Today in History
7 June
107 births · 71 deaths · 51 events recorded
Notable Births
All 107 ›
Ōnosato Daiki
b. 2000
Japanese sumo wrestler (born 2000)
David Montgomery (American football)
b. 1997
American football player (born 1997)
Christian McCaffrey
b. 1996
American football player (born 1996)
George Ezra
b. 1993
English singer-songwriter
Swae Lee
b. 1993
American rapper and singer (born 1993)
Jordan Clarkson
b. 1992
American-Filipino basketball player (born 1992)
Emily Ratajkowski
b. 1991
American model and actress (born 1991)
Prince (musician)
b. 1958
American musician and actor (1958–2016)
Notable Deaths
All 71 ›
Uriah Rennie
d. 2025
English football referee (1959–2025)
William Anders
d. 2024
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1933–2024)
The Iron Sheik
d. 2023
Iranian-American professional wrestler and actor (1942–2023)
Christopher Lee
d. 2015
English actor and singer (1922–2015)
Pierre Mauroy
d. 2013
Prime Minister of France from 1981 to 1984
Richard Ramirez
d. 2013
American serial killer and sex offender (1960–2013)
Phillip Tobias
d. 2012
South African palaeoanthropologist (1925–2012)
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
d. 2006
Jordanian jihadist (1966–2006)
On This Day in History
All 51 ›
2017
A Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crashes into the Andaman Sea near Dawei, Myanmar, killing all 122 aboard.
Myanmar Air Force
2000
The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
United Nations
1991
Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high.
Mount Pinatubo
1989
Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes on approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname because of pilot error, killing 176 of 187 aboard.
Surinam Airways Flight 764
1982
Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
Priscilla Presley
1981
The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera.
Israeli Air Force
1977
Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.
Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II
1975
Sony launches Betamax, the first videocassette recorder format.
Sony