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
- 1099 –The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins.
- 1906 –Cunard Line’s RMS Lusitania is launched at the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
- 1919 –Sette giugno: Riot in Malta; four are killed.
- 1936 –The Steel Workers Organizing Committee, a trade union, is founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Philip Murray is elected its first president.
- 1942 –World War II: Japanese soldiers occupy the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
- 1948 –Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing a constitution making his nation a Communist state.
- 1967 –Israeli forces enter Jerusalem during the Six-Day War.
- 1975 –The inaugural Cricket World Cup begins in England.
- 1981 –The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq’s Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera. The facility could have been used to make nuclear weapons.
- 1998 –James Byrd, Jr. of Texas is killed when white supremacists drag him behind a pickup truck along an asphalt pavement.
Who were born on June 7?
- 1883 –Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (d. 1948)
- 1928 –Dave Bowen, Welsh international football manager (d. 1995)
- 1929 –Ernie Roth, American wrestling manager (d. 1983)
- 1945 –Wolfgang Schüssel, Chancellor of Austria
- 1975 –Shane Bond, New Zealand cricket player
- 1977 –Marcin Baszczyński, Polish footballer
- 1977 –Preston Campbell, Australian Rugby League Player
- 1985 –Charlie Simpson, English singer (Busted, Fightstar)
- 1988 –Michael Cera, Canadian actor
- 1996 –Jasper Harris, English actor
Who died on June 7?
- 1358 –Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shogun (b. 1305)
- 1779 –William Warburton, English critic and Bishop of Gloucester (b. 1698)
- 1859 –David Cox, English artist (b. 1783)
- 1896 –Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (b. 1829)
- 1916 –Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (b. 1847)
- 1942 –Alan Blumlein, English electronics engineer (b. 1903)
- 1988 –Vernon Washington, American actor (b. 1927)
- 2006 –Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian-born Mujahid (b. 1966)
- 2008 –Jim McKay, American sportscaster (b. 1921)
- 2010 –Stuart Cable, Welsh musician (b. 1970)
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