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What happened in history on this day: June 7?
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- 555 - Vigilius ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1329 - Robert Bruce leader of the Scots, dies at age 53.
- 1494 - In Tordesilhas, Spain, a treaty is signed by Spanish and Portuguese, dividing world into two zones of influence, giving Spain rights to American continent, and giving Portugal exclusive right of navigation and discovery in Africa, Asia, and the Far East. The demarcation line is latitude 46 degrees West.
- 1502 - Birth of Pope Gregory XIII introduced Gregorian calendar in 1582.
- 1614 - Second parliment of King James I, disolves passing no legislation.
- 1631 - Mumtax Mahal wife of Shah Jahan of India, her tomb (Taj Mahal).
- 1654 - Louis XIV crowned king of France.
- 1692 - Porte Royale Jamaica slides into harbor after earthquake.
- 1692 - An earthquake at Port Royal, Jamaica, causes a landslide within the harbor, generates a tsunami, and destroys ninety percent of the buildings in the city, killing approximately 2,000 people.
- 1753 - The British Museum is created by an act of Parliament.
- 1761 - French surrender Belle Isle-en-mer island off France to the English.
- 1769 - Daniel Boone begins exploring the Bluegrass State of Kentucky.
- 1770 - Birth of Earl of Liverpool (Conservative) British Prime Minister (1812-27).
- 1775 - United Colonies change name to United States.
- 1776 - Richard Lee of Virginia moves for a Declaration of Independence in the Continental Congress.
- 1811 - Birth of James Young Simpson in Scotland; obsterician (used chloroform).
- 1825 - Birth of R.D. Blackmore; author (Norie).
- 1839 - Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed.
- 1843 - Birth of Susan Elizabeth Blow; American, pioneered kindergarten education.
- 1848 - Birth of Paul Gaugin [Eugene Henri]; French post-impressionist painter (dies 1903).
- 1862 - William Mumford is first US citizen hanged for treason.
- 1866 - Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, Québec.
- 1887 - Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Washington DC.
- 1890 - The Comic Cuts weekly paper introduces the first true comic strip.
- 1896 - Birth of Robert Mulliken; US chemist/physicist (Nobel Prize 1966).
- 1896 - Birth of Vivien Kellems; TV hostess (The Power of Women).
- 1896 - G Harpo and F Samuelson leave New York to row the Atlantic Ocean to England (takes 54 days).
- 1897 - Birth of George Szell in Budapest, Hungary; conductor (Metropolitan 1942-45).
- 1899 - Birth of Elizabeth Bowen in Dublin, Ireland; novelist (The Death of the Heart).
- 1899 - Death of John August Daly in Paris, France; actor, playwright (Under the Gaslight play (1867), Pique play (1875)), manager (New York's Fifth Avenue Theatre, Grand Opera House), director, recipient of the University of Notre Dame's Laetare Medal.
- 1901 - M Wolf discovers asteroid #471 Papagena.
- 1905 - In a session of the Norwegian parliament, a unanimous vote proclaims that "the union with Sweden under one king is dissolved in consequence of the king's ceasing to function as king of Norway". The storting authorizes the Norwegian Council to take over control of the government.
- 1909 - Birth of Jessica Tandy in London, England; actress (The Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included).
- 1909 - Birth of Peter Rodino; American politician (Representative-Democrat-New Jersey) chaired Watergate congressional council.
- 1909 - Cleveland Industrial Exposition opens.
- 1912 - Saint Pius X issues encyclical On the Indians of South America.
- 1912 - US army tests first machine gun mounted on a plane.
- 1913 - Hudson Stuck, an Alaskan missionary, leads the first successful ascent of the south peak of Mount McKinley, the highest point on the American continent at 20,320 feet. Companions Harry Karstens, Walter Harper, and Robert Tatum follow Stuck to the summit.
- 1917 - Birth of Dean Martin; singer/comedian (partner for Jerry Lewis).
- 1917 - Birth of Gwendolyn Brooks; US poet (The Bean Eaters).
- 1922 - Birth of Rocky Graziano; boxer/entertainer (Pantomime Quiz, Martha Raye Show).
- 1924 - Birth of Dolores Gray in Chicago, Illinois, USA; singer/actress (Designing Woman, Kismet).
- 1924 - George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775 feet from Mount Everest's summit.
- 1926 - Birth of Dick Williams in Wall Lake, Iowa, USA; choral director (Andy Williams Show).
- 1929 - Birth of John Turner in Richmond, England; (Liberal) 17th Canadian Prime Minister (1984).
- 1929 - Vatican City becomes a soverign state.
- 1930 - New York Times agrees to capitalize the n in "Negro".
