June 7
1494 - Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the New World between the two countries.
1654 - Louis XIV was crowned king of France.
1712 - Pennsylvania's colonial assembly voted to ban the further importation of enslaved people.
1776 - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution in the Continental Congress proposing a Declaration of Independence, stating "That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States."
1892 - Homer Plessy was arrested for his refusal to move from a whites-only seat on a train. This led to the Plessy v. Ferguson "separate but equal" Supreme Court decision (which would be renounced in 1954).
1929 - Vatican City became a sovereign state.
1942 - The Battle of Midway ended in a decisive victory for American naval forces over Imperial Japan, marking a turning point in the Pacific War.
1948 - President Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia resigned as the Communist takeover of the country was completed.
1965 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, struck down, 7-2, a Connecticut law used to prosecute a Planned Parenthood clinic in New Haven for providing contraceptives to married couples.
1981 - Israeli military planes destroyed a nuclear power plant in Iraq, a facility the Israelis charged could have been used to make nuclear weapons.
1993 - Ground was broken for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
1998 - In a crime that shocked the nation, James Byrd Jr., a 49-year-old Black man, was hooked by a chain to a pickup truck and dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas. (Two white men were later sentenced to death for the crime.)
2003 - The Rev. V. Gene Robinson was elected the first openly gay bishop by New Hampshire Episcopalians.
2006 - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the founder of al-Qaida in Iraq, was killed by a U.S. airstrike on his safe house.
2013 - President Barack Obama vigorously defended the government's just-disclosed collection of massive amounts of information from phone and Internet records as a necessary defense against terrorism, and assured Americans, "Nobody is listening to your telephone calls."
2016 - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump claimed their parties' presidential nominations following contests in New Jersey, California, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota.
2018 - The Trump administration said in a court filing that it would no longer defend key parts of the Affordable Care Act, including provisions that guarantee access to health insurance regardless of any medical conditions; it was a rare departure from the Justice Department's practice of defending federal laws in court.
Birthdays
25 - Vittoria Ceretti (model)
27 - Christian McCaffrey (football player)
32 - Fetty Wap (rapper)
32 - Emily Ratajkowski (actress/model)
33 - Iggy Azalea (rapper)
34 - Mair Mulroney (actress)
34 - Shelley Buckner (actress)
35 - Michael Cera (actor)
42 - Anna Kournikova (tennis player)
42 - Larisa Oleynik (actress)
44 - Anna Torv (actress)
45 - Bill Hader (actor/comedian)
45 - Adrienne Frantz (actress)
48 - Allen Iverson (basketball player)
49 - Bear Grylls (TV personality)
51 - Karl Urban (actor)
53 - Helen Baxendale (actress)
56 - Dave Navarro (musician)
58 - Mick Foley (professional wrestler)
64 - Mike Pence (former vice president of the United States)
68 - William Forsythe (actor)
70 - Colleen Camp (actress)
71 - Liam Neeson (actor)
72 - Anne Twomey (actress)
77 - Jenny Jones (talk show host)
83 - Tom Jones (singer)
92 - Virginia McKenna (actress)
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Today in Sports History - June 7
1892 - John Joseph Doyle became the first pinch-hitter in baseball when he was used in a game.
1978 - The Washington Bullets defeat the Seattle Supersonics in seven games to win the NBA championship.
1982 - Steve Garvey became the fifth player in major league baseball history to play in 1,000 consecutive games.
1983 - Steve Carlton temporarily passed Nolan Ryan in career strikeouts when he registered his 3,522nd.
1989 - The Toronto Skydome hosted the first game to be played indoors and outdoors in the same day. The roof was closed when the weather became threatening.
1997 - The Detroit Red Wings won their first NHL championship in 42 years. They swept the series with the Philadelphia Flyers.
1998 - The Baltimore Orioles retired Eddie Murray's #33.
2004 - The Tampa Bay Lightning defeat the Calgary Flames in seven games to win their first Stanley Cup.
2009 - Roger Federer became the sixth man in history to win a career Grand Slam when he won the French Open. He also tied Pete Sampras' record of 14 major singles titles.
2018 - The Washington Capitals claimed their first NHL title with a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final in Las Vegas.
