June 7th All Events |
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| June 7th, 2008 (June 07 2008) | Death | Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor (born in 1953) | |
| June 7th, 2008 (June 07 2008) | Death | Jim McKay, American sportscaster (born in 1921) | |
| June 7th, 2006 (June 07 2006) | Event | British Houses of Parliament temporarily shut down due to anthrax alert. | |
| June 7th, 2006 (June 07 2006) | Death | John Tenta, Canadian professional wrestler (born in 1963) | |
| June 7th, 2006 (June 07 2006) | Death | Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian-born Mujahid (born in 1966) | |
| June 7th, 2003 (June 07 2003) | Death | Trevor Goddard, English actor (born in 1962) | |
| June 7th, 2002 (June 07 2002) | Death | Mary Lilian Baels, Belgian princess (born in 1916) | |
| June 7th, 2001 (June 07 2001) | Event | Tony Blair s Labour Party wins another landslide victory in the General Election. | Tony Blair Quotes |
| June 7th, 2001 (June 07 2001) | Death | Carole Fredericks, American singer (Fredericks Goldman Jones) (born in 1952) | |
| June 7th, 2001 (June 07 2001) | Death | Victor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (born in 1907) | |
| June 7th, 1999 (June 07 1999) | Death | Paco Stanley, Mexican TV entertainer (born in 1942) | |
| June 7th, 1998 (June 07 1998) | Event | 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. | William King Quotes |
| June 7th, 1996 (June 07 1996) | Death | Max Factor, Jr., American businessman (born in 1904) | |
| June 7th, 1995 (June 07 1995) | Event | The long range Boeing 777 enters service with United Airlines. | |
| June 7th, 1995 (June 07 1995) | Death | Hsuan Hua, influential Buddhist master in the United States (born in 1918) | |
| June 7th, 1993 (June 07 1993) | Birth | Jordan Fry, American actor | |
| June 7th, 1993 (June 07 1993) | Death | Drazen Petrovic, Croatian basketball player (born in 1964) | |
| June 7th, 1991 (June 07 1991) | Event | Mount Pinatubo explodes generating an ash column 7 km (4.5 miles) high. | |
| June 7th, 1989 (June 07 1989) | Event | A Surinam Airways DC-8 Super 62 crashes near Paramaribo Airport, Suriname, killing 168. | |
| June 7th, 1989 (June 07 1989) | Death | Chico Landi, Brazilian racing driver (born in 1907) | |
| June 7th, 1988 (June 07 1988) | Birth | Michael Cera, American actor | |
| June 7th, 1988 (June 07 1988) | Birth | Milan Lucic, Canadian Hockey player (Boston Bruins) | |
| June 7th, 1988 (June 07 1988) | Death | Vernon Washington, American actor (born in 1927) | |
| June 7th, 1987 (June 07 1987) | Event | Washington Dulles International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport are transferred to The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| June 7th, 1985 (June 07 1985) | Birth | Charlie Simpson, British pop singer | |
| June 7th, 1983 (June 07 1983) | Birth | Mark Lowe, American baseball player | |
| June 7th, 1982 (June 07 1982) | Event | Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits. | Elvis Presley Quotes |
| June 7th, 1982 (June 07 1982) | Birth | Virgil Vasquez, American baseball player | Virgil Quotes |
| June 7th, 1981 (June 07 1981) | Event | The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq s Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera. The facility could have been used to make nuclear weapons. | |
| June 7th, 1981 (June 07 1981) | Birth | Anna Kournikova, Russian tennis player | |
| June 7th, 1981 (June 07 1981) | Birth | Stephen Bywater, British goalkeeper | |
| June 7th, 1981 (June 07 1981) | Birth | Tyler Johnson, baseball player | John Tyler Quotes |
| June 7th, 1981 (June 07 1981) | Birth | Kevin Kyle, Scottish footballer | |
| June 7th, 1981 (June 07 1981) | Birth | Larisa Oleynik, American actress | |
| June 7th, 1981 (June 07 1981) | Birth | Amrita Rao, Indian model and actress | |
| June 7th, 1980 (June 07 1980) | Death | Henry Miller, American writer (born in 1891) | Henry Miller Quotes |
| June 7th, 1980 (June 07 1980) | Death | Elizabeth Craig, British writer (born in 1883) | |
| June 7th, 1979 (June 07 1979) | Birth | Kevin Hofland, Dutch footballer | |
| June 7th, 1979 (June 07 1979) | Death | Forrest Carter, American author (born in 1925) | |
| June 7th, 1978 (June 07 1978) | Birth | Tony An, Korean singer (H.O.T) | |
