On This Day: 7 June

7 June in world history

• 2017A Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crashed into the Andaman Sea near Dawei, killing all 122 people on board.
• 1969In 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.
• 1965The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Griswold v. Connecticut that a Connecticut law prohibiting the use of contraceptives violated the "right to marital privacy".
• 1948In 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.
• 1944World War II: Battle of Normandy: At Ardenne Abbey, members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war.
• 1942World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
• 1917First 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.
• 1906Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
• 1905Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
• 1892Homer 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.
• 1866One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg areas of Canada East.
• 1862The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons–Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.
• 1832Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada.
• 1776American Revolution: Richard Henry Lee proposes the "Lee Resolution" to the Second Continental Congress, with the motion being seconded by John Adams and leading to the United States Declaration of Independence.
• 1640Corpus de Sang in Barcelona: Catalan reapers riot against Spanish Royal soldiers and officers, killing the Viceroy of Catalonia, Dalmau de Queralt. Escalation of hostilities between the Principality of Catalonia and the Spanish Monarchy, leading to the Reapers
• 1628The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document that set out specific liberties of individuals, received royal assent from King Charles I.
• 1494Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries.
• 421Roman emperor Theodosius II married Aelia Eudocia, who later helped to protect Greek pagans and Jews from persecution.

Born on 7 June

• 2000Ōnosato Daiki, Japanese professional sumo wrestler and the 75th yokozuna
• 1988Michael Cera, Canadian actor and musician
• 1972Karl Urban, New Zealand actor
• 1910Bluey, Australian Cattle Dog, second-oldest recorded dog (died 1939)
• 1909Virginia Apgar, American anesthesiologist and pediatrician, developed the Apgar test (died 1974)
• 1892Leo Reise, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1975)

Died on 7 June

• 1980Henry Miller, American novelist and essayist (born 1891)
• 1924William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (born 1847)
• 1740Alexander Spotswood, Moroccan-American colonial and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (born 1676)
• 555Vigilius, first pope of the Byzantine Papacy (born 500)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 7 June in history?

2017: A Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crashed into the Andaman Sea near Dawei, killing all 122 people on board. 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". 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.

Which famous people were born on 7 June?

Ōnosato Daiki, Japanese professional sumo wrestler and the 75th yokozuna (2000); Michael Cera, Canadian actor and musician (1988); Karl Urban, New Zealand actor (1972); Bluey, Australian Cattle Dog, second-oldest recorded dog (died 1939) (1910).

Which day is observed on 7 June?

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).