Notable Historical Events on June 7th
June 7th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
555 |
Vigilius ends his reign as Catholic Pope |
1099 |
1st Crusaders arrive in Jerusalem |
1340 |
Rotterdam Netherlands founded |
1413 |
King Ladislaw of Naples occupies Rome |
1420 |
Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine, ending the independenceo f the Patriarchate of Aquileia. |
1494 |
Treaty of Tordesillas, Spain & Portugal divide America |
1527 |
Pope Clement VII surrenders to emperor Charles V's armies |
1546 |
England signs Peace of Andres with Scotland/Ireland |
1557 |
England declares war on France |
1614 |
2nd parliament of King James I, dissolves passing no legislation |
1628 |
English King Charles I ratifies the Petition of Rights |
1654 |
Louis XIV crowned King of France |
1672 |
Battle by Solebay: Dutch adm M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet |
1692 |
Earthquake in Porte Royale, Jamaica, kills 3,000 |
1694 |
English invasion army under Thomas Tollemache reaches Brest |
1769 |
Daniel Boone begins exploring Bluegrass State of Kentucky |
1776 |
Richard Lee (VA) moves Decl of Independence in Continental Congress |
1780 |
Anti-Catholic riot in London, hundreds die |
1788 |
Masses stone French army at Grenoble |
1798 |
Jews of Pesaro Italy fast commemorating murder of Jews |
1798 |
Thomas Malthus publishes the first edition of his influential 'Essay on the Principle of Population' (date of the unsigned preface) |
1800 |
David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba. |
1832 |
Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada. |
1839 |
Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed |
1860 |
Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, SF |
1862 |
Skirmish at Union Church, VA (Peninsular) |
1862 |
Gen B Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed & destroyed US flag on display over New Orleans Mint |
1862 |
The United States and Britain agree to suppress the slave trade. |
1863 |
Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA-Jefferson Davis' home burnt |
1863 |
Mexico City captured by French troops |
1864 |
Abraham Lincoln renominated for US President by Republican Party |
1866 |
Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, Quebec |
1866 |
1,800 Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after they loot and plunder around Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg, Quebec. |
1873 |
7th Belmont: James Roe aboard Springbok wins in 3:01.75 |
1875 |
California Rifle and Pistol Association founded |
1880 |
War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), that ended the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign). |
1881 |
15th Belmont: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:47 |
1887 |
Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Wash DC |
1892 |
John J Doyle of Clev Spiders is 1st to pinch hit in a baseball game |
1892 |
Republican convention in Minneapolis begins |
1893 |
Gandhi's first act of civil disobedience. |
1898 |
Social Democracy of America party holds 1st national convention, Chicago |
1900 |
Boer general Christian de Law occupies British rail depot at Roodewal |
1905 |
Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since 1814) |
1906 |
Chicago Cubs score 11 in 1st inning, beating NY Giants 19-0 |
1906 |
Famous Cunard passenger liner Lusitania launches |
1909 |
Cleveland Industrial Exposition opens |
1909 |
Mary Pickford made her screen debut at the age of 16. |
1912 |
St Pius X encyclical "On Indians of South America" |
1912 |
US army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane |
1916 |
Theodore Roosevelt declines nomination of the Progressive Party and throws his support behind Republican Charles Evans Hughes |
1916 |
Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun |
1917 |
Melvin Jones and a number of other Chicago businessmen found Lions Clubs International, now the largest service organization in the world |
1919 |
Sette giugno: Riot in Malta; four are killed. |
1924 |
56th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Mad Play wins in 2:18.8 |
1924 |
George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775' from Everest's summit |
1926 |
Swedish government of Ekman forms |
1929 |
Margaret Bondfield becomes 1st Dutch female minister (of Labor) |
1929 |
Vatican City becomes a sovereign state |
1930 |
62nd Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:31.6 |
1930 |
NY Times agrees to capitalize the n in "Negro" |
1932 |
Pitcher John Quinn, 47, is oldest player to have an extra-base hit (a double) & bat in a run, as the Dodgers beat the Cubs 9-2 |
1933 |
George Balanchine/Kurt Weills "7 Deadly Sins" premiers in Paris |
1936 |
Yanks beat Indians 5-4 in 16; longest game without a strikeout |
1936 |
Charles "Lucky" Luciano is convicted on 62 counts of compulsory prostitution |
1938 |
1st play telecast with original Broadway cast, "Susan & God" |
1938 |
Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat 1st flown (Eddie Allen) |
1938 |
The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight. |
1939 |
George VI & Elizabeth become the 1st king & queen of Britain to visit USA |
1939 |
Cleve Indians sets AL record of 16 inning game without striking out, however lose game 5-4 to NY Yankees |
1940 |
British/French troops evacuate Narvik |
1941 |
