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June 7 Historical Events

The following events took place on June 7. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 52 events. Showing 31 - 52.

  • 1942
    World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in American victory.
  • 1942
    World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
  • 1944
    World War II: The steamer Danae, carrying 350 Cretan Jews and 250 Cretan partisans, is sunk without survivors off the shore of Santorini.
  • 1944
    World War II: Battle of Normandy – At Ardenne Abbey, members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war.
  • 1948
    Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state.
  • 1955
    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.
  • 1965
    The Supreme Court of the United States hands down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples.
  • 1967
    Six-Day War: Israeli soldiers enter Jerusalem.
  • 1971
    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.
  • 1971
    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.
  • 1975
    The inaugural Cricket World Cup begins in England.
  • 1977
    500 million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.
  • 1981
    The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq’s Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera.
  • 1982
    Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
  • 1989
    Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes on approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname because of pilot error, killing 176 of 187 aboard
  • 1990
    Universal Studios Florida opens in Orlando, Florida.
  • 1991
    Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 km high.
  • 1995
    The long-range Boeing 777 enters service with United Airlines.
  • 2000
    The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
  • 2013
    A bus catches fire in the Chinese city of Xiamen, killing at least 47 people and injuring more than 34 others.
  • 2013
    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.
  • 2014
    At least 37 people are killed in an attack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s South Kivu province.

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