from the Acadians
1783 -- The Montgolfiers publicly demonstrated their montgolfiere
1784 -- Elisabeth Thible was the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon
1792 -- Captain George Vancouver claimed Puget Sound for Great Britain.
1896 -- Henry Ford finished and tested his first gasoline-powered automobile
1912 -- Massachusetts was the first state tp create a minimum wage
1913 -- Suffragette Emily Davison ran in front of the Kings horse at The Derby and ws trmpled
1917 -- The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded
1939 -- The MS St. Louis carrying 963 Jewish refugees was denied permission to land in Florida
1940 -- The Dunkirk evacuation ended
1944 -- Rome fell to the Allies
1961 -- Khrushchev sparked the Berlin Crisis
1970 -- Tonga gained its independence
1975 -- Jerry Brown signed the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act - si se puede
1982 -- Lebanese Phalange terrorists disappeared 4 Iranian diplomats
1989 -- The Tiananmen Square protests were violently shut down by the People's Liberation Army

Born this day in:

1910 -- Christopher Cockerell, engineer who invented the hovercraft
1932 -- Oliver Nelson, saxophonist and composer
1937 -- Freddy Fender, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1944 -- Roger Ball, saxophonist and songwriter
1944 -- Michelle Phillips, singer, songwriter, and actress
1945 -- Anthony Braxton, saxophonist, clarinettist, and composer
1945 -- Gordon Waller, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1953 -- Jimmy McCulloch, musician and songwriter (Wings)
1975 -- Russell Brand, sage, comedian and actor

Died this day in:

1939 -- Tommy Ladnier, trumpet player
1994 -- Derek Leckenby, guitarist
1997 -- Ronnie Lane, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer
2004 -- Steve Lacy, saxophonist and composer
2012 -- Herb Reed, vocalist
2013 -- Joey Covington, drummer

Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such:

Emancipation Day commemorates the abolition of serfdom in Tonga by King George Tupou in 1862.
Independence Day commemorates the independence of Tonga from the British protectorate in 1970.
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (International)
Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 Memorial Day (International)

picture: The Harbour, Tonga from Tyrrell Photographic Collection, Powerhouse Museum

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