Myanmar Air Force
A Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crashed into the Andaman Sea near Dawei, killing all 122 people on board.
What happened on June 7
34 events · 20 births · 20 deaths · 8 observances. From 421 to 2025.
Standout on June 7
2017
Myanmar Air Force
A Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crashed into the Andaman Sea near Dawei, killing all 122 people on board.
About June 7
June 7 is the 158th day of the year. These facts are computed from the calendar, not copied from anywhere.
- Day of the year
- Day 158 of 365 (159 in leap years)207 days left in the year (207 in leap years)
- Falls on
- Sunday in 2026, Monday in 2027, Wednesday in 2028, Thursday in 2029, Friday in 2030
- Week
- ISO week 23 of 2026 · Q2
- Zodiac sign
- ♊ Gemini (May 21 – June 20)
- Season
- Spring in the north · Autumn in the south
- June birthstone
- Pearl / Alexandrite / Moonstonepurity, balance and new beginnings
- June birth flower
- Rose / Honeysucklelove, passion and devoted affection
- Next occurrence
- In 223 days
- Roman numerals
- VII.VIday.month — see the Roman numeral date tool
Anniversaries in 2026
- 80thBBC1946
- 50thEric D. Johnson1976
- 30thChristian McCaffrey1996
- 25thBetty Neels2001
- 25thVíctor Paz Estenssoro2001
- 20thAbu Musab al-Zarqawi2006
- 1stUriah Rennie2025
June 7 through the years
- 10 years ago2016
- Nothing recorded
- 25 years ago2001
- Víctor Paz Estenssoro · Betty Neels
- 50 years ago1976
- Eric D. Johnson
- 100 years ago1926
- Nothing recorded
- 200 years ago1826
- Nothing recorded
Born on June 7 — ages this year
- 2000Ōnosato Daikiturns 26
- 1997David Montgomery (American football)turns 29
- 1996Christian McCaffreyturns 30
- 1993George Ezraturns 33
- 1993Swae Leeturns 33
- 1992Jordan Clarksonturns 34
Historical events 34
A dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
United Nations
The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
White supremacy
White supremacists murdered James Byrd Jr., an African American, by chaining him behind a pickup truck and dragging him along an asphalt road in Jasper, Texas.
Mount Pinatubo
Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high.
Surinam Airways Flight 764
Surinam Airways Flight 764 (pictured) crashed while approaching Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, in Zanderij, killing 178 people, including members of the football team known as the Colourful 11.
Priscilla Presley
Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
Israeli Air Force
The Israeli Air Force attacked a nuclear reactor under the assumption that it was about to start producing plutonium to further an Iraqi nuclear-weapons program.
Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II
Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.
Sony
Sony launches Betamax, the first videocassette recorder format.
1975 Cricket World Cup
The inaugural edition of the Cricket World Cup, the premier international championship of men's One Day International cricket, began in England.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades.
Allegheny Airlines Flight 485
Allegheny Airlines Flight 485 crashes on approach to Tweed New Haven Airport in New Haven, Connecticut, killing 28 of 31 aboard.
Cohen v. California
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 to the United States Constitution.
Blind Faith
In their only UK concert, the rock supergroup Blind Faith, featuring Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and Ginger Baker, debuted in London's Hyde Park in front of 100,000 fans.
Six-Day War
Six-Day War: Israeli soldiers enter Jerusalem.
Supreme Court of the United States
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Griswold v. Connecticut that a Connecticut law prohibiting the use of contraceptives violated the "right to marital privacy".
Organisation armée secrète
The Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS) sets fire to the University of Algiers library building, destroying about 500,000 books.
Lux Radio Theatre
Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
1948 anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in the French protectorate in Morocco, during which 44 people were killed and 150 injured.
Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
In Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., a New York trial court declined to issue a permanent injunction in favor of several Soviet composers against the distribution of The Iron Curtain, the first anti-Soviet Hollywood film of the Cold War era.
Edvard Beneš
Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state.
BBC
The United Kingdom's BBC returns to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because of World War II.