1494 - Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the New World between the two countries.
1654 - Louis XIV was crowned king of France.
1712 - Pennsylvania's colonial assembly voted to ban the further importation of enslaved people.
1776 - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution in the Continental Congress proposing a Declaration of Independence, stating "That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States."
1892 - Homer Plessy was arrested for his refusal to move from a whites-only seat on a train. This led to the Plessy v. Ferguson "separate but equal" Supreme Court decision (which would be renounced in 1954).
1929 - Vatican City became a sovereign state.
1942 - The Battle of Midway ended in a decisive victory for American naval forces over Imperial Japan, marking a turning point in the Pacific War.
1948 - President Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia resigned as the Communist takeover of the country was completed.
1965 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, struck down, 7-2, a Connecticut law used to prosecute a Planned Parenthood clinic in New Haven for providing contraceptives to married couples.
1981 - Israeli military planes destroyed a nuclear power plant in Iraq, a facility the Israelis charged could have been used to make nuclear weapons.
1993 - Ground was broken for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
1998 - In a crime that shocked the nation, James Byrd Jr., a 49-year-old Black man, was hooked by a chain to a pickup truck and dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas. (Two white men were later sentenced to death for the crime.)
2003 - The Rev. V. Gene Robinson was elected the first openly gay bishop by New Hampshire Episcopalians.
2006 - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the founder of al-Qaida in Iraq, was killed by a U.S. airstrike on his safe house.
2013 - President Barack Obama vigorously defended the government's just-disclosed collection of massive amounts of information from phone and Internet records as a necessary defense against terrorism, and assured Americans, "Nobody is listening to your telephone calls."
2016 - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump claimed their parties' presidential nominations following contests in New Jersey, California, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota.
2018 - The Trump administration said in a court filing that it would no longer defend key parts of the Affordable Care Act, including provisions that guarantee access to health insurance regardless of any medical conditions; it was a rare departure from the Justice Department's practice of defending federal laws in court.
Birthdays
25 - Vittoria Ceretti (model)
27 - Christian McCaffrey (football player)
32 - Fetty Wap (rapper)
32 - Emily Ratajkowski (actress/model)
33 - Iggy Azalea (rapper)
34 - Mair Mulroney (actress)
34 - Shelley Buckner (actress)
35 - Michael Cera (actor)
42 - Anna Kournikova (tennis player)
42 - Larisa Oleynik (actress)
44 - Anna Torv (actress)
45 - Bill Hader (actor/comedian)
45 - Adrienne Frantz (actress)
48 - Allen Iverson (basketball player)
49 - Bear Grylls (TV personality)
51 - Karl Urban (actor)
53 - Helen Baxendale (actress)
56 - Dave Navarro (musician)
58 - Mick Foley (professional wrestler)
64 - Mike Pence (former vice president of the United States)
68 - William Forsythe (actor)
70 - Colleen Camp (actress)
71 - Liam Neeson (actor)
72 - Anne Twomey (actress)
77 - Jenny Jones (talk show host)
83 - Tom Jones (singer)
92 - Virginia McKenna (actress)
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Today in Sports History - June 7
1892 - John Joseph Doyle became the first pinch-hitter in baseball when he was used in a game.
1978 - The Washington Bullets defeat the Seattle Supersonics in seven games to win the NBA championship.
1982 - Steve Garvey became the fifth player in major league baseball history to play in 1,000 consecutive games.
1983 - Steve Carlton temporarily passed Nolan Ryan in career strikeouts when he registered his 3,522nd.
1989 - The Toronto Skydome hosted the first game to be played indoors and outdoors in the same day. The roof was closed when the weather became threatening.
1997 - The Detroit Red Wings won their first NHL championship in 42 years. They swept the series with the Philadelphia Flyers.
1998 - The Baltimore Orioles retired Eddie Murray's #33.
2004 - The Tampa Bay Lightning defeat the Calgary Flames in seven games to win their first Stanley Cup.
2009 - Roger Federer became the sixth man in history to win a career Grand Slam when he won the French Open. He also tied Pete Sampras' record of 14 major singles titles.
2018 - The Washington Capitals claimed their first NHL title with a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final in Las Vegas.
