Historical Events on June 7

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• 555 Vigilius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
• 1099 1st Crusaders arrive in Jerusalem

• 1340 Rotterdam Netherlands founded
• 1413 King Ladislaw of Naples occupies Rome
• 1420 Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine, ending the independence of the Patriarchate of Aquileia

• 1546 England signs Peace of Andres with Scotland/Ireland
• 1557 England declares war on France

• 1672 Battle by Solebay: Dutch admiral M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet
• 1692 Earthquake in Porte Royale, Jamaica, kills 3,000
• 1694 English invasion army under Thomas Tollemache reaches Brest


• 1753 British Museum founded by an Act of Parliament with royal assent from King George II (opens in 1759)

• 1780 Anti-Catholic riot in London, hundreds die
• 1788 French peasants stone the Army in Grenbole, an event known as the Day of the Tiles
• 1798 Jews of Pesaro Italy fast commemorating murder of Jews
• 1798 Thomas Malthus publishes the first edition of his influential 'Essay on the Principle of Population' (date of the unsigned preface)
• 1800 David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba
• 1832 Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada
• 1839 Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed
• 1860 Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, San Francisco
• 1862 Skirmish at Union Church, Virginia (Peninsular)
• 1862 General B. Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed and destroyed US flag on display over New Orleans Mint
• 1862 The United States and Britain agree to suppress the slave trade

• 1863 Mexico City captured by French troops

• 1866 1,800 Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after they loot and plunder around Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg, Quebec
• 1873 7th Belmont: James Roe aboard Springbok wins in 3:01.75
• 1875 California Rifle and Pistol Association founded


• 1880 War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), that ended the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
• 1881 15th Belmont: T. Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:47
• 1887 Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Washington, D.C.
• 1892 John J. Doyle of Clev Spiders is 1st to pinch hit in a baseball game
• 1892 Republican convention in Minneapolis begins

• 1898 Social Democracy of America party holds 1st national convention, Chicago
• 1900 Boer general Christian de Law occupies British rail depot at Roodewal
• 1900 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Englishman J.H. Taylor wins title for 3rd time; beats runner-up Harry Vardon by 8 strokes
• 1905 Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since 1814)
• 1906 Chicago Cubs score 11 in 1st inning, beating NY Giants 19-0
• 1906 Famous Cunard passenger liner Lusitania launches
• 1909 Cleveland Industrial Exposition opens

• 1912 St Pius X encyclical "On Indians of South America"
• 1912 US army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane
• 1913 1st verifiable ascent of main summit of Denali (Mt McKinley), North America's highest mountain led by Hudson Stuck and Harry Karstens

• 1917 Melvin Jones and a number of other Chicago businessmen found Lions Clubs International, now the largest service organization in the world
• 1917 The British detonate mines beneath the German-held Messines Ridge, in the Ypres area
• 1919 Sette giugno: Riot in Malta; four are killed.
• 1924 56th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Mad Play wins in 2:18.8

• 1926 Swedish government of Ekman forms
• 1929 Margaret Bondfield becomes 1st British female cabinet minister (Labour)
• 1929 Vatican City becomes a sovereign state
• 1930 62nd Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:31.6
• 1930 NY Times agrees to capitalize the n in "Negro"
• 1932 Pitcher John Quinn, 47, is oldest player to have an extra-base hit (a double) & bat in a run, as the Dodgers beat the Cubs 9-2

• 1936 Yanks beat Indians 5-4 in 16; longest game without a strikeout

• 1938 1st play telecast with original Broadway cast, "Susan & God"
• 1938 Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat 1st flown (Eddie Allen)

• 1939 Cleveland Indians sets AL record of 16 inning game without striking out, however lose game 5-4 to NY Yankees
• 1940 British/French troops evacuate Narvik

• 1941 73rd Belmont: Eddie Arcaro wins aboard Whirlaway to claim first of 2 Triple Crowns

• 1942 USS Yorktown sinks near Midway Island

• 1942 Germany Army marches into Sebastopol, Russia
• 1942 Japanese troops land on Attu, Aleutian Islands
• 1944 Achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen
• 1944 Canadian 50th Division occupies Bayeux during the Normandy invasion
• 1944 British forces attack Bréville in France during the Normandy invasion while other British forces attempt to encircle Caen
• 1946 Pirates players vote 20-16 to walkout rather than play the Giants
• 1946 US Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel
• 1948 Communist complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; President Bernes resigns
• 1948 KVP wins Dutch Second-Parliamentary election
• 1952 "3 Wishes after Jamie" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 94 performances
• 1952 7th Curtis Cup: British Isles, 5-4


• 1952 84th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard One Count wins in 2:30.2
• 1953 1st color network telecast in compatible color (Boston Massachusetts)
• 1953 Mary Terrell wins struggle to end segregation in Washington, D.C. restaurants
• 1953 WDAU (now WYOU) TV channel 22 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (CBS) begins
• 1954 1st microbiology laboratory dedicated (New Brunswick NJ)
• 1955 "$64,000 Question" premieres on CBS TV