- 1931 - Birth of Lang Jeffries in Ontario, Canada; actor (Skip - Rescue 8).
- 1936 - New York Yankees beat Cleveland Indians 5-4 in 16 innings; longest game without a strikeout.
- 1937 - Birth of Neeme Järvi in Tallinn, Estonia; conductor (Estonia Opera 1971).
- 1938 - First play telecast with original Broadway cast, Susan and God.
- 1938 - Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat first flown (Eddie Allen).
- 1939 - First king and queen of England to visit US, George VI and Elizabeth.
- 1939 - Cleveland Indians set American League record of 16-inning game without striking out, however lose game 5-4 to New York Yankees.
- 1940 - Birth of Tom Jones in Pontypridd, Wales; singer ("What's New Pussycat").
- 1940 - The Norwegian government ceases hostilities with Germany.
- 1941 - Birth of Jaime Laredo in Bolivia; violinist (Queen Elisabeth of Belgium prize 1959).
- 1942 - (morning) The US aircraft carrier Yorktown sinks near Midway Island.
- 1942 - Losses at the Battle of Midway: US forces: 307 men, one aircraft carrier, one destroyer, 150 planes; Japanese forces: 2500-3500 men, 4 aircraft carriers, one cruiser, 322 planes.
- 1942 - Japan invades Alaska's Aleutian islands.
- 1943 - Birth of Ken Osmond; actor (Eddie Haskel - Leave it To Beaver).
- 1943 - Birth of Nikki Giovanni; poet (LHJ Woman of the Year 1973).
- 1944 - Birth of Bill Rafferty in Queens, New York, USA; comedian (Laugh-In, Real People).
- 1944 - Birth of Clarence White; guitarist (The Byrds - "Turn! Turn! Turn!").
- 1945 - The King of Norway returns home to Oslo from London, England.
- 1946 - Birth of Bill Kreutzman; drummer (Grateful Dead - "Uncle John's Band").
- 1947 - Birth of Thurman Munson; New York Yankees (captain/catcher).
- 1953 - First color network telecast in compatible color, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- 1954 - First microbiology laboratory dedicated (New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA).
- 1954 - Birth of Lui Passaglia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Canadian Football League place kicker (BC Lions).
- 1955 - CBS debuts 30-minute game show The $64,000 Question, with host Hal March.
- 1955 - First American President to appear on color TV (Dwight Eisenhower).
- 1955 - Birth of Joey Scarbury in Ontario, California, USA; singer ("Greatest American Hero").
- 1957 - Mrs Elizabeth S Kingsley, double-Crostic puzzle creator, dies.
- 1958 - Birth of Christopher Marcantel in Smithtown, New York, USA; actor (Chip - Nurse, Loving).
- 1958 - Birth of Prince [Rodgers Nelson]; rocker/actor ("1999", "Purple Rain").
- 1961 - Robert Griffith, producer of Pajama Game, dies.
- 1962 - Birth of Paddy McAloon; rocker (Prefab Sprout - "2 Wheels Good").
- 1963 - First Rolling Stones TV appearance (on Thank Your Lucky Stars).
- 1963 - Death of Zasu Pitts at age 65 of cancer; character actress (Fibber McGee radio show, supporting role on TV's Gale Storm Show, Wedding March, Life With Father).
- 1965 - Death of Judy Holliday AKA Judith Tuvim of breast cancer at age 43; actress ("dumb" blonde in many movies, Ed Sullivan Show Goodyear Playhouse, Ford Theatre Hour, The Arthur Murray Party, The Perry Como Show, Person to Person, The Name's the Same, The Steve Allen Show, What's My Line).
- 1967 - CBS airs the last The Danny Kaye Show TV show. A total of 96 episodes aired.
- 1967 - Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem.
- 1968 - Dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies at age 60.
- 1968 - Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Senator Robert F. Kennedy assassination.
- 1969 - Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special.
- 1970 - In Los Angeles, California, and New York, New York, the 22nd Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by David Frost (Los Angeles) and Danny Thomas (New York).
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series: Robert Young for Marcus Welby, M.D.
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Peter Ustinov for A Storm in Summer
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: William Windom for My World and Welcome to It
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series: Susan Hampshire for The Forsyte Saga
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Hope Lange for The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Patty Duke for My Sweet Charlie
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy: Michael Constantine for Room 222
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama: James Brolin for Marcus Welby, M.D.
