June 7 has produced turning points in politics, science, culture, war, law, and technology. This timeline collects notable events recorded for this calendar day.
The list below is generated from public historical datasets and refreshed automatically by date.
Timeline for June 7
2017Myanmar Air Force
A Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crashes into the Andaman Sea near Dawei, Myanmar, killing all 122 aboard.
2000United Nations
The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
1991Mount Pinatubo
Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high.
1989Surinam Airways Flight 764
Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes on approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname because of pilot error, killing 176 of 187 aboard.
1982Priscilla Presley
Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
1981Israeli Air Force
The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera.
1977Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II
Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.
1975Sony
Sony launches Betamax, the first videocassette recorder format.
1971Cohen v. California
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.
1971Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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.
1971Allegheny Airlines Flight 485
Allegheny Airlines Flight 485 crashes on approach to Tweed New Haven Airport in New Haven, Connecticut, killing 28 of 31 aboard.
1967Six-Day War
Six-Day War: Israeli soldiers enter Jerusalem.
1965Supreme Court of the United States
The 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.
1962Organisation armée secrète
The Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS) sets fire to the University of Algiers library building, destroying about 500,000 books.
1955Lux Radio Theatre
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.
19481948 anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada
Anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada take place.
1948Edvard Beneš
Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state.
1946BBC
The United Kingdom's BBC returns to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because of World War II.
1945Haakon VII
King Haakon VII of Norway returns from exactly five years in exile during World War II.
1944Operation Overlord
World War II: Battle of Normandy: At Ardenne Abbey, members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war.
1942World War II
World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in American victory.
1942Aleutian Islands campaign
World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
1940Haakon VII
King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
1938Douglas DC-4E
The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
1938Second Sino-Japanese War
Second 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.
1929Lateran Treaty
The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
1919Sette Giugno
Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.
1917World War I
World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
1906Cunard Line
Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
1905Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden
Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
1899Temperance movement in the United States
American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
1892Homer Plessy
Homer 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.
1880War of the Pacific
War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
1866Fenian raids
One 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.
1862United Kingdom
The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons–Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.
1832Reform Act 1832
The Great Reform Act of England and Wales receives royal assent.
18321826–1837 cholera pandemic
Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada.
1810Gazeta de Buenos-Ayres
The newspaper Gazeta de Buenos Ayres is first published in Argentina.
1800David Thompson (explorer)
David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.
1788French Revolution
French Revolution: Day of the Tiles: Civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops.
1776Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
1692Port Royal
Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured.
1654Louis XIV
Louis XIV is crowned King of France.
1640Corpus de Sang
Corpus de Sang in Barcelona: Catalan reapers rioted 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.
1628Petition of Right
The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document, is granted royal assent by Charles I and becomes law.
1614Addled Parliament
The second parliament of James I of England ends after two months of deadlock and without passing any bills.
1494Spain
Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries.
1420Republic of Venice
Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine, ending the independence of the Patria del Friuli.
1099First Crusade
First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins.
1002Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry II, a cousin of Emperor Otto III, is elected and crowned King of Germany.
879Pope John VIII
Pope John VIII recognises the Duchy of Croatia under Duke Branimir as an independent state.
421Theodosius II
Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire).