• 1956 Singapore government of Marshall resigns
• 1957 Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey v Northants
• 1958 90th Belmont: Pete Anderson aboard Cavan wins in 2:30.2
• 1958 Battles between Turkish & Greeks Cypriots break out
• 1959 KLX-AM in Oakland California changes call letters to KEWB (now KNEW)
• 1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m
• 1963 1st Rolling Stones TV appearance (Thank Your Lucky Stars) & release 1st single, "Come on"
• 1964 Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam
• 1965 Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits
• 1965 Morocco King Hassan suspends constitution, grabs power
• 1965 Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder, priced at $995
• 1965 The Supreme Court of the United States decides on Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples

• 1967 2 Moby Grape members arrested for contributing to deliquency of minors
• 1967 Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem
• 1967 NY Yankees draft Ron Blomberg #1

• 1968 The body of assassinated US Senator Robert F. Kennedy lies in state at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York

• 1969 101st Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Arts & Letters wins in 2:28.8

• 1969 Tommy James and the Shondells release "Crystal Blue Persuasion"


• 1969 Washington Senators draft Jeff Burroughs #1

• 1969 French Open Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Ann Haydon-Jones of England 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 for her 3rd French singles title
• 1970 22nd Emmy Awards: Marcus Welby, Robert Young & Susan Hampshire win
• 1970 American jockey Bill Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033 career win
• 1970 The Who's "Tommy" is performed at NY's Lincoln Center
• 1970 French Open Men's Tennis: Czech star Jan Kodeš wins his first major title; beats Željko Franulović of Yugoslavia 6-2, 6-4, 6-
• 1971 Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes 1st transfer to orbiting Salyut space station
• 1972 Musical "Grease" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 3,388 performances

• 1972 Hsan Hua, Zen teacher, conducted 1st ordination ceremony in America
• 1972 Pirate's Gene Alley bases-loaded walk, beats Padres 1-0 in 18th
• 1973 Rangers draft Texas high school pitcher David Clyde #1
• 1974 Padres draft Brown University shortstop Bill Almon #1

• 1975 Dennis Lillee takes 1st one-day 5WI, 5-34 v Pakistan World Cup
• 1975 Sri Lanka's 1st one-day international, v WI Cricket World Cup
• 1975 Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder for sale to the public
• 1976 NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor & David Brinkley, premieres
• 1977 Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law
• 1977 White Sox draft Harold Baines #1

• 1978 32nd NBA Championship: Wash Bullets beat Sea Supersonics, 4 games to 3
• 1978 Emmy 5th Daytime Award presentation
• 1979 52nd National Spelling Bee: Katie Kerwin wins spelling maculature
• 1979 Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched
• 1979 Portugal government of Mota Pinto resigns
• 1979 Rock n' roll musician Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion
• 1980 "Billy Bishop Goes to War" closes at Morosco NYC after 12 performances
• 1980 "Cars" by Gary Numan hits #9


• 1980 112th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Temperence Hill wins in 2:29.8
• 1980 Jeff Norman runs world record 50k (2:48:06)
• 1980 Tommy John wins his 200th, 3-0 on a 2-hitter

• 1981 35th Tony Awards: "Amadeus" & "42nd Street" win
• 1981 Israeli F-15/F-16 destroys alleged Iraqi plutonium production facility

• 1982 16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell
• 1982 Habres rebel army occupies capital of Chad, N'djamena
• 1982 LA Dodger Steve Garvey is 5th to play in 1,000 consecutive games
• 1982 NY Mets draft Dwight Gooden, Roger McDowell & Randy Myers
• 1982 Steve Garvey plays in his 1,000th consecutive game & goes 0-for-4

• 1986 118th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Danzig Connect wins in 2:29.8

• 1986 Pirates draft 3rd baseman Jeff King #1
• 1986 French Open Women's Tennis: Chris Evert beats Martina Navratilova 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 for her 18th and final Grand Slam title and record 7th French singles crown
• 1987 41st Tony Awards: Fences & Les Miserables win
• 1987 Andy Van Slyke HRs off R McDowell in both ends of double header

• 1988 Aluminum contaminates Cornwall's water supply
• 1989 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires
• 1989 Atlanta Fulton County Comm approves $210M stadium for the Falcons
• 1989 For one second this morning, the time is 01:23:45, 6-7-89
• 1989 Suriname SLM-173 (DC-8) crashes near Paramaribo Airport killing 173

• 1989 1st Baseball game to start outdoors & end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, & beat Brewers 4-2

• 1991 Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time
• 1992 "Small Family Business" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 48 performances
• 1992 NASA's Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) launches
• 1992 French Open Men's Tennis: American Jim Courier retains title; beats Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia 7-5, 6-2, 6-1
• 1993 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Vince Gill
• 1993 Cleveland breaks ground for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

• 1993 Singer Prince celebrates his birthday by changing his name to a symbol

• 1995 The long range Boeing 777 enters service with United Airlines
• 1996 Julia and Noah wed on "All My Children"
• 1997 129th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Touch Gold wins in 2:28.8
• 1997 Cosmos 2344 Proton-K Launch (Russia), Failed
• 1997 Stanley Cup Final, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI: Detroit Red Wings edge Philadelphia Flyers, 2-1 for a 4-0 series sweep; 8th title in Wings' franchise history and first since 1955

• 1998 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
• 1998 52nd Tony Awards: "The Lion King" and '"Art" win
• 1998 French Open Men's Tennis: In an all-Spanish final Carlos Moya beats Alex Corretja 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 for his lone major title

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