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy: Karen Valentine for Room 222
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama: Gail Fisher for Mannix
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction of a Variety, Musical or Dramatic Program: Peter Matz for episode "The Sound of Burt Bacharach" of The Kraft Music Hall
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety, Comedy or Music: Dwight Hemion for episode "The Sound of Burt Bacharach" of The Kraft Music Hall
- Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction: Leard Davis, Ed S. Hill, Richard Scovel, and Clive Bassett for "Appalachian Autumn" of CBS Playhouse
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama: Paul Bogart for "Shadow Game" of CBS Playhouse
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music: Peter Bellwood, Gary Belkin, Herbert Sargent, Thomas Meehan, and Judith Viorst for Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama: Richard Levinson and William Link for My Sweet Charlie
- Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Entertainment Programming - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series: Walter Strenge, for episode "Hello, Goodbye, Hello" of Marcus Welby, M.D.
- Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for News and Documentary Programming - Regularly Scheduled News Programs and Coverage of Special Events: Edward Winkle for the segment "Model Hippie" of The Huntley-Brinkley Report
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design - For a Dramatic Program or Feature Length Film, a Single Program of a Series or a Special Program: Jan Scott and Earl Carlson for "Shadow Game" of CBS Playhouse
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Entertainment Programming - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series: Bill Mosher for episode "Sweet Smell of Failure" of Bracken's World
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for News and Documentary Programming - Regularly Scheduled News Programs and Coverage of Special Events: Michael C. Shugrue for the segment "High School Profile" of The Huntley-Brinkley Report
- Outstanding Variety or Musical Program - Variety and Popular Music: Joseph Cates, Martin Charnin, and Anne Bancroft for Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man
- Outstanding Variety or Musical Series: The David Frost Show
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Special Program: Pete Rugolo for The Challengers
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series (In Its First Year Only): Morton Stevens for episode "A Thousand Pardons -- You're Dead!" of Hawaii Five-O
- Outstanding Achievement in Music, Lyrics and Special Material: Arnold Margolin and Charles Fox for Love, American Style
- Outstanding Achievement in News Documentary Programming - Individuals: Frederick Wiseman for Hospital
- Outstanding Achievement in News Documentary Programming - Programs: Hospital
- Outstanding Dramatic Series: Marcus Welby, M.D.
- Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement - Programs: Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
- Outstanding Dramatic Program: A Storm in Summer
- Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Programs: Sesame Street
- Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming - Programs: Today
- Outstanding Comedy Series: My World and Welcome to It
- Outstanding New Series: Room 222
- Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Norman Maen for This Is Tom Jones
- Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming: Roone Arledge for ABC's Wide World of Sports
- Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Individuals: Joe Raposo and Jeff Moss for music and lyrics for "This Way To Sesame Street" of Sesame Street, and Jon Stone, Jeff Moss, Ray Sipherd, Jerry Juhl, Dan Wilcox, Dave Connell, Bruce Hart, Carole Hart, and Virginia Schone for episode "Sally Sees Sesame Street" of Sesame Street
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Entertainment Programming - For a Special or Feature Length Program Made for Television: Edward M. Abroms for My Sweet Charlie.
- 1970 - Jockey Willie Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033rd win.
- 1971 - Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes first transfer to orbiting Salyut.
- 1972 - German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel.
- 1973 - German Chancellor Willy Brandt the visits Israel. He is the first German chancellor to visit Israel while in office as chancellor.
- 1975 - Spain's Manuel Orantes wins US Open, beating Jimmy Connors in three sets.
- 1976 - NBC debuts the NBC Nightly News program, with John Chancellor and David Brinkley.
- 1977 - Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law.
- 1978 - Birth of Bill Hader; American actor (Saturday Night Live).
- 1978 - Death of Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897).
- 1978 - Bullets beat Seattle Supersonics for NBA championship, 4 games to 3.
- 1979 - The first direct elections to the European Parliament begin, allowing citizens from across all nine European Community member states to elect 410 MEPs. It is also the first international election in history.
- 1979 - Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched.
- 1979 - In Cilimus, Indonesia, a meteorite falls in a garden.
- 1980 - Temperance Hill wins Belmont Stakes (50:1 long shot).
- 1980 - Tommy John wins his 200th, 3-0 on a 2-hitter.
- 1980 - Death of Elizabeth Craig, British writer (born 1883).
- 1980 - Death of Henry Miller, American writer (born 1891).
- 1980 - John McEnroe beats Björn Borg for US Open.
- 1981 - Björn Borg wins his 6th French Open singles (defeats Ivan Lendl).
- 1981 - The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor.
- 1982 - New York Mets draft Dwight Gooden, Roger McDowell and Randy Myers.
- 1982 - US President Ronald Reagan meets Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1982 - Near the coast of Guerrero, Mexico, a magnitude 7.2 earthquakes occurs, followed in four hours by another 7.0 earthquake. Felt strongly throughout southern Mexico.
