June 7 in history
Events on June 7
Notable events that happened on June 7 in past years.
- 2017
A Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crashes into the Andaman Sea near Dawei, Myanmar, killing all 122 aboard.
Wikipedia article: Myanmar Air Force - 1982
Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
Wikipedia article: Priscilla Presley - 1975
Sony launches Betamax, the first videocassette recorder format.
Wikipedia article: Sony - 1967
Six-Day War: Israeli soldiers enter Jerusalem.
Wikipedia article: Six-Day War - 1948
Anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada take place.
Wikipedia article: 1948 anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada - 1945
King Haakon VII of Norway returns from exactly five years in exile during World War II.
Wikipedia article: Haakon VII - 1940
King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
Wikipedia article: Haakon VII - 1919
Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.
Wikipedia article: Sette Giugno - 1905
Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
Wikipedia article: Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden - 1866
One 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.
Wikipedia article: Fenian raids - 1832
Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada.
Wikipedia article: 1826–1837 cholera pandemic - 1776
American 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.
Wikipedia article: American Revolution - 1628
The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document, is granted royal assent by Charles I and becomes law.
Wikipedia article: Petition of Right - 1420
Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine, ending the independence of the Patria del Friuli.
- 421
Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire).
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