| June 7th, 1978 (June 07 1978) | Birth | Adrienne Frantz, American actress | |
| June 7th, 1978 (June 07 1978) | Birth | Bill Hader, American comedian | |
| June 7th, 1978 (June 07 1978) | Death | Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1897) | |
| June 7th, 1977 (June 07 1977) | Event | 500 million people watch on television as the high day of Jubilee gets underway for Queen Elizabeth II. | |
| June 7th, 1977 (June 07 1977) | Birth | Marcin Baszczynski, Polish football player | |
| June 7th, 1977 (June 07 1977) | Birth | Joe Horgan, baseball player | |
| June 7th, 1977 (June 07 1977) | Birth | Odalis Perez, baseball player | |
| June 7th, 1976 (June 07 1976) | Birth | Necro, Jewish American rapper | |
| June 7th, 1975 (June 07 1975) | Event | Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder for sale to the public. | |
| June 7th, 1975 (June 07 1975) | Birth | Allen Iverson, American basketball player | |
| June 7th, 1974 (June 07 1974) | Birth | Bear Grylls, British survivor | |
| June 7th, 1974 (June 07 1974) | Birth | Cassius Khan Canadian Tabla player/vocalist | |
| June 7th, 1974 (June 07 1974) | Birth | Mahesh Bhupathi, Indian tennis player | |
| June 7th, 1973 (June 07 1973) | Birth | Song Yun-ah, South Korean model and actress | |
| June 7th, 1972 (June 07 1972) | Birth | Karl Urban, New Zealand actor | |
| June 7th, 1971 (June 07 1971) | Event | 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. | |
| June 7th, 1971 (June 07 1971) | Birth | Alex X. Mooney, American politician | |
| June 7th, 1970 (June 07 1970) | Birth | Mike Modano, American ice hockey player | |
| June 7th, 1970 (June 07 1970) | Birth | Cafu, Brazilian football player | |
| June 7th, 1970 (June 07 1970) | Birth | Andrei Kovalenko, Russian ice hockey player | |
| June 7th, 1970 (June 07 1970) | Death | E. M. Forster, English author (born in 1879) | E. M. Forster Quotes |
| June 7th, 1969 (June 07 1969) | Birth | Kim Rhodes, American actress | |
| June 7th, 1969 (June 07 1969) | Birth | Prince Joachim of Denmark | |
| June 7th, 1968 (June 07 1968) | Event | The body of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy lies in state at St. Patrick s Cathedral, New York. | Robert F. Kennedy Quotes |
| June 7th, 1968 (June 07 1968) | Death | Dan Duryea, American actor (born in 1907) | |
| June 7th, 1967 (June 07 1967) | Event | The Israeli forces enter Jerusalem during the Six-Day War. | |
| June 7th, 1967 (June 07 1967) | Birth | Dave Navarro, American musician | |
| June 7th, 1967 (June 07 1967) | Death | Dorothy Parker, American writer (born in 1893) | Dorothy Parker Quotes |
| June 7th, 1967 (June 07 1967) | Death | Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician (born in 1909) | |
| June 7th, 1966 (June 07 1966) | Birth | Stephane Richer, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| June 7th, 1966 (June 07 1966) | Birth | Eric Kretz, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots) | |
| June 7th, 1966 (June 07 1966) | Death | Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor, painter, and poet (born in 1886) | |
| June 7th, 1965 (June 07 1965) | Event | The Supreme Court of the United States decides on Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples. | |
| June 7th, 1965 (June 07 1965) | Birth | Mick Foley, American professional wrestler | Mick Foley Quotes |
| June 7th, 1965 (June 07 1965) | Birth | Damien Hirst, English artist | |
| June 7th, 1965 (June 07 1965) | Death | Judy Holliday, American actress (born in 1921) | |
| June 7th, 1964 (June 07 1964) | Birth | Judie Aronson, American actress | |
| June 7th, 1964 (June 07 1964) | Birth | Gia Carides, Greek-Australian actress | |
| June 7th, 1963 (June 07 1963) | Birth | Roberto Alagna, French tenor | |
| June 7th, 1963 (June 07 1963) | Death | Zasu Pitts, American actress (born in 1894) | |
| June 7th, 1962 (June 07 1962) | Birth | Thierry Hazard, French singer and songwriter | |
| June 7th, 1962 (June 07 1962) | Birth | Takuya Kurosawa, Japanese racing driver | |
| June 7th, 1962 (June 07 1962) | Birth | Michael Cartellone, American drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) | |
| June 7th, 1961 (June 07 1961) | Birth | Dave Catching, American musician | |
| June 7th, 1960 (June 07 1960) | Birth | Bill Prady, American television producer | |