45th US Golf Open: Craig Wood shoots a 284 at Colonial Club Fort Worth |
1941 |
73rd Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway win in 2:31 (triple crown) |
1941 |
Chemists Archer John Porter Martin and Richard L. M. Synge give the first demonstration of partition chromatography (separation of mixtures) at a meeting of the Biochemical Society held at the National Institute for Medical Research, Hampstead |
1942 |
USS Yorktown sinks near Midway Island |
1942 |
Battle of Midway ends: Adm Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan |
1942 |
Germany Armys march into Sebastopol |
1942 |
Japanese troops lands on Attu, Aleutian Islands |
1944 |
Achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen |
1944 |
Canadian 50th division occupies Bayeux |
1944 |
Claus von Stauffenberg meets Hitler |
1946 |
Pirates players vote 20-16 to walkout rather than play the Giants |
1946 |
US Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel |
1948 |
Communist complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; Pres Bernes resigns |
1948 |
KVP wins Dutch Second-Parliamentary election |
1952 |
"3 Wishes after Jamie" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 94 perfs |
1952 |
7th Curtis Cup: British Isles, 5-4 |
1952 |
84th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard One Count wins in 2:30.2 |
1953 |
1st color network telecast in compatible color (Boston Mass) |
1953 |
Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open |
1953 |
Mary Terrell wins struggle to end segregation in Wash DC restaurants |
1953 |
WDAU (now WYOU) TV chan 22 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (CBS) begins |
1954 |
1st microbiology laboratory dedicated (New Brunswick NJ) |
1955 |
"$64,000 Question" premieres on CBS TV |
1955 |
1st President to appear on color TV (Eisenhower) |
1955 |
India premier Nehru visit USSR |
1956 |
Singapore government of Marshall resigns |
1957 |
Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey v Northants |
1958 |
90th Belmont: Pete Anderson aboard Cavan wins in 2:30.2 |
1958 |
Battles between Turkish & Greeks Cypriots break out |
1959 |
Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament |
1959 |
KLX-AM in Oakland California changes call letters to KEWB (now KNEW) |
1962 |
NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m |
1963 |
1st Rolling Stones TV appearance (Thank Your Lucky Stars) & release 1st single, "Come on" |
1964 |
Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam |
1965 |
Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits |
1965 |
Morocco King Hassan suspends constitution, grabs power |
1965 |
Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder, priced at $995 |
1965 |
The Supreme Court of the United States decides on Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples. |
1966 |
NY Mets pass up Reggie Jackson to draft Steve Chilcott #1 |
1967 |
2 Moby Grape members arrested for contributing to deliquency of minors |
1967 |
Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho & Bethlehem |
1967 |
NY Yankees draft Ron Blomberg #1 |
1968 |
Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination |
1968 |
The body of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy lies in state at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York. |
1969 |
"Johnny Cash Show" debuts on ABC-TV |
1969 |
101st Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Arts & Letters wins in 2:28.8 |
1969 |
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1969 |
Tommy James & Shondells release "Crystal Blue Persuasion" |
1969 |
Wash Senators draft Jeff Burroughs #1 |
1970 |
22nd Emmy Awards: Marcus Welby, Robert Young & Susan Hampshire win |
1970 |
Jockey Willie Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033 win |
1970 |
Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open |
1970 |
The Who's "Tommy" is performed at NY's Lincoln Center |
1971 |
Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes 1st transfer to orbiting Salyut |
1972 |
"Grease" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 3,388 performances |
1972 |
German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel |
1972 |
Hsan Hua, Zen teacher, conducted 1st ordination ceremony in America |
1972 |
Pirate's Gene Alley bases-loaded walk, beats Padres 1-0 in 18th |
1973 |
Rangers draft Texas high school pitcher David Clyde #1 |
1974 |
Padres draft Brown University shortstop Bill Almon #1 |
1975 |
"Thank God I'm a Country Boy" by John Denver hits #1 |
1975 |
Dennis Lillee takes 1st one-day 5WI, 5-34 v Pakistan World Cup |
1975 |
Spain's Manuel Orantes wins US Open, beating Jimmy Connors in 3 sets |
1975 |
Sri Lanka's 1st one-day international, v WI Cricket World Cup |
1975 |
Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder for sale to the public. |
1976 |
NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor & David Brinkley, premieres |
1977 |
Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law |
1977 |
White Sox draft Harold Baines #1 |
1978 |
32nd NBA Championship: Wash Bullets beat Sea Supersonics, 4 games to 3 |
1978 |
Emmy 5th Daytime Award presentation |
1979 |
52nd National Spelling Bee: Katie Kerwin wins spelling maculature |
1979 |
Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched |
1979 |
Portugal government of Mota Pinto resigns |
1979 |
Rocker Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion |
