Today in History, English
Today in History, English


IDTimeCategoryEvent
65040June 7Birth1757 – Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (d. 1806)
65011June 7Event1942 – World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
65012June 7Event1944 – World War II: The steamer Danae, carrying 350 Cretan Jews and 250 Cretan partisans, is sunk without survivors off the shore of Santorini.
65013June 7Event1944 – World War II: Battle of Normandy – At Ardenne Abbey, members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war.
65014June 7Event1948 – Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state.
65015June 7Event1955 – Lux 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.
65016June 7Event1965 – The Supreme Court of the United States hands down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples.
65017June 7Event1967 – Six-Day War: Israeli soldiers enter Jerusalem.
65018June 7Event1971 – The 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.
65019June 7Event1971 – The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades.
65020June 7Event1975 – The inaugural Cricket World Cup begins in England.
65021June 7Event1977 – 500 million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.
65022June 7Event1981 – The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera.
65023June 7Event1982 – Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
65024June 7Event1989 – Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes on approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname because of pilot error, killing 176 of 187 aboard
65025June 7Event1990 – Universal Studios Florida opens in Orlando, Florida.
65026June 7Event1991 – Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high.
65027June 7Event1995 – The long-range Boeing 777 enters service with United Airlines.
65028June 7Event2000 – The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
65029June 7Event2013 – A bus catches fire in the Chinese city of Xiamen, killing at least 47 people and injuring more than 34 others.
65030June 7Event2013 – A gunman opens fire at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, after setting a house on fire nearby, killing six people, including the suspect.
65031June 7Event2014 – At least 37 people are killed in an attack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's South Kivu province.
65032June 7Birth156 BC – Emperor Wu of Han (d. 87 BC)
65033June 7Birth997 – Emperor Taizong of Song (d. 997)
65034June 7Birth1003 – Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia (d. 1048)
65035June 7Birth1422 – Federico da Montefeltro, Italian son of Guidantonio da Montefeltro (d. 1482)
65036June 7Birth1502 – John III of Portugal (d. 1557)
65037June 7Birth1529 – Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and jurist (d. 1615)
65038June 7Birth1687 – Gaetano Berenstadt, Italian actor and singer (d. 1734)
65039June 7Birth1702 – Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (d. 1761)

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