| June 7th, 1958 (June 07 1958) | Birth | Surakiart Sathirathai, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand | |
| June 7th, 1958 (June 07 1958) | Birth | Prince, American musician | |
| June 7th, 1957 (June 07 1957) | Birth | Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican musician | |
| June 7th, 1957 (June 07 1957) | Birth | Paddy McAloon, English singer and songwriter (Prefab Sprout) | |
| June 7th, 1956 (June 07 1956) | Birth | L.A. Reid, American music producer | |
| June 7th, 1955 (June 07 1955) | Event | Lux Radio Theater signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films. | |
| June 7th, 1955 (June 07 1955) | Birth | William Forsythe, American actor | |
| June 7th, 1955 (June 07 1955) | Birth | Tim Richmond, American race car driver (died in 1989) | |
| June 7th, 1954 (June 07 1954) | Birth | Louise Erdrich, American author | |
| June 7th, 1954 (June 07 1954) | Death | Alan Turing, British mathematician and computer scientist (born in 1912) | Alan Turing Quotes |
| June 7th, 1953 (June 07 1953) | Birth | Dougie Donnelly, Scottish television broadcaster | |
| June 7th, 1953 (June 07 1953) | Birth | Johnny Clegg, South African musician | |
| June 7th, 1952 (June 07 1952) | Birth | Liam Neeson, Northern Irish actor | |
| June 7th, 1951 (June 07 1951) | Death | Oswald Pohl, German Nazi leader (born in 1892) | Oswald Pohl Quotes |
| June 7th, 1950 (June 07 1950) | Birth | Gary Graham American actor | |
| June 7th, 1948 (June 07 1948) | Event | Edvard Benes resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing a Constitution making his nation a Communist state. | |
| June 7th, 1947 (June 07 1947) | Birth | Don Money, American baseball player, manager | |
| June 7th, 1947 (June 07 1947) | Birth | Thurman Munson, American baseball player (died in 1979) | |
| June 7th, 1946 (June 07 1946) | Birth | Jenny Jones, Palestinian-born comedian and talk show host | |
| June 7th, 1945 (June 07 1945) | Event | King Haakon VII of Norway returns with his family to Oslo after five years in exile. | |
| June 7th, 1945 (June 07 1945) | Event | Benjamin Britten s opera Peter Grimes was premiered in London | |
| June 7th, 1945 (June 07 1945) | Birth | Wolfgang Schussel, Chancellor of Austria | |
| June 7th, 1944 (June 07 1944) | Event | World War II: Battle of NormandyAt Abbey Ardennes members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war. | |
| June 7th, 1943 (June 07 1943) | Birth | Nikki Giovanni, American poet | |
| June 7th, 1942 (June 07 1942) | Event | World War II: The Battle of Midway ends. | |
| June 7th, 1942 (June 07 1942) | Event | World War II: Japanese soldiers occupy the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska. | |
| June 7th, 1942 (June 07 1942) | Death | Alan Blumlein, English electronics engineer (born in 1903) | |
| June 7th, 1940 (June 07 1940) | Event | King Haakon VII of Norway, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromso and go into exile in London. | |
| June 7th, 1940 (June 07 1940) | Birth | Tom Jones, Welsh singer | |
| June 7th, 1938 (June 07 1938) | Event | The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight. | |
| June 7th, 1938 (June 07 1938) | Birth | Goose Gonsoulin, American football player | |
| June 7th, 1937 (June 07 1937) | Birth | Neeme Jarvi, Estonian conductor | |
| June 7th, 1937 (June 07 1937) | Death | Jean Harlow, American actress (born in 1911) | |
| June 7th, 1936 (June 07 1936) | Event | The Steel Workers Organizing Committee, a trade union, is founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Philip Murray is elected its first president. | |
| June 7th, 1936 (June 07 1936) | Death | Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (born in 1875) | |
| June 7th, 1935 (June 07 1935) | Birth | Harry Crews, American author | |
| June 7th, 1935 (June 07 1935) | Birth | Thomas Kailath, American engineer | |
| June 7th, 1931 (June 07 1931) | Birth | Malcolm Morley, English-born painter | |
| June 7th, 1929 (June 07 1929) | Birth | John Turner, seventeenth Prime Minister of Canada | |
| June 7th, 1929 (June 07 1929) | Birth | The Grand Wizard of Wrestling, Wrestling manager (died in 1983) | |
| June 7th, 1928 (June 07 1928) | Birth | Dave Bowen, former Wales international football manager (died in 1995) | |
