June 4, 1980: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and former California Gov. Ronald Reagan take the California primaries in the presidential race. A Times poll finds that two-thirds of the Democrats who voted in the primary say Kennedy should drop out in the interest of party unity now that President Carter has enough delegates to clinch the nomination.

On the jump, a bomb explodes in the Story Room in the base of the Statue of Liberty. The blast occurred at 7:25 p.m., after the last ferry boat of the day had left Liberty Island, The Times says. The bombing was later attributed to Croatian terrorists.

And TV columnist Howard Rosenberg looks at changes in the way television covers elections. In case you’re wondering, Rosenberg refers to "Death of a Princess," a sensational British TV dramatization — now mostly forgotten — about the 1977 execution of Saudi Arabian princess Mishaal, 19, for adultery. Mishaal was killed by a firing squad and her lover was decapitated. “Princess” is not on Netflix, but you can watch it here.