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4 June in internet history

Things that can be dated to 4 June: the day something was posted, a record that changed hands, an event research has pinned to a date. Every entry links to where it was read.

What is dated to this day4 June

  1. Khil dies in St Petersburg, aged 77. Trololo Wikipedia — Trololo

Also around this weekWithin three days

These did not happen on 4 June. They are shown because the day itself is thin, and each one carries its own date.

  1. YouTube’s maintenance page reads “All Your Video Are Belong to Us”. The company has to deny it has been hacked. All Your Base Are Belong To Us Wikipedia — All your base are belong to us

  2. Tim Buckley publishes the strip. A man runs into a hospital and finds his partner crying in a bed. Loss Wikipedia — Loss (Ctrl+Alt+Del)

  3. On the tenth anniversary Buckley replaces the strip on his site with one in which the man smirks at the reader. The original is back a day later. Loss Wikipedia — Loss (Ctrl+Alt+Del)

  4. He replaces it again for a day, this time with a strip showing a successful birth. Loss Wikipedia — Loss (Ctrl+Alt+Del)

  5. A Reddit post using the pair to mock New York Knicks fans sets off its wide use as a template. Woman yelling at a cat Wikipedia — Woman yelling at a cat

  6. MrBeast overtook T-Series as the most-subscribed channel on YouTube, ending a reign of 1,876 days. The Verge

  7. The earliest known version is uploaded to YouTube by the channel magnets99 under the title Dramatic Look. Dramatic Chipmunk Wikipedia — Dramatic Chipmunk

  8. He is detained by US immigration officers in Las Vegas for overstaying a visa, and leaves the country the same day. Khaby Lame Wikipedia — Khaby Lame

  9. Three masked men attack the older man at the restaurant where he works, leaving him with serious injuries to his face and eyes. The Bus Uncle Wikipedia — The Bus Uncle

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