- 1982 - Los Angeles Dodgers' first baseman Steve Garvey becomes only the fifth player in major league history to play in 1,000 consecutive games.
- 1983 - Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies strikes out Lonnie Smith for his 3,522nd career strikeout to pass Nolan Ryan as the all-time strikeout leader.
- 1983 - A Gilmore and P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3152.
- 1984 - George Givot, actor (Versatile Vaudeville), dies at age 81.
- 1985 - Birth of Charlie Simpson; English musician (Fightstar).
- 1989 - 23-year-old Olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires.
- 1989 - Atlanta Fulton County Committee approves US$210 million stadium for the Atlanta Falcons.
- 1989 - Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart Trophy (Most Valuable Player) in ten years.
- 1989 - 176 people are killed in Surinam's worst air disaster.
- 1989 - Death of Don the Beachcomber, American restaurateur (born 1907).
- 1990 - Barbara Baxley, actress (Norma Rae), dies at age 63 of a heart attack.
- 1990 - Universal Studios Florida opens to the public.
- 1992 - Death of Bob Sweeney at age 73 from cancer; comic actor (Our Miss Brooks, Fibber McGee and Molly, The Brothers), director (The Andy Griffith Show, Doris Day Show, The Love Boat).
- 1996 - An Irish Republican Army gang murders Detective Garda Jerry McCabe during a botched armed robbery in Adare, County Limerick.
- 1996 - Buena Vista releases the film The Rock to theaters.
- 1997 - The Detroit Red Wings win their first Stanley Cup championship in 42 years, defeating the Philadelphia Flyers four games to none. Red Wings goaltender Mike Vernon is awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff Most Valuable Player.
- 1998 - Three white supremacists murder James Byrd Junior in Jasper, Texas.
- 2000 - In the US Justice Department versus Microsoft anti-trust case, Judge Thomas Jackson orders the breakup of Microsoft into two companies, one producing operating systems, the other producing application programs.
- 2001 - Tony Blair's Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election.
- 2001 - Death of Víctor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (born 1907).
- 2001 - In Germany, Jürgen Habermas recieves the Peace Prize of the German Book Dealers Association.
- 2002 - Death of Mary Lilian Baels, Belgian princess (born 1916).
- 2004 - Tampa Bay Lightning defeats Calgary Flames in 2004 NHL Stanley Cup Finals.
- 2004 - Death of Quorthon, founder of Swedish black metal band, Bathory (born 1966).
- 2006 - Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and seven of his aides are killed in a U.S. air raid just north of the town of Baqouba, Iraq.
- 2006 - Serbia recognizes the independence of Montenegro.
- 2007 - A large meteorite strikes a mountainside in Reisadalem in northern Norway, landing with an impact comparable to the atomic bomb used at Hiroshima.
- 2008 - US Senator Hillary Clinton suspends her campaign to become the Democratic nominee for US president, and asks her supporters to help elect Barack Obama.
- 2008 - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic wins the French Open tennis championship, defeating Dinara Safina of Russia, 6-4, 6-3. Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay and Luis Home of Peru defeat Canada's Daniel Nestor and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic 6-2, 6-3, winning the men's doubles championship.
- 2008 - Death of Dino Risi, Italian director (born 1916).
- 2009 - Roger Federer beats Robin Soderling in straight sets (6-1, 7-6 (1), 6-4) to win his first French Open tennis tournament in Paris.
- 2009 - In Istanbul, Turkey, round 7 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship is won by Jenson Button.
- 2009 - Lebanon's parliamentary election returns the pro-Western coalition to power, winning 71 seats in the 128-member body.
- 2011 - (to June 10) In Basel, Switzerland, Galerie Dreyfus auctions an 1859 Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 1/2-grana blue (error or proof) King Ferdinand II postage stamp on partial cover for 1.8 million euros (US$2.6 million).
- 2013 - Death of Pierre Mauroy, Prime Minister of France (1981-1984) (born 1928).
- 2015 - (to June 8) The 41st G7 summit is held in Schloss Elmau, Bavaria.
- 2017 - Two Daesh terrorist attacks are simultaneously carried out by five terrorists against the Iranian Parliament building and the Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, both in Tehran, Iran, leaving 17 civilians dead and 43 wounded. It is the first Daesh attack in Iran.
- 2019 - British Prime Minister Theresa May resigns as leader of the Conservative Party.
- 2019 - (to July 7) The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup is held in France and is won by the United States.
- 2020 - The global death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 400,000.
- 2021 - The Juno spacecraft performs its only flyby of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, the first flyby of the moon by any spacecraft in over 20 years.
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