{"id":208012,"date":"2020-01-01T13:16:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T13:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/june-7\/"},"modified":"2024-01-14T00:31:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T00:31:15","slug":"june-7","status":"publish","type":"otd_day","link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/june-7\/","title":{"rendered":"June 7: Facts & Historical Events On This Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

June 7th celebrates VCR Day as well as Chocolate Ice Cream Day.

We’ve made it to the 158^{th day of the year! There are days left until the end of the year.}

If you’re thirsty for knowledge about June 7, then you’re in the right place. Here we are going to look at events that happened on this day.

Did you know that on this day in 1929, the Vatican City signed the Lateran Treaty making it an independent state? At only 0.17 square miles, it is the smallest country in the world.

Keep reading for more fun & interesting facts about June 7^{th in history!\r\n\r\n}

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What memorable events happened on June 7 in history? Keep reading to find out!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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2016\r\n\r\n
The preview of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was shown at the Palace Theater in London.\r\n\r\n
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2000\r\n\r\n
Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ordered the breakup of Microsoft Corporation.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The breakup occurred due to the fact that Microsoft continued to break antitrust laws with browser markets and the PC Operating system.\r\n\r\n
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1983\r\n\r\n
The USSR’s Venera 16 probe was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a trip to Venus.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The uncrewed spacecraft was the twin of the Venera 15, which left shortly before the Venera 16. It reached Venus’ orbit by October 11 that year, and together with the Venera 15, it photographed the upper half of Venus’ northern hemisphere. The final response from Venera 16 was on June 13, 1985.\r\n\r\n
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1946\r\n\r\n
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) resumed TV broadcasting for the first time since the end of WWII.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1939\r\n\r\n
Queen Elizabeth I and George VI became the first king and queen of Great Britain to travel to the US.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
On this day, their Royal tour continued from Quebec, Canada, into the US.\r\n\r\n
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1929\r\n\r\n
Vatican City signed the Lateran Treaty making it an independent state.\r\n\r\n
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1912\r\n\r\n
Machine guns were fired from a US airplane for the first time.\r\n\r\n
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On this day, Captain Charles Chandler flew at an altitude of 250 feet while successfully shooting a cheesecloth target.\r\n\r\n
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1862\r\n\r\n
The US and Britain signed the Lyons-Seward Treaty.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Treaty was an agreement to suppress the trading of slaves.\r\n\r\n
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1839\r\n\r\n
King Kamehameha III of Hawaii signed the Declaration of Rights, which was a significant movement away from the country’s “ancient ways.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1788\r\n\r\n
The Day of the Tiles took place.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Civilians in Grenoble tossed roof tiles and other objects onto royal troops. Historians credit this event as the beginning of the French Revolution.\r\n\r\n
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1753\r\n\r\n
The British Museum in London was established after King George II gave his Royal assent to parliament.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1665\r\n\r\n
During the Great Plague of London, infected persons’ homes were marked with crosses.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Those who had the virus had to isolate their homes for 40 days.\r\n\r\n
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1654\r\n\r\n
King Louis XIV of France was coronated.\r\n\r\n
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1099\r\n\r\n
The First Crusaders successfully sieged Jerusalem and took it from the Fatimid Caliphate.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Is today your birthday? If so, you share this special day with Liam Neeson! Check out more famous people born on this day below.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1990\r\n\r\n
Iggy Azalea\r\n\r\n
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Australian\r\n\r\n
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$\"Iggy$ \r\n\r\n
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34 years old\r\n\r\n\r\n
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UK, Australia\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n