June 7: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

June 7th marks the 158th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 159th in case of leap years). There are 207 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Gemini. Famous birthdays on this day include Prince (musician) (1958), Muammar al-Gaddafi (1942) and Liam Neeson (1952). Holidays and observances around the world include: World Food Safety Day.
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Holidays

Luciana, virgin, martyr [WTS (Bruges)]
Blessed Maria Theresia of Soubiran (died 1889)
Saint Procopius [PCP (Paris), as Proces]
Saint Wulstan, bishop of Worcester, confessor (Translation day)
Malta - Sette giugno - Riot in Malta that began the road to self government and then independence.
Roman Catholic Church and some Anglican churches: Corpus Christi (moveable feast, 2007)
Colman, bishop of Dromore [BLS]
Saint Godoald, bishop, confessor
Norway - Union Dissolution Day, observing the 1905 decision to dissolve the Union between Sweden and Norway.
Saint Maximinus, bishop of Aix, confessor
Roman Empire - first day of the Vestalia (penus vestae) in honor of Vesta.
Saint Robert, abbot of Chichester
Blessed Robert, abbot of Newminster, Northumberland
saint Servatius, bishop, confessor or martyr (Translation day)
Blessed Paul, bishop of Constantinople, martyr
Blessed Meriadec, bishop (of Vannes
Blessed Godeschalc, prince of the Vandals, martyr
Saint Fortunatus, bishop, confessor
Blessed Anna of St. Bartholomaeus (died 1626)
Blessed Willibald
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Events

