June, 7th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Monday 07, 1993:
Prince changes his name to a symbol and comes to be referred to as "The Artist formerly known as Prince".

Wednesday 07, 1989:
1989 - At 01:23:45 AM the time and date by US reckoning was 01:23:45 6/7/89. This was also true 12 hours later excepting 24-hour time.

Monday 07, 1982:
Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.

Sunday 07, 1981:
The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor.

Tuesday 07, 1977:
500 million people watch on television as the high day of Jubilee gets underway for Queen Elizabeth II.

Monday 07, 1965:
The US Supreme Court decides Griswold v. Connecticut effectivly legalizing the use of contraception by married couples.

Monday 07, 1948:
Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing a Constitution making his nation a Communist state.

Thursday 07, 1945:
King Haakon VII of Norway returns with his family to Oslo after five years in exile.

Wednesday 07, 1944:
Nazi Panzer SS troops execute 23 Canadian prisoners of war in Normandy.

Sunday 07, 1942:
Japanese troops land on the islands of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutian Islands.

Friday 07, 1940:
King Haakon VII of Norway, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London.

Tuesday 07, 1938:
The Douglas DC-4 makes its first test flight.

Friday 07, 1935:
Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of France.

Friday 07, 1929:
Vatican City becomes a sovereign state.

Saturday 07, 1919:
Sette Giugno: Riot in Malta; four people killed.

Thursday 07, 1917:
World War I: Allied ammonal mines underneath German trenches in Mesen Ridge are detonated, killing 10,000 German troops.

Sunday 07, 1914:
The first vessel passes through the locks of the Panama Canal.

Wednesday 07, 1905:
Norway declares the union with Sweden dissolved.

Monday 07, 1880:
Assault and Take of Morro de Arica (Arica Tall Hill),it meant the end of the Campaign of Tacna and Arica during the War of the Pacific.

Thursday 07, 1866:
1800 Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after they loot and plunder around St-Armand and Frelighsburg, Quebec.

Sunday 07, 1863:
Mexico City is captured by French troops.

Saturday 07, 1862:
The United States and United Kingdom agree to suppress the slave trade.

Thursday 07, 1832:
Asian cholera brought to Quebec by Irish immigrants kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada.

Saturday 07, 1800:
David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.

Friday 07, 1776:
American invaders skirmish with British at Trois-Rivières, Quebec.

Saturday 07, 1692:
Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1600 people are killed and 3000 are seriously injured.

Sunday 07, 1654:
Louis XIV is crowned King of France.

Thursday 07, 1494:
Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries.

Wednesday 07, 1099:
The Siege of Jerusalem begins.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/07-june/on-this-day.html


People born on June 07

1988:
Michael Cera, Canadian actor (b: June 7, 1988) (Biography of Michael Cera)

1981:
Anna Kournikova, Russian tennis player (b: June 7, 1981) (Biography of Anna Kournikova)
Larisa Oleynik, Ukrainian-born actress (b: June 7, 1981) (Biography of Larisa Oleynik)

1975:
Allen Iverson, American basketball player (b: June 7, 1975) (Biography of Allen Iverson)

1974:
Mahesh Bhupathi, Indian tennis player (b: June 7, 1974) (Biography of Mahesh Bhupathi)

1972:
Karl Urban, New Zeland actor (b: June 7, 1972) (Biography of Karl Urban)

1965:
Mick Foley, American professional wrestler and author (b: June 7, 1965) (Biography of Mick Foley)

1958:
Prince, American musician (b: June 7, 1958) (Biography of Prince (artist))

1956:
L.A. Reid, American music producer (b: June 7, 1956) (Biography of L.A. Reid)

1955:
Tim Richmond, American race car driver (b: June 7, 1955 ; d: August 13, 1989) (Biography of Tim Richmond)

1954:
Louise Erdrich, American author (b: June 7, 1954) (Biography of Louise Erdrich)

1952:
Liam Neeson, Irish actor (b: June 7, 1952) (Biography of Liam Neeson)

1946:
Jenny Jones, Palestinian-born comedienne and talk show host (b: June 7, 1946) (Biography of Jenny Jones (presenter))

1945:
Wolfgang Schüssel, Chancellor of Austria (b: June 7, 1945) (Biography of Wolfgang Schüssel)

1943:
Nikki Giovanni, American poet (b: June 7, 1943) (Biography of Nikki Giovanni)

1940:
Tom Jones, Welsh singer (b: June 7, 1940) (Biography of Tom Jones (singer))

1938:
Goose Gonsoulin, American football player (b: June 7, 1938) (Biography of Goose Gonsoulin)

1937:
Neeme Järvi, Estonian conductor (b: June 7, 1937) (Biography of Neeme Järvi)

1931:
Malcolm Morley, English-born painter (b: June 7, 1931) (Biography of Malcolm Morley)

1929:
John Turner, seventeenth Prime Minister of Canada (b: June 7, 1929) (Biography of John Napier Turner)

1928:
James Ivory, American film director (b: June 7, 1928) (Biography of James Ivory (director))

1920:
Georges Marchais, French politician (b: June 7, 1920) (Biography of Georges Marchais)

1917:
Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (b: June 7, 1917 ; d: December 3, 2000) (Biography of Gwendolyn Brooks)

1911:
Brooks Stevens, automotive designer (b: June 7, 1911) (Biography of Brooks Stevens)

