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0421 06 07 Eudocia A Athenais marries Oostromeins emperor Theodosius II
0555 06 07 Vigilius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1099 06 07 First Crusaders arrive in Jerusalem
1340 06 07 Rotterdam Netherlands founded
1413 06 07 King Ladislaw of Naples occupies Rome
1494 06 07 Treaty of Tordesillas, Spain & Portugal divide America
1527 06 07 Pope Clement VII surrenders to emperor Charles V's armies
1546 06 07 England signs Peace of Andres with Scotland/Ireland
1557 06 07 England declares war on France
1601 06 07 Louis Gunther of Nassau weds countess Anna Margaretha of Manderscheid
1614 06 07 2nd parliament of King James I, dissolves passing no legislation
1628 06 07 English king Charles I accepts Petition of Rights
1654 06 07 Louis XIV crowned King of France
1672 06 07 Battle by Solebay: Dutch adm M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet
1692 06 07 Earthquake in Porte Royale, Jamaica, kills 3,000
1694 06 07 English invasion army under Thomas Talmash reaches Brest
1769 06 07 Daniel Boone begins exploring Bluegrass State of Kentucky
1775 06 07 United Colonies change name to United States
1776 06 07 Richard Lee (VA) moves Decl of Independence in Continental Congress
1780 06 07 Anti-Catholic riot in London, 100s die
1788 06 07 Masses stone French govt army at Grenoble
1798 06 07 Jews of Pesaro Italy fast commemorating murder of Jews
1839 06 07 Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed
1860 06 07 Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, SF
1860 06 07 First US dime novel published: Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter, by Mrs Ann Stevens
1862 06 07 Skirmish at Union Church, VA (Peninsular)
1862 06 07 Gen B Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed & destroyed US flag on display over New Orleans Mint
1863 06 07 Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA-Jefferson Davis' home burnt
1863 06 07 Mexico City captured by French troops
1864 06 07 Abe Lincoln renominated for Pres by Republican Party
1866 06 07 Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, Québec
1873 06 07 7th Belmont: James Roe aboard Springbok wins in 3:01.75
1881 06 07 15th Belmont: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:47
1887 06 07 Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Wash DC
1892 06 07 John J Doyle of Clev Spiders is first to pinch hit in a baseball game
1892 06 07 Republican convention in Minneapolis begins
1896 06 07 G Harpo & F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days)
1898 06 07 Social Democracy of America party holds first national convention, Chic
1900 06 07 Boer general Christian de Law occupiers British train depot Roodewal
1905 06 07 Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since 1814)
1906 06 07 Chicago Cubs score 11 in first inning, beating NY Giants 19-0
1906 06 07 Famous Cunard passenger liner Lusitania launches
1909 06 07 Cleveland Industrial Exposition opens
1912 06 07 St Pius X encyclical On Indians of South America
1912 06 07 US army tests first machine gun mounted on a plane
1916 06 07 Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun
1924 06 07 56th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Mad Play wins in 2:18.8
1924 06 07 George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775' from Everest's summit
1926 06 07 Swedish govt of Ekman forms
1929 06 07 Margaret Bondfield becomes first Dutch female minister (of Labor)
1929 06 07 Vatican City becomes a sovereign state
1930 06 07 62nd Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:31.6
1930 06 07 NY Times agrees to capitalize the n in Negro
1932 06 07 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
1933 06 07 Balanchine/Weills 7 Deadly Sins, premiers in Paris
1936 06 07 Yanks beat Indians 5-4 in 16; longest game without a strikeout
1938 06 07 First play telecast with original Broadway cast, Susan & God
1938 06 07 Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat first flown (Eddie Allen)
1939 06 07 First king & queen of England to visit US, George VI & Elizabeth
1939 06 07 Cleve Indians sets AL record of 16 inning game without striking out, however lose game 5-4 to NY Yankees
1940 06 07 British/French troops evacuate Narvik
1941 06 07 45th US Golf Open: Craig Wood shoots a 284 at Colonial Club Ft Worth