2019 After failed attacks on Syrian troops, more than 120 rebels were killed in the Syrian Civil War.
2018 Economy of the United Kingdom: House of Fraser announces it will close 31 of its 59 stores including its flagship store in London's Oxford Street.
2017 2017 Tehran attacks: Gunmen attack Tehran's Islamic Consultative Assembly, and Mausoleum Ruhollah Khomeini. 18 civilians were killed in the attack against the Parliament, and one was killed in the attack upon the mausoleum. (Reuters via The Canberra Times (AP) The shootings were claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL.
2016 A car bomb explosion in Istanbul's main tourist district, Turkey, kills seven police officers and four civilians. It also leaves 36 people with serious injuries. CNN Turk reports that the explosives were remotely controlled and caused the destruction of a police bus. No one has yet claimed responsibility.
2015 Saudi Arabian-led intervention into Yemen: The Saudi-led Coalition launches airstrikes against Houthi gatherings at Taez.
2014 Iraqi insurgency after the U.S. withdrawal: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant gunmen attacked the University of Anbar campus, killing three guards and taking dozens of students hostage. They then withdrew. (Sky News, AP) The bodies of 21 police officers who were abducted by militants a day earlier have been found in Mosul, Iraq. After a string of bombings in Baghdad, at least 52 people have been killed.
2013 Drone attacks in Pakistan: At least seven Americans are killed in a drone attack in Pakistan.
2012 U.S. drone strikes on Pakistan by the CIA raise serious legal issues, declares Navi Pillay, United Nations human rights chief at the conclusion of a fact-finding trip to Pakistan.
2011 Uprising in Syria:
2010 Four Palestinians were killed by the Israeli Navy in diving gear. Israel claims they were planning an attack and carrying weapons off Gaza's coast.
2009 The European Union's parliamentary elections are over in Austria, Belgium Bulgaria, Denmark Estonia, Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Spain and Sweden.
2008 US Senator Hillary Clinton suspended her campaign to be the Democratic nominee for president and asked her supporters to vote for Barack Obama.
2007 Sri Lankan Civil War: For security reasons, hundreds of Sri Lankan Tamils are forced from Colombo by police.
2006 Norway's northern Troms County is the site of a meteorite-impact event. Locals liken the explosion to Hiroshima's nuclear explosion. It is believed that the impact site was desolate and there were no injuries or structural damage.
2005 Laszlo Solyom, the Hungarian opposition candidate, wins 2005's presidential election with a victory of 185-182 over Katalin Zili.
2004 Geneva, Switzerland - The two-day conference entitled Humanitarian Needs of Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), is being opened by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Only invitations are accepted to participate in the conference. Israel is not permitted to participate in the conference.
2003 Erkki Tuomioja (Finnish foreign affairs minister) says NATO could be a good option. Finland is known for being neutral and conservative in its approach to military alliances. (In Finnish) An interview in Helsingin Sanomat English edition, June 10, offers a more balanced view.
2001 Tony Blair's Labour Party was elected to a second term in the UK general election.
2000 In the US Justice Department against Microsoft antitrust case, Judge Thomas Jackson orders that Microsoft be split into two companies. One producing operating systems and the other application programs.
1998 68th French Mens Tennis
1997 129th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Touch Gold wins in 2:28.8
1996 Julia and Noah wed on All My Children
1995 The long range Boeing 777 enters service with United Airlines.
1993 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Vince Gill
1992 Small Family Business closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 48 performances
1991 Singer Jimmy Osmond weds Michelle Larson
1990 Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains
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
1987 41st Tony Awards: Fences and Les Miserables win
1986 118th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Danzig Connect wins in 2:29.8
1983 Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies strikes out Lonnie Smith for his 3,522nd career strikeout to pass Nolan Ryan as the all-time strikeout leader.
1982 16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell
1981 35th Tony Awards: Amadeus and 42nd Street win
1980 Billy Bishop Goes to War closes at Morosco NYC after 12 performances
1979 52nd National Spelling Bee: Katie Kerwin wins spelling maculature
1978 32nd NBA Championship: Washington Bullets beat Sea Supersonics, 4 games to 3
1977 White Sox draft Harold Baines #1
1976 NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley, premieres
1975 Dennis Lillee takes 1st one-day 5WI, 5-34 vs. Pakistan 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 NYC for 3,388 performances
1971 Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes first transfer to orbiting Salyut.
1970 22nd Emmy Awards: Marcus Welby, Robert Young and Susan Hampshire
1969 Johnny Cash Show, debuts on ABC-TV
1968 Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Senator Robert F. Kennedy assassination.
1967 Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem
1966 New York Mets pass up Reggie Jackson to draft Steve Chilcott #1
1965 Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits
1964 The Beatles travel the 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
1960 U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy wins the California Democratic primary.
1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
1958 90th Belmont: Pete Anderson aboard Cavan wins in 2:30.2
1956 Singapore government of Marshall resigns
1955 $64,000 Question premieres on CBS TV
1954 First microbiology laboratory dedicated (New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA).
1953 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
1952 3 Wishes after Jamie closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 94 performances
1948 Communist complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; President Bernes resigns
1947 The Royal Romanian Army founded, the-now most successful romanian football club, Steaua București, as ''A.S.A. București'' History of FC Steaua.
1946 Pirates players vote 20-16 to walkout rather than play the Giants
1945 King Haakon VII of Norway returns with his family to Oslo after five years in exile.
1944 Achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen
1942 Battle of Midway ends: Admiral Nimitz wins 1st WWII naval defeat of Japan
1941 45th US Golf Open: Craig Wood shoots a 284 at Colonial Club Ft Worth
1940 British / French troops evacuate Narvik
1939 Cleveland Indians set American League record of 16-inning game without striking out, however lose game 5-4 to New York Yankees.
1938 1st play telecast with original Broadway cast, Susan & God
1936 The Steel Workers Organizing Committee, a trade union, is founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Philip Murray is elected its first president.
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)
1927 Peter Voikov, the Soviet ambassador to Poland, is murdered.
1926 Swedish government of Ekman forms
1924 56th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Mad Play wins in 2:18.8
1917 World War I: Battle of Messines : Allied ammonal mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge are detonated, killing 10,000 German troops.
1916 Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun
1912 US army tests first machine gun mounted on a plane.
1911 Mexican Revolution: Francisco Madero arrives in Mexico City just after a local earthquake.
1909 Cleveland Industrial Exposition opens.
1906 Chicago Cubs score 11 in 1st inning, beating New York Giants 19-0
1905 Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden, a vote that is confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
1900 Boer general Christian de Law occupiers British train depot Roodewal
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