1909:
Jessica Tandy, English-born actress (b: June 7, 1909 ; d: September 11, 1994) (Biography of Jessica Tandy)
Virginia Apgar, American physician and childbirth specialist (b: June 7, 1909) (Biography of Virginia Apgar)

1899:
Elizabeth Bowen, Irish novelist (b: June 7, 1899) (Biography of Elizabeth Bowen)

1897:
George Szell, Hungarian conductor (b: June 7, 1897 ; d: July 29, 1970) (Biography of George Szell)

1896:
Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician (b: June 7, 1896 ; d: June 16, 1958) (Biography of Imre Nagy)

1886:
Henri Coanda, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (b: June 7, 1886 ; d: November 25, 1972) (Biography of Henri Coanda)

1879:
Knut Rasmussen, Greenland-born explorer (b: June 7, 1879) (Biography of Knut Rasmussen)

1877:
Charles Glover Barkla, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: June 7, 1877 ; d: October 23, 1944) (Biography of Charles Glover Barkla)

1868:
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer, and illustrator (b: June 7, 1868 ; d: December 10, 1928) (Biography of Charles Rennie Mackintosh)

1862:
Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: June 7, 1862 ; d: May 20, 1947) (Biography of Philipp Lenard)

1848:
Paul Gauguin, French painter (b: June 7, 1848 ; d: May 9, 1903) (Biography of Paul Gauguin)

1845:
Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist and composer (b: June 7, 1845 ; d: July 15, 1930) (Biography of Leopold Auer)

1831:
Amelia Edwards, English author and Egyptologist (b: June 7, 1831) (Biography of Amelia Edwards)

1811:
James Young Simpson, British obstetrician (b: June 7, 1811) (Biography of James Young Simpson)

1778:
Beau Brummell, English fashion leader (b: June 7, 1778 ; d: March 30, 1840) (Biography of Beau Brummell)

1761:
John Rennie, Scottish engineer (b: June 7, 1761) (Biography of John Rennie (engineer))

1529:
Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and man of letters (b: June 7, 1529 ; d: September 1, 1615) (Biography of Étienne Pasquier)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/07-june/births.html

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People who died on June 07

2004:
Quorthon (d: June 7, 2004) (Biography of Quorthon)

2003:
Trevor Goddard (d: June 7, 2003) (Biography of Trevor Goddard)

2002:
Mary Lilian Baels, Princess of Rethy, Belgium (b: November 28, 1916 ; d: June 7, 2002) (Biography of Mary Lilian Baels)

1993:
Drazen Petrovic, Croatian basketball player (b: October 22, 1964 ; d: June 7, 1993) (Biography of Drazen Petrovic)

1988:
Vernon Washington, American actors (b: August 10, 1927 ; d: June 7, 1988) (Biography of Vernon Washington)

1980:
Henry Miller, American writer (b: December 26, 1891 ; d: June 7, 1980) (Biography of Henry Miller)

1979:
Forrest Carter, American author (b: September 4, 1925 ; d: June 7, 1979) (Biography of Forrest Carter)

1970:
E. M. Forster, English novelist (b: January 1, 1879 ; d: June 7, 1970) (Biography of E. M. Forster)

1967:
Dorothy Parker, American writer (b: August 22, 1893 ; d: June 7, 1967) (Biography of Dorothy Parker)

1966:
Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor, painter, and poet (b: September 16, 1886 ; d: June 7, 1966) (Biography of Jean Arp)

1965:
Judy Holliday, American actress (b: June 21, 1921 ; d: June 7, 1965) (Biography of Judy Holliday)

1963:
ZaSu Pitts, American actress (b: January 3, 1894 ; d: June 7, 1963) (Biography of ZaSu Pitts)

1954:
Alan Turing, English mathematician (b: June 23, 1912 ; d: June 7, 1954) (Biography of Alan Turing)

1942:
Alan Blumlein, English electronics engineer (b: June 29, 1903 ; d: June 7, 1942) (Biography of Alan Blumlein)

1937:
Jean Harlow, American actress (b: March 3, 1911 ; d: June 7, 1937) (Biography of Jean Harlow)

1936:
Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (b: August 19, 1875 ; d: June 7, 1936) (Biography of Stjepan Seljan)

1866:
Chief Seattle (d: June 7, 1866) (Biography of Chief Seattle)

1859:
David Cox (d: June 7, 1859) (Biography of David Cox)

1854:
Charles Baudin (d: June 7, 1854) (Biography of Charles Baudin)

1826:
Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist (b: March 6, 1787 ; d: June 7, 1826) (Biography of Joseph von Fraunhofer)

1810:
Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (b: April 1, 1765 ; d: June 7, 1810) (Biography of Luigi Schiavonetti)

1779:
William Warburton, English Bishop of Gloucester (b: December 24, 1698 ; d: June 7, 1779) (Biography of William Warburton)

1711:
Henry Dodwell (d: June 7, 1711) (Biography of Henry Dodwell)

1676:
Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (b: March 12, 1607 ; d: June 7, 1676) (Biography of Paul Gerhardt)

1618:
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English Jamestown colonist (b: July 9, 1577 ; d: June 7, 1618) (Biography of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr)

1358:
Ashikaga Takauji (d: June 7, 1358) (Biography of Ashikaga Takauji)

1329:
Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (b: July 11, 1274 ; d: June 7, 1329) (Biography of Robert I of Scotland)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/07-june/deaths.html