June 4th

Angelina Jolie is 32. So many men, so little time.

Doctor Carter — Noah Wyle — is 36.

Gordon Waller of Peter and Gordon (“World Without Love,” “I Go to Pieces”) is 62.

Chester Goode, Tom Wedloe and Sam McCloud were born on June 4th in 1924. That’s Dennis Weaver. Chester was from Gunsmoke, Tom Wedloe from Gentle Ben and Sam McCloud, of course, the Taos marshal in the NYPD. The best Weaver role though, was David Mann, the driver chased by the large truck in Steven Spielberg’s Duel.

The Battle of Midway was fought on June 4, 1942.

Sixty-five years ago today, the United States Navy gained the greatest victory in its history. Against overwhelming odds, it won the American equivalent of the defeat of the Spanish Armada and decisively reversed the strategic situation in the Pacific in a single day.

John Steele Gordon has the story at AmericanHeritage.com.