1941 06 07 73rd Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway win in 2:31 (triple crown)
1942 06 07 Battle of Midway ends: Adm Nimitz wins first WW II naval defeat of Japan
1942 06 07 Germany Armys march into Sebastopol
1942 06 07 Japanese troops lands on Attu, Aleutian Islands
1944 06 07 Achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen
1944 06 07 Canadian 50th division occupies Bayeux
1944 06 07 Claus von Stauffenberg meets Hitler
1946 06 07 Pirates players vote 20-16 to walkout rather than play the Giants
1946 06 07 US Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel
1948 06 07 Communist complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; Pres Bernes resigns
1948 06 07 KVP wins Dutch Second-Parliamentary election
1952 06 07 3 Wishes after Jamie closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 94 perfs
1952 06 07 7th Curtis Cup: British Isles, 5-4
1952 06 07 84th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard One Count wins in 2:30.2
1953 06 07 First color network telecast in compatible color, (Boston Mass)
1953 06 07 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
1953 06 07 Mary Terrell wins struggle to end segregation in Wash DC restaurants
1953 06 07 WDAU (now WYOU) TV chan 22 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (CBS) begins
1954 06 07 First microbiology laboratory dedicated (New Brunswick NJ)
1955 06 07 $64,000 Question premieres on CBS TV
1955 06 07 First President to appear on color TV (Eisenhower)
1955 06 07 India premier Nehru visit USSR
1956 06 07 Singapore govt of Marshall resigns
1957 06 07 Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey v Northants
1958 06 07 90th Belmont: Pete Anderson aboard Cavan wins in 2:30.2
1958 06 07 Battles between Turkish & Greeks Cypriots break out
1959 06 07 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
1959 06 07 KLX-AM in Oakland Calif changes call letters to KEWB (now KNEW)
1962 06 07 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m
1963 06 07 First Rolling Stones TV appearance (Thank Your Lucky Stars) & release first single, Come on
1964 06 07 Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam
1965 06 07 Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits
1965 06 07 Morocco King Hassan suspends constitution, grabs power
1965 06 07 Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder, priced at $995
1965 06 07 Supreme Court rules 1879 Ct law ban of contraceptives unconstitutional
1966 06 07 NY Mets pass up Reggie Jackson to draft Steve Chilcott #1
1967 06 07 2 Moby Grape members arrested for contributing to deliquency of minors
1967 06 07 Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho & Bethlehem
1967 06 07 NY Yankees draft Ron Blomberg #1
1968 06 07 Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination
1969 06 07 Johnny Cash Show, debuts on ABC-TV
1969 06 07 101st Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Arts & Letters wins in 2:28.8
1969 06 07 Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special
1969 06 07 Tommy James & Shondells release Crystal Blue Persuasion
1969 06 07 Wash Senators draft Jeff Burroughs #1
1970 06 07 22nd Emmy Awards: Marcus Welby, Robert Young & Susan Hampshire
1970 06 07 Jockey Willie Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033 win
1970 06 07 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1970 06 07 The Who's Tommy is performed at NY's Lincoln Center
1971 06 07 Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes first transfer to orbiting Salyut
1972 06 07 Grease opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 3,388 performances
1972 06 07 German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel
1972 06 07 Hsan Hua, Zen teacher, conducted first ordination ceremony in America
1972 06 07 Pirate's Gene Alley bases-loaded walk, beats Padres 1-0 in 18th
1973 06 07 Rangers draft Texas high school pitcher David Clyde #1
1974 06 07 Padres draft Brown University shortstop Bill Almon #1
1975 06 07 Thank God I'm a Country Boy, by John Denver hits #1
1975 06 07 Dennis Lillee takes first one-day 5WI, 5-34 v Pakistan World Cup
1975 06 07 Spain's Manuel Orantes wins US Open, beating Jimmy Connors in 3 sets
1975 06 07 Sri Lanka's first one-day international, v WI Cricket World Cup
1976 06 07 NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor & David Brinkley, premieres
