4 June It Happened Today
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1798 Death of Giovanni Casanova, famous Italian ladies man.
1805 The first ceremony of Trooping the Colour takes place in Horse Guards Parade in London.
1944 Rome is liberated by Allied forces.
1946 Juan Peron is elected president of Argentina.
1989 Hundreds are killed as soldiers open fire on demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
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