1980 |
"Billy Bishop Goes to War" closes at Morosco NYC after 12 perfs |
1980 |
"Cars" by Gary Numan hits #9 |
1980 |
112th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Temperence Hill wins in 2:29.8 |
1980 |
50th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Vitas Gerulaitis (64 61 62) |
1980 |
Jeff Norman runs world record 50k (2:48:06) |
1980 |
Tommy John wins his 200th, 3-0 on a 2-hitter |
1981 |
35th Tony Awards: Amadeus & 42nd Street win |
1981 |
51st French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats I. Lendl (61 46 62 36 61) |
1981 |
Israeli F-15/F-16 destroys alleged Iraqi plutonium production facility |
1981 |
Sandra Post wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Classic |
1982 |
16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell |
1982 |
Habres rebel army occupies capital of Chad, N'djamena |
1982 |
LA Dodger Steve Garvey is 5th to play in 1,000 consecutive games |
1982 |
NY Mets draft Dwight Gooden, Roger McDowell & Randy Myers |
1982 |
US President Reagan meets Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth II |
1982 |
Steve Garvey plays in his 1,000th consecutive game & goes 0-for-4 |
1983 |
Steve Carlton temporarily passes Nolan Ryan with his 3,552 strike out |
1986 |
118th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Danzig Connect wins in 2:29.8 |
1986 |
56th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 63 63) |
1986 |
Madonna's single "Live to Tell" goes #1 |
1986 |
Pirates draft 3rd baseman Jeff King #1 |
1987 |
41st Tony Awards: Fences & Les Miserables win |
1987 |
57th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander (75 62 36 76) |
1987 |
Andy Van Slyke HRs off R McDowell in both ends of double header |
1987 |
Betsy King wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship |
1988 |
Aluminum contaminates Cornwall's water supply |
1989 |
23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires |
1989 |
Atlanta Fulton County Comm approves $210M stadium for the Falcons |
1989 |
For one second this morning, the time is 01:23:45, 6-7-89 |
1989 |
Suriname SLM-173 (DC-8) crashes near Paramaribo Airport killing 173 |
1989 |
Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart (MVP) Trophy in 10 years |
1989 |
1st Baseball game to start outdoors & end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, & beat Brewers 4-2 |
1990 |
Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains |
1990 |
South Africa president F W de Klerk lifts 4 year olf state of emergency |
1991 |
Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time |
1992 |
"Small Family Business" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 48 perfs |
1992 |
62nd French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats Petr Korda (75 62 61) |
1992 |
Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship |
1992 |
EUVE Launch |
1993 |
27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Vince Gill |
1993 |
Cleveland breaks ground for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
1993 |
Crickets Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball v Australia, Old Trafford |
1993 |
Prince celebrated his birthday by changing his name to a symbol |
1994 |
A's outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 1,100th career base |
1995 |
The long range Boeing 777 enters service with United Airlines |
1996 |
Julia & Noah wed on "All My Children" |
1997 |
129th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Touch Gold wins in 2:28.8 |
1997 |
67th French Womens Tennis: Iva Majoli beats Martina Hingis (64 62) |
1997 |
Cosmos 2344 Proton-K Launch (Russia), Failed |
1997 |
Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep the Phila Flyers |
1998 |
68th French Mens Tennis: |
1998 |
James Byrd, Jr. is dragged to death by Shawn Allen Berry, Lawrence Russel Brewer, and John William King in Jasper, Texas in a racially-motivated hate crime. |
1998 |
52nd Tony Awards: The Lion King & 'Art' win |
2001 |
Tony Blair's Labour Party wins another landslide victory in the General Election |
2001 |
BP announces that it will build a new $600-million platform offshore Trinidad that is expected to double the company's production of natural gas there by 2004 |
2003 |
135th Belmont: Jerry Bailey aboard Empire Maker wins in 2:28.26 |
2006 |
British Houses of Parliament temporarily shut down due to anthrax alert. |
2008 |
140th Belmont: Alan Garcia aboard Da Tara wins in 2:29.65 |
2009 |
63rd Tony Awards: Billy Elliot the Musical & God of Carnage win |
2012 |
16th century archaeology remains of the Curtain Theatre, where some of Shakespeare's plays were first performed, were found under a pub in London |
2012 |
Credit rating agency Fitch downgrades Spain's credit rating to BBB in the wake of international bailout speculation |
2012 |
A bus falls into a ravine in La Paz, Bolivia, killing 16 and injuring 32 people |
2013 |
42 people are killed and 30 are injured after a bus catches fire in Xiamen, China |
2013 |
18 people are killed and 14 are injured after a bus plunges off a mountain road in Himachel Pradesh, India |
2014 |
Maria Sharapova wins the French Open women's tennis singles |
2016 |
Harambe gorilla killing: No charges for boy's mother |
2017 |
Morocco airline cancels flights via Doha to Arab states over Qatar dispute |
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