| June 7th, 1928 (June 07 1928) | Birth | James Ivory, American film director | |
| June 7th, 1928 (June 07 1928) | Birth | Reg Park, British bodybuilder | |
| June 7th, 1927 (June 07 1927) | Birth | Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (died in 1953) | |
| June 7th, 1927 (June 07 1927) | Death | Edmund James Flynn, Premier of Quebec (born in 1847) | |
| June 7th, 1923 (June 07 1923) | Birth | Jules Deschenes, Canadian jurist (died in 2000) | |
| June 7th, 1922 (June 07 1922) | Birth | Leo Reise, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| June 7th, 1921 (June 07 1921) | Birth | Tal Farlow, American jazz guitarist (died in 1998) | |
| June 7th, 1920 (June 07 1920) | Birth | Georges Marchais, French politician (died in 1997) | |
| June 7th, 1919 (June 07 1919) | Event | Sette giugno: Riot in Malta; four are killed. | |
| June 7th, 1917 (June 07 1917) | Event | World War I: Battle of MessinesAllied ammonal mines underneath German trenches in Mesen Ridge are detonated, killing 10,000 German troops. | |
| June 7th, 1917 (June 07 1917) | Birth | Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (died in 2000) | Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes |
| June 7th, 1917 (June 07 1917) | Birth | Dean Martin, American actor (died in 1995) | |
| June 7th, 1916 (June 07 1916) | Death | Emile Faguet, French writer and critic (born in 1847) | |
| June 7th, 1911 (June 07 1911) | Birth | Brooks Stevens, automotive designer (died in 1995) | |
| June 7th, 1911 (June 07 1911) | Death | Maurice Rouvier, French statesman (born in 1842) | |
| June 7th, 1910 (June 07 1910) | Birth | Bradford Washburn, American explorer, (died in 2007) | |
| June 7th, 1909 (June 07 1909) | Event | Mary Pickford made her screen debut at the age of 16. | |
| June 7th, 1909 (June 07 1909) | Birth | Virginia Apgar, American physician and childbirth specialist (died in 1974) | |
| June 7th, 1909 (June 07 1909) | Birth | Peter W. Rodino, American politician (died in 2005) | |
| June 7th, 1909 (June 07 1909) | Birth | Jessica Tandy, English-born actress (died in 1994) | |
| June 7th, 1906 (June 07 1906) | Event | Cunard Line s RMS Lusitania is launched at the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland. | |
| June 7th, 1905 (June 07 1905) | Event | Norway s parliament dissolves its union with Sweden, a vote that was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year. | |
| June 7th, 1902 (June 07 1902) | Birth | Herman B Wells, president and chancellor of Indiana University (died in 2000) | |
| June 7th, 1900 (June 07 1900) | Birth | Glen Gray, Jazz musician and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra (died in 1963) | |
| June 7th, 1899 (June 07 1899) | Birth | Elizabeth Bowen, Irish novelist (died in 1973) | Elizabeth Bowen Quotes |
| June 7th, 1897 (June 07 1897) | Birth | George Szell, Hungarian conductor (died in 1970) | |
| June 7th, 1896 (June 07 1896) | Birth | Robert S. Mulliken, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1986) | |
| June 7th, 1896 (June 07 1896) | Birth | Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician (died in 1958) | |
| June 7th, 1896 (June 07 1896) | Birth | Douglas Campbell, American World War I flying ace (died in 1990) | |
| June 7th, 1896 (June 07 1896) | Death | Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (born in 1829) | |
| June 7th, 1894 (June 07 1894) | Birth | Alexander de Seversky, Russian-American aviation pioneer (died in 1974) | |
| June 7th, 1893 (June 07 1893) | Event | Gandhi s first act of civil disobedience. | |
| June 7th, 1892 (June 07 1892) | Event | Benjamin Harrison becomes the first President of the United States to attend a baseball game. | |
| June 7th, 1886 (June 07 1886) | Birth | Henri Coanda, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (died in 1972) | |
| June 7th, 1883 (June 07 1883) | Birth | Sylvanus Morley, U.S. archaeologist and spy (died in 1948) | |
| June 7th, 1880 (June 07 1880) | Event | War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), that ended the Campana del Desierto (Desert Campaign). | |
| June 7th, 1879 (June 07 1879) | Birth | Knud Rasmussen, Greenland-born explorer (died in 1933) | |
| June 7th, 1877 (June 07 1877) | Birth | Charles Glover Barkla, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1944) | |
