| 2006 |
Terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is killed by U.S. forces in Iraq |
| 1998 |
Tony Awards, Lion King, Caberet revival, Ragtime, and The Beauty Queen of Leenane won major awards |
| 1997 |
129th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Touch Gold wins in 2:28.8 |
| 1997 |
67th French Womens Tennis: Iva Majoli beats Martina Hingis (64 62) |
| 1997 |
Cosmos 2344 Proton-K Launch (Russia), Failed |
| 1997 |
Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep the Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1996 |
Julia and Noah wed on "All My Children" |
| 1994 |
A's outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 1,100th career base |
| 1993 |
27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Vince Gill |
| 1993 |
Cleveland breaks ground for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 1993 |
Crickets Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball vs. Australia, Old Trafford |
| 1993 |
Prince celebrated his birthday by changing his name to a symbol |
| 1992 |
"Small Family Business" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 48 performances |
| 1992 |
62nd French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats Petr Korda (75 62 61) |
| 1992 |
Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship |
| 1991 |
Singer Jimmy Osmond weds Michelle Larson |
| 1990 |
Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains |
| 1990 |
South Africa President F W de Klerk lifts 4 year of state of emergency |
| 1989 |
23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires |
| 1989 |
Atlanta Fulton County Comm approves $210M stadium for the Falcons |
| 1989 |
For one second this morning, the time is 01:23:45, 6-7-89 |
| 1989 |
Suriname SLM-173 (DC-8) crashes near Paramaribo Airport killing 173 |
| 1989 |
Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart (MVP) Trophy in 10 years |
| 1989 |
1st Baseball game to start outdoors and end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, and beat Brewers 4-2 |
| 1988 |
Aluminum contaminates Cornish England's water supply |
| 1987 |
41st Tony Awards: Fences and Les Miserables win |
| 1987 |
57th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander (75 62 36 76) |
| 1987 |
Andy Van Slyke home runs off R McDowell in both ends of double header |
| 1987 |
Betsy King wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship |
| 1986 |
118th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Danzig Connect wins in 2:29.8 |
| 1986 |
56th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 63 63) |
| 1986 |
Air Supply guitarist Graham Russell weds Jodi Varble |
| 1986 |
Madonna's "Live to Tell," single goes #1 |
| 1986 |
Pirates draft 3rd baseman Jeff King #1 |
| 1983 |
Steve Carlton temporarily passes Nolan Ryan with his 3,552 strike out |
| 1982 |
16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell |
| 1982 |
Habres rebel army occupies capital of Chad, N'djamena |
| 1982 |
Los Angeles Dodger Steve Garvey is 5th to play in 1,000 consecutive games |
| 1982 |
New York Mets draft Dwight Gooden, Roger McDowell and Randy Myers |
| 1982 |
President Reagan meets Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth |
| 1982 |
Steve Garvey plays in his 1,000th consecutive game and goes 0-for-4 |
| 1981 |
35th Tony Awards: Amadeus and 42nd Street win |
| 1981 |
51st French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats I. Lendl (61 46 62 36 61) |
| 1981 |
Israeli F-15's and F-16's destroys Iraqi plutonium production facility |
| 1981 |
Sandra Post wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Classic |
| 1980 |
"Billy Bishop Goes to War" closes at Morosco New York City after 12 performances |
| 1980 |
"Cars," by Gary Numan hits #9 |
| 1980 |
112th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Temperence Hill wins in 2:29.8 |
| 1980 |
50th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Vitas Gerulaitis (64 61 62) |
| 1980 |
Jeff Norman runs world record 50k (2:48:06) |
| 1980 |
John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg for U.S. Open |
| 1980 |
Tommy John wins his 200th, 3-0 on a 2-hitter |
| 1979 |
52nd National Spelling Bee: Katie Kerwin wins spelling maculature |
| 1979 |
Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched |
| 1979 |
Portugal government of Mota Pinto resigns |
| 1979 |
Rocker Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion |
| 1978 |
