Tukuk-OS📅 June 7
20 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on June 7? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2017 — A Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crashed into the Andaman Sea near Dawei, killing all 122 people on board.
Myanmar Air Force2017 Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crashAndaman Sea
- 1998 — White supremacists murdered James Byrd Jr., an African American, by chaining him behind a pickup truck and dragging him along an asphalt road in Jasper, Texas.
- 1989 — Surinam Airways Flight 764 (pictured) crashed while approaching Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, in Zanderij, killing 178 people, including members of the football team known as the Colourful 11.
Surinam Airways Flight 764Johan Adolf Pengel International AirportZanderij
- 1981 — The Israeli Air Force attacked a nuclear reactor under the assumption that it was about to start producing plutonium to further an Iraqi nuclear-weapons program.
- 1975 — The inaugural edition of the Cricket World Cup, the premier international championship of men's One Day International cricket, began in England.
1975 Cricket World CupCricket World CupOne Day International
- 1969 — In their only UK concert, the rock supergroup Blind Faith, featuring Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and Ginger Baker, debuted in London's Hyde Park in front of 100,000 fans.
- 1965 — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Griswold v. Connecticut that a Connecticut law prohibiting the use of contraceptives violated the "right to marital privacy".
Supreme Court of the United StatesGriswold v. ConnecticutConnecticut
- 1956 — David Marshall resigns as chief minister of Singapore, following the failure of the London constitutional talks regarding Singapore's self-governance.
David Marshall (Singaporean politician)Chief Minister of SingaporeChief ministership of David Marshall
- 1948 — Anti-Jewish riots broke out in the French protectorate in Morocco, during which 44 people were killed and 150 injured.
1948 anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and JeradaFrench protectorate in Morocco
- 1948 — In Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., a New York trial court declined to issue a permanent injunction in favor of several Soviet composers against the distribution of The Iron Curtain, the first anti-Soviet Hollywood film of the Cold War era.
Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.New York Supreme CourtInjunction
- 1929 — The Lateran Treaty was ratified to bring Vatican City into existence, thus ending the "Roman question".
- 1917 — First World War: The British Army detonated 19 ammonal mines under German lines, killing perhaps 10,000 in the deadliest non-nuclear man-made explosion in history during the Battle of Messines.
World War IBritish ArmyMines in the Battle of Messines (1917)
- 1900 — American temperance activist Carrie Nation entered a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas, and destroyed its stock of alcoholic beverages with rocks.
Temperance movement in the United StatesCarrie NationKiowa, Kansas
- 1892 — Homer Plessy, a mixed-race man from New Orleans, was arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
- 1832 — The Reform Act, which is widely credited with launching modern democracy in the United Kingdom, received royal assent.
- 1810 — Journalist Mariano Moreno published Argentina's first newspaper, the Gazeta de Buenos-Ayres.
- 1692 — An earthquake registering approximately 7.5 Mw caused Port Royal, Jamaica, to sink below sea level and killed approximately 5,000 people.
- 1628 — The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document that set out specific liberties of individuals, received royal assent from King Charles I.
- 879 — Pope John VIII officially recognised Croatia as an independent state, and Branimir as its duke.
- 421 — Roman emperor Theodosius II married Aelia Eudocia, who later helped to protect Greek pagans and Jews from persecution.
Births
- 2000 — Ōnosato Daiki, Japanese professional sumo wrestler and the 75th yokozuna
- 1997 — David Montgomery, American football player
- 1996 — Christian McCaffrey, American football player
- 1993 — George Ezra, English singer-songwriter
- 1993 — Swae Lee, American rapper
- 1992 — Jordan Clarkson, Filipino-American basketball player
- 1991 — Rasmus Vestergaard Madsen, Danish politician
- 1991 — Emily Ratajkowski, American model and actress
- 1991 — Fetty Wap, American rapper, singer, and songwriter
- 1990 — Iggy Azalea, Australian rapper, singer, songwriter, and model
- 1988 — Michael Cera, Canadian actor and musician
- 1981 — Larisa Oleynik, American actress
Deaths
- 2025 — Uriah Rennie, English association football referee (born 1959)
- 2024 — William Anders, American astronaut and lunar explorer (born 1933)
- 2023 — The Iron Sheik, Iranian-American wrestler and actor (born 1942)
- 2015 — Christopher Lee, English actor (born 1922)
- 2013 — Pierre Mauroy, French educator and politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1928)
- 2013 — Richard Ramirez, American serial killer and sex offender (born 1960)
- 2012 — Phillip V. Tobias, South African paleontologist and academic (born 1925)
- 2006 — Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian militant (born 1966)
- 2002 — Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress (born 1915)
- 2001 — Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia (born 1907)
- 2001 — Betty Neels, English nurse and author (born 1910)
- 1995 — Hsuan Hua, Chinese monk and educator (born 1918)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Blessed Anne of Saint Bartholomew
- Christian feast day: Antonio Maria Gianelli
- Christian feast day: Colmán of Dromore
- Christian feast day: Gottschalk
- Christian feast day: Landulf of Yariglia (Asti)
- Christian feast day: Meriasek
- Christian feast day: Paul I of Constantinople
- Christian feast day: Robert of Newminster
- Christian feast day: Chief Seattle (Lutheran Church)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Marie-Thérèse de Soubiran La Louvière
- Christian feast day: Commemoration Day of St John the Forerunner (Armenian Apostolic Church)
- Christian feast day:
Pioneers of the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil (Episcopal Church (USA))
Anglican Episcopal Church of BrazilEpiscopal Church (United States)
- Christian feast day: June 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Battle of Arica Day (Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile)
- Flag Day (Peru)
- Journalist Day (Argentina)
- Anniversary of the Memorandum of the Slovak Nation (Slovakia)
- Birthday of Prince Joachim (Denmark)
- Sette Giugno (Malta)
- Union Dissolution Day (Independence Day of Norway)
- Tourette Syndrome Awareness Day
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