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 slaves.
1776 - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution in the Continental Congress proposing a Declaration of Independence.
1892 - Homer Plessy was arrested for his refusal to move from a whites-only seat on a train. This led to the landmark "separate but equal" Supreme Court case in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896.
1929 - Vatican City became a sovereign state.
1939 - King George VI arrived at Niagara Falls, New York from Canada on the first visit to the U.S. by a reigning British monarch.
1942 - The World War II 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 Bene of Czechoslovakia resigned and the Communist takeover of the country was completed.
1965 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, struck down on a 7-2 vote, 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 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that religious groups could sometimes meet on school property after hours.
1993 - Ground was broken for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
1998 - James Byrd Jr., a 49-year-old African-American man, was chained to a pickup truck and dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas. (Two white men were later sentenced to death; one of them, Lawrence Russell Brewer, was executed in 2011 and the other, John William King, was executed in April 2019. A third defendant received life with the possibility of parole.)
2003 - The Rev. V. Gene Robinson was elected the first openly gay bishop by New Hampshire Episcopalians.
2006 - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the found of al-Qaeda in Iraq, was killed by a U.S. airstrike on his safe house.
2006 - The U.S. Senate rejected a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.
2012 - Attorney General Eric Holder clashed with Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee seeking more information about a flawed gun-trafficking investigation in Arizona known as “Operation Fast and Furious.”
2016 - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump claimed their parties' presidential nominations following primary contests in New Jersey, California, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota.
2017 - President Donald Trump announced his choice to replace James Comey a day ahead of the ousted FBI director’s congressional testimony, tapping Christopher Wray, a white-collar defense lawyer with a strong law enforcement background.
2021 - A unanimous Supreme Court ruled that thousands of people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons were ineligible to apply to become permanent residents.
Birthdays
26 - Christian McCaffrey (football player)
31 - Emily Ratajkowski (actress/model)
32 - Iggy Azalea (rapper)
33 - Shelley Buckner (actress)
34 - Michael Cera (actor)
41 - Anna Kournikova (tennis player)
41 - Larisa Oleynik (actress)
43 - Anna Torv (actress)
44 - Bill Hader (actor/comedian)
44 - Adrienne Frantz (actress)
47 - Allen Iverson (basketball player)
48 - Bear Grylls (TV host)
50 - Karl Urban (actor)
52 - Helen Baxendale (actress)
55 - Dave Navarro (musician)
57 - Mick Foley (professional wrestler)
63 - Mike Pence (former Vice President of the United States)
67 - William Forsythe (actor)
69 - Colleen Camp (actress)
70 - Liam Neeson (actor)
71 - Anne Twomey (actress)
74 - Willie Nile (singer)
76 - Jenny Jones (talk show host)
82 - Tom Jones (singer)
91 - 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 swept the Philadelphia Flyers to win their first Stanley Cup in 42 years.
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 of Switzerland became the sixth man in tennis history to win a career Grand Slam and tied Pete Sampras' record of 14 major singles titles when he won the French Open.
2018 - The Washington Capitals defeat the Las Vegas Golden Knights in five games to win their first Stanley Cup.
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 slaves.
1776 - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution in the Continental Congress proposing a Declaration of Independence.
1892 - Homer Plessy was arrested for his refusal to move from a whites-only seat on a train. This led to the landmark "separate but equal" Supreme Court case in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896.
1929 - Vatican City became a sovereign state.
1939 - King George VI arrived at Niagara Falls, New York from Canada on the first visit to the U.S. by a reigning British monarch.
1942 - The World War II 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 Bene of Czechoslovakia resigned and the Communist takeover of the country was completed.
1965 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, struck down on a 7-2 vote, 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 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that religious groups could sometimes meet on school property after hours.
1993 - Ground was broken for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
1998 - James Byrd Jr., a 49-year-old African-American man, was chained to a pickup truck and dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas. (Two white men were later sentenced to death; one of them, Lawrence Russell Brewer, was executed in 2011 and the other, John William King, was executed in April 2019. A third defendant received life with the possibility of parole.)
2003 - The Rev. V. Gene Robinson was elected the first openly gay bishop by New Hampshire Episcopalians.
2006 - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the found of al-Qaeda in Iraq, was killed by a U.S. airstrike on his safe house.
2006 - The U.S. Senate rejected a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.
2012 - Attorney General Eric Holder clashed with Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee seeking more information about a flawed gun-trafficking investigation in Arizona known as “Operation Fast and Furious.”
2016 - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump claimed their parties' presidential nominations following primary contests in New Jersey, California, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota.
2017 - President Donald Trump announced his choice to replace James Comey a day ahead of the ousted FBI director’s congressional testimony, tapping Christopher Wray, a white-collar defense lawyer with a strong law enforcement background.
2021 - A unanimous Supreme Court ruled that thousands of people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons were ineligible to apply to become permanent residents.
Birthdays
26 - Christian McCaffrey (football player)
31 - Emily Ratajkowski (actress/model)
32 - Iggy Azalea (rapper)
33 - Shelley Buckner (actress)
34 - Michael Cera (actor)
41 - Anna Kournikova (tennis player)
41 - Larisa Oleynik (actress)
43 - Anna Torv (actress)
44 - Bill Hader (actor/comedian)
44 - Adrienne Frantz (actress)
47 - Allen Iverson (basketball player)
48 - Bear Grylls (TV host)
50 - Karl Urban (actor)
52 - Helen Baxendale (actress)
55 - Dave Navarro (musician)
57 - Mick Foley (professional wrestler)
63 - Mike Pence (former Vice President of the United States)
67 - William Forsythe (actor)
69 - Colleen Camp (actress)
70 - Liam Neeson (actor)
71 - Anne Twomey (actress)
74 - Willie Nile (singer)
76 - Jenny Jones (talk show host)
82 - Tom Jones (singer)
91 - 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 swept the Philadelphia Flyers to win their first Stanley Cup in 42 years.
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 of Switzerland became the sixth man in tennis history to win a career Grand Slam and tied Pete Sampras' record of 14 major singles titles when he won the French Open.
2018 - The Washington Capitals defeat the Las Vegas Golden Knights in five games to win their first Stanley Cup.
