June 7Birthdays & History

On this day: June 7 in history

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1. 421Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire).Middle EastEurope
2. 879Pope John VIII recognises the Duchy of Croatia under Duke Branimir as an independent state.Europe
3. 1002Henry II, a cousin of Emperor Otto III, is elected and crowned King of Germany.Europe
4. 1099First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins.Middle East
5. 1420Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine, ending the independence of the Patria del Friuli.Europe
6. 1494Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries.Europe
7. 1614The second parliament of James I of England ends after two months of deadlock and without passing any bills.Europe
8. 1628The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document, is granted royal assent by Charles I and becomes law.Europe
9. 1640Corpus de Sang in Barcelona: Catalan reapers riot against Spanish Royal soldiers and officers, killing the Viceroy of Catalonia, Dalmau de Queralt. Escalation of hostilities between the Principality of Catalonia and the Spanish Monarchy, leading to the Reapers' War.Europe
10. 1654Louis XIV is crowned King of France.Europe
11. 1692Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured.Latin America
12. 1776American Revolution: Richard Henry Lee proposes the "Lee Resolution" to the Second Continental Congress, with the motion being seconded by John Adams and leading to the United States Declaration of Independence.North America
13. 1788French Revolution: Day of the Tiles: Civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops.Europe
14. 1800David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.North America
15. 1810The newspaper Gazeta de Buenos Ayres is first published in Argentina.Latin America
16. 1832The Great Reform Act of England and Wales receives royal assent.Europe
17. 1832Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada.AsiaNorth AmericaEurope
18. 1862The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons–Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.North AmericaEuropeAfrica
19. 1866One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg areas of Canada East.North America
20. 1880War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).Latin America
21. 1892Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.North America
22. 1899American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.North America
23. 1905Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.Europe
24. 1906Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.Europe
25. 1917World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.Europe
26. 1919Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.Europe
27. 1929The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.Europe
28. 1938The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.North America
29. 1938Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred thousand to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.AsiaAsia
30. 1940King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.Europe
31. 1942World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in American victory.North America
32. 1942World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.AsiaNorth America
33. 1944World War II: Battle of Normandy: At Ardenne Abbey, members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war.EuropeNorth America
34. 1945King Haakon VII of Norway returns from exactly five years in exile during World War II.Europe
35. 1946The United Kingdom's BBC returns to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because of World War II.Europe
36. 1948Anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada take place.Africa
37. 1948Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state.Europe
38. 1955Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.North America
39. 1962The Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS) sets fire to the University of Algiers library building, destroying about 500,000 books.Africa
40. 1965The Supreme Court of the United States hands down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, prohibiting the states from criminalizing the use of contraception by married couples.North America
41. 1967Six-Day War: Israeli soldiers enter Jerusalem.Middle East
42. 1971Allegheny Airlines Flight 485 crashes on approach to Tweed New Haven Airport in New Haven, Connecticut, killing 28 of 31 aboard.North America
43. 1971The United States Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.North America
44. 1971The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades.North America
45. 1975Sony launches Betamax, the first videocassette recorder format.Asia
46. 1977Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.Europe
47. 1981The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera.Middle East
48. 1982Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.North America
49. 1989Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes on approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname because of pilot error, killing 176 of 187 aboard.Latin America
50. 1991Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high.Asia
51. 2000The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.Middle East
52. 2017A Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crashes into the Andaman Sea near Dawei, Myanmar, killing all 122 aboard.Asia

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