What are the important events that happened on June 7? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 7: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 7 is the 158th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 207 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 25, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,749,254,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectapentacontaoctagon’ day.
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Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 255 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,551 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 7 Historical Events
- 1800 –David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.
- 1810 –The newspaper Gazeta de Buenos Ayres is first published in Argentina.
- 1863 –During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
- 1899 –American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
- 1944 –World War II: Battle of Normandy – At Abbey Ardennes members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1982 –Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
- 1991 –Mount Pinatubo explodes generating an ash column 7 km high.
- 1995 –The long range Boeing 777 enters service with United Airlines.
Who were born on June 7?
- 1879 –Knud Rasmussen, Greenlander explorer (d. 1933)
- 1886 –Henri Coandă, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (d. 1972)
- 1902 –Herman B Wells, American college president and chancellor of Indiana University (d. 2000)
- 1907 –Prince Sigvard, Duke of Uppland (d. 2002)
- 1923 –Jules Deschênes, Canadian jurist (d. 2000)
- 1933 –Herb Score, American baseball player (d. 2008)
- 1947 –Don Money, American baseball player and manager
- 1952 –Liam Neeson, Northern Irish actor
- 1964 –Gia Carides, Australian actress
- 1983 –Milan Jurcina, Slovakian hockey player
Who died on June 7?
- 1854 –Charles Baudin, French admiral (b. 1792)
- 1866 –Chief Seattle, Native American leader
- 1896 –Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (b. 1829)
- 1937 –Jean Harlow, American actress (b. 1911)
- 1967 –Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician (b. 1909)
- 1979 –Forrest Carter, American author (b. 1925)
- 2001 –Víctor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (b. 1907)
- 2002 –Mary Lilian Baels, Belgian princess (b. 1916)
- 2009 –Hugh Hopper, British musician (b. 1945)
- 2010 –Adriana Xenides, Australian TV personality (b. 1956)
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