32nd NBA Championship: Washington Bullets beat Sea Supersonics, 4 games to 3 |
| 1978 |
Emmy 5th Daytime Award presentation |
| 1977 |
Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law |
| 1977 |
White Sox draft Harold Baines #1 |
| 1976 |
NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley, premieres |
| 1975 |
"Thank God I'm a Country Boy," by John Denver hits #1 |
| 1975 |
Dennis Lillee takes 1st one-day 5WI, 5-34 vs. Pakistan World Cup |
| 1975 |
Spain's Manuel Orantes wins U.S. Open, beating Jimmy Connors in 3 sets |
| 1975 |
Sri Lanka's 1st one-day international, vs. WI Cricket World Cup |
| 1974 |
Padres draft Brown University shortstop Bill Almon #1 |
| 1973 |
Rangers draft Texas high school pitcher David Clyde #1 |
| 1972 |
"Grease" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 3,388 performances |
| 1972 |
German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel |
| 1972 |
Hsan Hua, Zen teacher, conducted 1st ordination ceremony in America |
| 1972 |
Pirate's Gene Alley bases-loaded walk, beats Padres 1-0 in 18th |
| 1971 |
Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes 1st transfer to orbiting Salyut |
| 1970 |
22nd Emmy Awards: Marcus Welby, Robert Young and Susan Hampshire |
| 1970 |
Jockey Willie Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033 win |
| 1970 |
Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open |
| 1970 |
The Who's "Tommy" is performed at New York's Lincoln Center |
| 1969 |
"Johnny Cash Show," debuts on ABC-TV |
| 1969 |
101st Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Arts and Letters wins in 2:28.8 |
| 1969 |
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special |
| 1969 |
Tommy James and Shondells release "Crystal Blue Persuasion" |
| 1969 |
Washington Senators draft Jeff Burroughs #1 |
| 1968 |
Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination |
| 1967 |
2 Moby Grape members arrested for contributing to deliquency of minors |
| 1967 |
Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem |
| 1967 |
New York Yankees draft Ron Blomberg #1 |
| 1966 |
New York Mets pass up Reggie Jackson to draft Steve Chilcott #1 |
| 1965 |
Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits |
| 1965 |
Morocco King Hassan suspends constitution, grabs power |
| 1965 |
Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder, priced at $995 |
| 1965 |
Supreme Court rules 1879 Connecticut law ban of contraceptives unconstitutional |
| 1964 |
Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam |
| 1963 |
1st Rolling Stones TV appearance (Thank Your Lucky Stars) and release 1st single, "Come on" |
| 1962 |
NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m |
| 1959 |
Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament |
| 1959 |
KLX-AM in Oakland California changes call letters to KEWB (now KNEW) |
| 1958 |
90th Belmont: Pete Anderson aboard Cavan wins in 2:30.2 |
| 1958 |
Battles between Turkish and Greeks Cypriots break out |
| 1957 |
Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey vs. Northants |
| 1956 |
Singapore government of Marshall resigns |
| 1955 |
"$64,000 Question" premieres on CBS TV |
| 1955 |
1st President to appear on color TV, Eisenhower |
| 1955 |
India premier Nehru visit U.S.S.R. |
| 1954 |
1st microbiology laboratory dedicated, New Brunswick, New Jersey |
| 1953 |
1st color network telecast in compatible color, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1953 |
Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open |
| 1953 |
Mary Terrell wins struggle to end segregation in Washington D.C. restaurants |
| 1953 |
WDAU (now WYOU) TV chan 22 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins |
| 1952 |
"3 Wishes after Jamie" closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 94 performances |
| 1952 |
7th Curtis Cup: British Isles, 5-4 |
| 1952 |
84th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard One Count wins in 2:30.2 |
| 1948 |
Communist complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; President Bernes resigns |
| 1948 |
KVP wins Dutch Second-Parliamentary election |
| 1946 |
Pirates players vote 20-16 to walkout rather than play the Giants |
| 1946 |
U.S. Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel |
| 1944 |
Achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen |
| 1944 |
Claus von Stauffenberg meets Hitler |
| 1942 |
Battle of Midway ends: Admiral Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan |
