June 7
Today is the 159th day of 2016, there are 207 days left in the year.
1494 - Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the New World between the two countries.
1654 - Louis XIV was crowned king of France in Rheims at age 15, 11 years after the start of his reign.
1769 - Frontiersman Daniel Boone began his first exploration of present-day Kentucky.
1776 - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence.
1892 - Homer Plessy was arrested when he refused to leave a whites-only train car in New Orleans. (The case led to the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark "separate but equal" decision in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896.)
1929 - The sovereign state of Vatican City came into existence as copies of the Lateran Treaty were exchanged in Rome.
1939 - King George VI arrived at Niagara Falls, New York from Canada on the first visit to the U.S. by a reigning British monarch.
1942 - The World War II Battle of Midway ended in a decisive victory for American forces over the Japanese.
1948 - President Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia resigned and the Communist takeover of the country was completed.
1958 - Singer-songwriter Prince was born Prince Rogers Nelson in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1965 - The U.S. Supreme Court in Griswold v. Connecticut, recognized a constitutional right to privacy as it struck down, 7-2, a Connecticut law used to prosecute a Planned Parenthood clinic in New Haven for providing contraceptives to married couples.
1981 - Israeli military planes destroyed a nuclear power plant in Iraq; a facility the Israelis say could have been used to make nuclear weapons.
1998 - James Byrd Jr., a 49-year-old African-American man, was chained to a pickup truck and dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas.
2000 - A federal judge ordered the breakup of Microsoft Corp.
2003 - In a national first, New Hampshire Episcopalians elected an openly gay man, the Rev. V. Gene Robinson, to be bishop.
Birthdays
25 - Emily Ratajkowski (model)
26 - Iggy Azalea (rapper)
26 - Amy Childs (reality TV star)
35 - Anna Kournikova (tennis player)
38 - Anna Torv (actress)
38 - Mini Anden (model)
41 - Allen Iverson (basketball player)
42 - Bear Grylls (reality TV star)
44 - Karl Urban (actor)
47 - Kim Rhodes (actress)
49 - Dave Navarro (musician)
55 - Kym Whitley (actress)
64 - Liam Neeson (actor)
76 - Tom Jones (singer)
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Today in Sports History - June 7
1892 - John Joseph Doyle became the first pinch-hitter in baseball when he was used in a game.
1948 - Nebraska defeated Oklahoma A&M (Oklahoma State) 7-5 in an NCAA District 5 Playoff baseball game.
1982 - Steve Garvey became the fifth player in major league history to play in 1,000 consecutive games.
1983 - Steve Carlton temporarily passed Nolan Ryan in career strikeouts when he registered his 3,522nd.
1989 - The Toronto Skydome hosted the first game to be played indoors and outdoors in the same day. The roof was closed when the weather became threatening.
1997 - The Detroit Red Wings won their first Stanley Cup in 42 years after sweeping the Philadelphia Flyers.
1998 - The Baltimore Orioles retired Eddie Murray's #33.
2002 - Nebraska defeated Richmond 2-0 in the opening game of the Lincoln Super Regional.
2009 - Roger Federer of Switzerland became the sixth man in tennis history to win a career Grand Slam and tied Pete Sampras' record of 14 major singles titles when he won the French Open.
Today is the 159th day of 2016, there are 207 days left in the year.
1494 - Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the New World between the two countries.
1654 - Louis XIV was crowned king of France in Rheims at age 15, 11 years after the start of his reign.
1769 - Frontiersman Daniel Boone began his first exploration of present-day Kentucky.
1776 - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence.
1892 - Homer Plessy was arrested when he refused to leave a whites-only train car in New Orleans. (The case led to the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark "separate but equal" decision in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896.)
1929 - The sovereign state of Vatican City came into existence as copies of the Lateran Treaty were exchanged in Rome.
1939 - King George VI arrived at Niagara Falls, New York from Canada on the first visit to the U.S. by a reigning British monarch.
1942 - The World War II Battle of Midway ended in a decisive victory for American forces over the Japanese.
1948 - President Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia resigned and the Communist takeover of the country was completed.
1958 - Singer-songwriter Prince was born Prince Rogers Nelson in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1965 - The U.S. Supreme Court in Griswold v. Connecticut, recognized a constitutional right to privacy as it struck down, 7-2, a Connecticut law used to prosecute a Planned Parenthood clinic in New Haven for providing contraceptives to married couples.
1981 - Israeli military planes destroyed a nuclear power plant in Iraq; a facility the Israelis say could have been used to make nuclear weapons.
1998 - James Byrd Jr., a 49-year-old African-American man, was chained to a pickup truck and dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas.
2000 - A federal judge ordered the breakup of Microsoft Corp.
2003 - In a national first, New Hampshire Episcopalians elected an openly gay man, the Rev. V. Gene Robinson, to be bishop.
Birthdays
25 - Emily Ratajkowski (model)
26 - Iggy Azalea (rapper)
26 - Amy Childs (reality TV star)
35 - Anna Kournikova (tennis player)
38 - Anna Torv (actress)
38 - Mini Anden (model)
41 - Allen Iverson (basketball player)
42 - Bear Grylls (reality TV star)
44 - Karl Urban (actor)
47 - Kim Rhodes (actress)
49 - Dave Navarro (musician)
55 - Kym Whitley (actress)
64 - Liam Neeson (actor)
76 - Tom Jones (singer)
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Today in Sports History - June 7
1892 - John Joseph Doyle became the first pinch-hitter in baseball when he was used in a game.
1948 - Nebraska defeated Oklahoma A&M (Oklahoma State) 7-5 in an NCAA District 5 Playoff baseball game.
1982 - Steve Garvey became the fifth player in major league history to play in 1,000 consecutive games.
1983 - Steve Carlton temporarily passed Nolan Ryan in career strikeouts when he registered his 3,522nd.
1989 - The Toronto Skydome hosted the first game to be played indoors and outdoors in the same day. The roof was closed when the weather became threatening.
1997 - The Detroit Red Wings won their first Stanley Cup in 42 years after sweeping the Philadelphia Flyers.
1998 - The Baltimore Orioles retired Eddie Murray's #33.
2002 - Nebraska defeated Richmond 2-0 in the opening game of the Lincoln Super Regional.
2009 - Roger Federer of Switzerland became the sixth man in tennis history to win a career Grand Slam and tied Pete Sampras' record of 14 major singles titles when he won the French Open.
