June 7
1099 – First Crusade:
The Siege of Jerusalem begins.
1654 –
Louis XIV is crowned King of France.
1776 –
Richard Henry Lee presents the
"Lee Resolution" to the
Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by
John Adams and will lead to the United States'
Declaration of Independence.
1832 –
Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada.
1866 – One thousand eight hundred
Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after they looted and plundered around Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg, Quebec.
1892 –
Benjamin Harrison becomes the first President of the United States to attend a baseball game.
Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case,
Plessy v. Ferguson.
1893 –
Mohandas Gandhi commits his first act of
civil disobedience.
1906 – Cunard Line's
RMS Lusitania is launched from the
John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
1909 –
Mary Pickford makes her screen debut at the age of 16.
1938 – The
Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the
1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. 500,000 to 900,000 civilians are killed.
1964 - During their first ever US tour The Rolling Stones were booed off stage at a gig in San Antonio, Texas. Some performing monkeys, who had been the act before the Stones, were brought back on stage for another performance.
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.
1969 - British supergroup
Blind Faith, featuring Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Rick Grech and Steve Winwood made their live debut at a free concert in London's Hyde Park.
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.
1975 – The
inaugural Cricket World Cup begins in England.
1977 -
Led Zeppelin played the first of six sold out nights at
Madison Square Garden, in New York City during their 11th and final North American tour, playing a 3 hour set. Tickets cost $8.50 - $10.50.
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.
1991 –
Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high.
1995 – The long-range
Boeing 777 enters service with United Airlines.
2012 -
Bob Welch, an early member of
Fleetwood Mac who enjoyed a successful solo career with hits such as '
Ebony Eyes,' was found dead after an apparent suicide at his home in Nashville. He was 66.
Births
1778 – Beau Brummell; 1837 – Alois Hitler (Adolf's father); 1848 – Paul Gauguin; 1894 – Alexander P. de Seversky (co-designed the
P-47 Thunderbolt); 1905 – James J. Braddock; 1909 – Virginia Apgar (developed the
Apgar test), Jessica Tandy; 1911 – Brooks Stevens (designed the
Wienermobile); 1917 – Dean Martin; 1940 – Tom Jones; 1946 – Jenny Jones; 1952 – Liam Neeson; 1955 – William Forsythe, Tim Richmond; 1956 – L.A. Reid; 1958 – Prince; 1962 – Michael Cartellone; 1965 – Mick Foley; 1967 – Dave Navarro; 1974 – Bear Grylls (How many bears could Bear Grylls grill, if Bear Grylls did grill bears?); 1975 – Allen Iverson; 1978 – Bill Hader; 1981 – Anna Kournikova
; 1990 – Iggy Azalea
Deaths
1329 – Robert the Bruce; 1866 – Chief Seattle; 1937 – Jean Harlow; 1954 – Alan Turing; 1966 – Jean Arp; 1970 – E. M. Forster; 1988 – Vernon Washington; 1992 – Bill France Sr.; 2008 – Jim McKay; 2012 – Bob Welch; 2015 – Christopher Lee