| 1942 |
Germany Armys march into Sebastopol |
| 1942 |
Japanese troops lands on Attu, Aleutian Islands |
| 1941 |
45th U.S. Golf Open: Craig Wood shoots a 284 at Colonial Club Ft. Worth |
| 1941 |
73rd Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway win in 2:31, triple crown |
| 1940 |
British/French troops evacuate Narvik |
| 1939 |
1st king and queen of England to visit U.S., George VI and Elizabeth |
| 1938 |
1st play telecast with original Broadway cast, "Susan and God" |
| 1938 |
Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat 1st flown, Eddie Allen |
| 1933 |
Balanchine/Weills "7 Deadly Sins," premiers in Paris |
| 1932 |
Pitcher John Quinn, 47, is oldest player to have an extra-base hit (a double) and bat in a run, as the Dodgers beat the Cubs 9-2 |
| 1930 |
62nd Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:31.6 |
| 1929 |
Margaret Bondfield becomes 1st Dutch female minister (of Labor) |
| 1929 |
Vatican City becomes a sovereign state |
| 1926 |
Swedish government of Ekman forms |
| 1924 |
56th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Mad Play wins in 2:18.8 |
| 1924 |
George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775' from Everest's summit |
| 1916 |
Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun |
| 1912 |
St. Pius X encyclical "On Indians of South America" |
| 1912 |
U.S. Army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane |
| 1909 |
Cleveland Industrial Exposition opens |
| 1906 |
Chicago Cubs score 11 in 1st inning, beating New York Giants 19-0 |
| 1906 |
Famous Cunard passenger liner Lusitania launches |
| 1905 |
Norway dissolves union with Sweden, in effect since 1814 |
| 1900 |
Boer general Christian de Law occupiers British train depot Roodewal |
| 1898 |
Social Democracy of America party holds 1st national convention, Chic |
| 1896 |
G Harpo and F Samuelson leave New York to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days) |
| 1892 |
John J Doyle of Clev Spiders is 1st to pinch hit in a baseball game |
| 1892 |
Republican convention in Minneapolis begins |
| 1887 |
Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Washington D.C. |
| 1881 |
15th Belmont: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:47 |
| 1873 |
7th Belmont: James Roe aboard Springbok wins in 3:01.75 |
| 1866 |
Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, Quebec |
| 1864 |
Abe Lincoln renominated for President by Republican Party |
| 1863 |
Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA-Jefferson Davis' home burnt |
| 1863 |
Mexico City captured by French troops |
| 1862 |
Skirmish at Union Church, Virginia (Peninsular) |
| 1862 |
General B. Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed and destroyed U.S. flag on display over New Orleans Mint |
| 1860 |
Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, San Francisco |
| 1860 |
1st U.S. "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs. Ann Stevens |
| 1839 |
Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed |
| 1798 |
Jews of Pesaro Italy fast commemorating murder of Jews |
| 1788 |
Masses stone French government army at Grenoble |
| 1780 |
Anti-Catholic riot in London, 100s die |
| 1776 |
Richard Lee moves Declaration of Independence in Continental Congress |
| 1775 |
United Colonies change name to United States |
| 1769 |
Daniel Boone begins exploring Bluegrass State of Kentucky |
| 1694 |
English invasion army under Thomas Talmash reaches Brest |
| 1692 |
Earthquake in Porte Royale, Jamaica, kills 3,000 |
| 1672 |
Battle by Solebay: Dutch Admiral M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet |
| 1654 |
Louis XIV crowned King of France |
| 1628 |
English king Charles I accepts Petition of Rights |
| 1614 |
2nd parliament of King James I, dissolves passing no legislation |
| 1601 |
Louis Gunther of Nassau
weds countess Anna Margaretha of Manderscheid |
| 1557 |
England declares war on France |
| 1546 |
England signs Peace of Andres with Scotland/Ireland |
| 1527 |
Pope Clement VII surrenders to emperor Charles V's armies |
| 1494 |
Treaty of Tordesillas, Spain and Portugal divide America |
| 1413 |
King Ladislaw of Naples occupies Rome |
| 1340 |
Rotterdam Netherlands founded |
| 1099 |
1st Crusaders arrive in Jerusalem |
| 555 |
Vigilius ends his reign as Catholic Pope |
| 421 |
Eudocia A Athenais marries Oostromeins emperor Theodosius II |
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