Haakon VII
King Haakon VII of Norway returns from exactly five years in exile during World War II.
Operation Overlord
World War II: Battle of Normandy: At Ardenne Abbey, members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war.
Lateran Treaty
The Lateran Treaty was ratified to bring Vatican City into existence, thus ending the "Roman question".
World War I
First World War: The British Army detonated 19 ammonal mines under German lines, killing perhaps 10,000 in the deadliest non-nuclear man-made explosion in history during the Battle of Messines.
Temperance movement in the United States
American temperance activist Carrie Nation entered a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas, and destroyed its stock of alcoholic beverages with rocks.
Homer Plessy
Homer Plessy, a mixed-race man from New Orleans, was arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
Reform Act 1832
The Reform Act, which is widely credited with launching modern democracy in the United Kingdom, received royal assent.
Mariano Moreno
Journalist Mariano Moreno published Argentina's first newspaper, the Gazeta de Buenos-Ayres.
1692 Jamaica earthquake
An earthquake registering approximately 7.5 Mw caused Port Royal, Jamaica, to sink below sea level and killed approximately 5,000 people.
Petition of Right
The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document that set out specific liberties of individuals, received royal assent from King Charles I.
Pope John VIII
Pope John VIII officially recognised Croatia as an independent state, and Branimir as its duke.
Theodosius II
Roman emperor Theodosius II married Aelia Eudocia, who later helped to protect Greek pagans and Jews from persecution.
Births 20
A notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
Deaths 20
A notable person who died on this day.
Pierre Mauroy
Pierre Mauroy, French educator and politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1928)
Phillip Tobias
Phillip V. Tobias, South African paleontologist and academic (born 1925)
Víctor Paz Estenssoro
Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia (born 1907)
Bill France Sr.
Bill France Sr., American race car driver and businessman, co-founded NASCAR (born 1909)
Elizabeth Craig (writer)
Elizabeth Craig, Scottish journalist and economist (born 1883)
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster, English novelist, short story writer, essayist (born 1879)
Holidays & observances 8
A holiday, feast day, awareness day or national day observed every year on this date.
Colmán of Dromore
Christian feast day: Colmán of Dromore
Landulf of Yariglia
Christian feast day: Landulf of Yariglia (Asti)
Robert of Newminster
Christian feast day: Robert of Newminster
Meriasek
Christian feast day: Meriasek
Antonio Maria Gianelli
Christian feast day: Antonio Maria Gianelli
Anne of Saint Bartholomew
Christian feast day: Blessed Anne of Saint Bartholomew
Paul I of Constantinople
Christian feast day: Paul I of Constantinople
Gottschalk (Obotrite prince)
Christian feast day: Gottschalk
Spread across the centuries
- 5th century1
- 9th century1
- 17th century2
- 19th century4
- 20th century54
- 21st century12
Earliest: Theodosius II (421). Most recent: Uriah Rennie (2025).
What the categories mean, and how the standout is chosen
- Historical events
- A dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
- Births
- A notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Deaths
- A notable person who died on this day.
- Milestones
- A first, a founding or a turning point our editors flagged as a landmark moment.
- Holidays & observances
- A holiday, feast day, awareness day or national day observed every year on this date.
- Standout / notable
- Editor-written entries come first, then entries covered by the most Wikipedia language editions. For the standout tile we prefer an entry that has a picture.
Nearby and related
Questions about June 7
What day of the year is June 7?
June 7 is the 158th day of the year, with 207 days left after it.
What star sign is June 7?
June 7 falls under Gemini (May 21 – June 20), a air sign ruled by Mercury. The birthstone for the month is Pearl or Alexandrite or Moonstone.
How many things happened on June 7?
We record 82 entries for June 7: 34 events · 20 births · 20 deaths · 8 observances. From 421 to 2025.
Who was born on June 7?
Ōnosato Daiki (2000) is among the notable births on June 7. The births section lists the rest.
How often is the June 7 page updated?
The day is filled the first time anyone opens it and then re-checked for new entries about every 90 days. Computed facts such as the weekday and the anniversaries update every year.
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