20 chronicle entries dated 4 June, spanning 13 years. Each records only time, place and people or organisations, with the source file and page number. Entries from volumes not yet published are not filled in, and no nearby date is substituted.
同一日日子相同、年份唔同 —— 唔一定同一件事。 · 志錄大事 · 全年份索引 · 呢日嘅 JSONSame calendar day, different years — not necessarily the same event.
涉及地點香港、大口環、大浪灣、北京、九華徑上村、荔景鍾山台、火炭站附近、沙田道風山、沙田九肚山麗坪路、沙田萬佛寺、喜靈洲、東京Places appearing in these entries (not an exhaustive list of where events happened).
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《香港志·總述 大事記》(公元前 5000 年至 2017 年,共 6,500 多條大事) Hong Kong Chronicles: Overview and Chronology (c. 5000 BC–2017, over 6,500 events)
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute (2020). Hong Kong Chronicles: Overview and Chronology (c. 5000 BC–2017, over 6,500 events) (p. 〈頁碼〉). /chronicle/archive/1905#〈條目編號〉
《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育 Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Environmental Protection and Conservation
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute. Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Environmental Protection and Conservation (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1959#〈條目編號〉
《香港志·自然》自然環境 Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Natural Environment
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute. Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Natural Environment (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1960#〈條目編號〉
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On 4 June 1905, The Only Interesting Newspaper So-Called began publication with Zheng Guangong as editor-in-chief; in July of the following year it was renamed the Oriental Daily, publishing until the spring of 1907, and is recognised as China's first newspaper written in Cantonese.
To address Hong Kong's drought conditions, the Hong Kong Government and Guangdong Province reached a consensus on 4 June 1963 to transport fresh water to Hong Kong by ship from the Pearl River area.
On 4 June 1968, a hospital dedicated to children's orthopaedics was established in Sandy Bay, operated by the Hong Kong Society for the Relief of Disabled Children; it was the first such hospital locally and the first in Southeast Asia to provide orthopaedic surgery services for children.
On 4 June 1975, the pardoned war criminal Zhang Tieshi took his own life in the hotel where he was staying; the remaining nine persons subsequently spent their days in mainland China, Hong Kong and the United States.
On 4 June 1997, a landslide occurred near Fo Tan Station, with a total collapsed volume of twenty cubic metres, and the incident caused no injuries or deaths.
On 4 June 1997, a landslide occurred on Lai Ping Road in Kau To Shan, Sha Tin, with a total collapsed debris volume of 4,000 cubic metres, and the incident caused no casualties.
On 4 June 1997, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery in Sha Tin suffered a landslide, with 1,500 cubic metres of collapsed debris, causing 1 death and 1 injury.
On 4 June 2000, a riot occurred at Hei Ling Chau Addiction Treatment Centre, with injuries including 33 inmates, 8 police officers and 24 Correctional Services Department staff.
On 4 June 2000, the Hong Kong racehorse "Fairy King Prawn" won the Yasuda Kinen in Tokyo, Japan, becoming the first Hong Kong horse to win an overseas race.
The archive holds 36501 entries, of which 8766 are dated to an exact day — those are the only ones used here. Entries dated only to a month or a year are never forced into a day. Coverage reflects published volumes only; missing years are not filled in.