1977 06 07 Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law
1977 06 07 White Sox draft Harold Baines #1
1978 06 07 32nd NBA Championship: Wash Bullets beat Sea Supersonics, 4 games to 3
1978 06 07 Emmy 5th Daytime Award presentation
1979 06 07 52nd National Spelling Bee: Katie Kerwin wins spelling maculature
1979 06 07 Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched
1979 06 07 Portugal govt of Mota Pinto resigns
1979 06 07 Rocker Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion
1980 06 07 Billy Bishop Goes to War closes at Morosco NYC after 12 perfs
1980 06 07 Cars, by Gary Numan hits #9
1980 06 07 112th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Temperence Hill wins in 2:29.8
1980 06 07 50th French Mens Tennis: Bj”rn B”rg beats Vitas Gerulaitis (64 61 62)
1980 06 07 Jeff Norman runs world record 50k (2:48:06)
1980 06 07 John McEnroe beats Bj”rn B”rg for US Open
1980 06 07 Tommy John wins his 200th, 3-0 on a 2-hitter
1981 06 07 35th Tony Awards: Amadeus & 42nd Street win
1981 06 07 51st French Mens Tennis: Bj”rn B”rg beats I. Lendl (61 46 62 36 61)
1981 06 07 Israeli F-15/F-16 destroys alleged Iraqi plutonium production facility
1981 06 07 Sandra Post wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Classic
1982 06 07 16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell
1982 06 07 Habrés rebel army occupies capital of Chad, N'djamena
1982 06 07 LA Dodger Steve Garvey is 5th to play in 1,000 consecutive games
1982 06 07 NY Mets draft Dwight Gooden, Roger McDowell & Randy Myers
1982 06 07 Pres Reagan meets Pope John Paul II & Queen Elizabeth
1982 06 07 Steve Garvey plays in his 1,000th consecutive game & goes 0-for-4
1983 06 07 Steve Carlton temporarily passes Nolan Ryan with his 3,552 strike out
1986 06 07 118th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Danzig Connect wins in 2:29.8
1986 06 07 56th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 63 63)
1986 06 07 Air Supply guitarist Graham Russell weds Jodi Varble
1986 06 07 Madonna's Live to Tell, single goes #1
1986 06 07 Pirates draft 3rd baseman Jeff King #1
1987 06 07 41st Tony Awards: Fences & Les Miserables win
1987 06 07 57th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander (75 62 36 76)
1987 06 07 Andy Van Slyke HRs off R McDowell in both ends of double header
1987 06 07 Betsy King wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1988 06 07 Aluminum contaminates Cornish England's water supply
1989 06 07 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires
1989 06 07 Atlanta Fulton County Comm approves $210M stadium for the Falcons
1989 06 07 For one second this morning, the time is 01:23:45, 6-7-89
1989 06 07 Suriname SLM-173 (DC-8) crashes near Paramaribo Airport killing 173
1989 06 07 Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart (MVP) Trophy in 10 years
1989 06 07 First Baseball game to start outdoors & end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, & beat Brewers 4-2
1990 06 07 Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains
1990 06 07 S Afr Pres F W de Klerk lifts 4 year olf state of emergency
1991 06 07 Singer Jimmy Osmond weds Michelle Larson
1992 06 07 Small Family Business closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 48 perfs
1992 06 07 62nd French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats Petr Korda (75 62 61)
1992 06 07 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1992 06 07 EUVE Launch
1993 06 07 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Vince Gill
1993 06 07 Cleveland breaks ground for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1993 06 07 Crickets Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball v Aust, Old Trafford
1993 06 07 Prince celebrated his birthday by changing his name to a symbol
1994 06 07 A's outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 1,100th career base
1996 06 07 Julia & Noah wed on All My Children
1997 06 07 129th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Touch Gold wins in 2:28.8
1997 06 07 67th French Womens Tennis: Iva Majoli beats Martina Hingis (64 62)
1997 06 07 Cosmos 2344 Proton-K Launch (Russia), Failed
1997 06 07 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep the Phila Flyers
1998 06 07 wins Michelob Light Golf Classic
1998 06 07 68th French Mens Tennis:
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