| June 7th, 1868 (June 07 1868) | Birth | Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer, and illustrator (died in 1928) | |
| June 7th, 1866 (June 07 1866) | Event | 1,800 Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after they loot and plunder around Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg, Quebec. | |
| June 7th, 1866 (June 07 1866) | Death | Chief Seattle, Native American leader | |
| June 7th, 1863 (June 07 1863) | Event | During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops. | |
| June 7th, 1862 (June 07 1862) | Event | The United States and Britain agree to suppress the slave trade. | |
| June 7th, 1862 (June 07 1862) | Birth | Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1947) | |
| June 7th, 1859 (June 07 1859) | Death | David Cox, English artist (born in 1783) | |
| June 7th, 1854 (June 07 1854) | Death | Charles Baudin, French admiral (born in 1792) | |
| June 7th, 1848 (June 07 1848) | Birth | Paul Gauguin, French painter (died in 1903) | Paul Gauguin Quotes |
| June 7th, 1845 (June 07 1845) | Birth | Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist and composer (died in 1930) | |
| June 7th, 1840 (June 07 1840) | Birth | Charlotte of Belgium, Empress of Mexico (died in 1927) | |
| June 7th, 1840 (June 07 1840) | Death | King Frederick William III of Prussia (born in 1770) | William King Quotes |
| June 7th, 1837 (June 07 1837) | Birth | Alois Hitler, father of Adolf Hitler (died in 1903) | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| June 7th, 1832 (June 07 1832) | Event | Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada. | |
| June 7th, 1831 (June 07 1831) | Birth | Amelia Edwards, English author and Egyptologist (died in 1892) | |
| June 7th, 1826 (June 07 1826) | Death | Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist (born in 1787) | |
| June 7th, 1821 (June 07 1821) | Death | Tudor Vladimirescu, Romanian rebellion-leader (born in cca. 1780) | |
| June 7th, 1811 (June 07 1811) | Birth | James Young Simpson, British obstetrician (died in 1870) | |
| June 7th, 1810 (June 07 1810) | Death | Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (born in 1765) | |
| June 7th, 1800 (June 07 1800) | Event | David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba. | |
| June 7th, 1779 (June 07 1779) | Death | William Warburton, English critic and Bishop of Gloucester (born in 1698) | |
| June 7th, 1778 (June 07 1778) | Birth | Beau Brummell, English fashion leader (died in 1840) | |
| June 7th, 1776 (June 07 1776) | Event | Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and leads to the United States Declaration of Independence. | John Adams Quotes |
| June 7th, 1770 (June 07 1770) | Birth | Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died in 1828) | |
| June 7th, 1761 (June 07 1761) | Birth | John Rennie, Scottish engineer (died in 1821) | John Scott Quotes |
| June 7th, 1711 (June 07 1711) | Death | Henry Dodwell, Irish theologian (born in 1641) | |
| June 7th, 1692 (June 07 1692) | Event | Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured. | |
| June 7th, 1676 (June 07 1676) | Death | Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (born in 1606) | |
| June 7th, 1654 (June 07 1654) | Event | Louis XIV is crowned King of France. | |
| June 7th, 1618 (June 07 1618) | Death | Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English Governor of Virginia (born in 1577) | |
| June 7th, 1529 (June 07 1529) | Birth | Etienne Pasquier, French lawyer and man of letters (died in 1615) | |
| June 7th, 1494 (June 07 1494) | Event | Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries. | |
| June 7th, 1420 (June 07 1420) | Event | Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine, ending the independenceo f the Patriarchate of Aquileia. | |
| June 7th, 1394 (June 07 1394) | Death | Anne of Bohemia, wife of Richard II of England (plague) (born in 1367) | |
| June 7th, 1358 (June 07 1358) | Death | Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shogun (born in 1305) | |
| June 7th, 1329 (June 07 1329) | Death | Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (born in 1274) | |
| June 7th, 1099 (June 07 1099) | Event | The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins. | |
