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7 June 2024
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2017 - A Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crashed into the Andaman Sea near Dawei, killing all 122 people on board.Aerial branch of Myanmar's armed forces
Anniversary
1998 - 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.Belief in the superiority of white people
Anniversary
1989 - 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 11.1989 plane crash in Suriname
Anniversary
1981 - 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.Aerial and space service branch of the Israel Defense Forces
Anniversary
1975 - The inaugural edition of the Cricket World Cup, the premier international championship of men's One Day International cricket, began in England.Inaugural men's Cricket World Cup tournament
Historical events
History
2017 - A Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crashes into the Andaman Sea near Dawei, Myanmar, killing all 122 aboard.Aerial branch of Myanmar's armed forces
History
2000 - The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.Global intergovernmental organization
History
1991 - Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high.Active stratovolcano in Luzon, Philippines
History
1989 - Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes on approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname because of pilot error, killing 176 of 187 aboard.1989 plane crash in Suriname
History
1982 - Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.American businesswoman and actress (born 1945)
History
1981 - The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera.Aerial and space service branch of the Israel Defense Forces
History
1977 - Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.25th anniversary of the monarch's accession
History
1975 - Sony launches Betamax, the first videocassette recorder format.Japanese multinational corporation
History
1971 - 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.1971 U.S. Supreme Court case on freedom of speech and public civility
History
1971 - 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.U.S. law enforcement agency
Notable births
Born
2000 - Ōnosato Daiki, Japanese professional sumo wrestler and the 75th yokozunaJapanese sumo wrestler (born 2000)
Born
1997 - David Montgomery, American football playerAmerican football player (born 1997)
Born
1996 - Christian McCaffrey, American football playerAmerican football player (born 1996)
Born
1993 - George Ezra, English singer-songwriterEnglish singer-songwriter (born 1993)
Born
1992 - Jordan Clarkson, Filipino-American basketball playerAmerican-Filipino basketball player (born 1992)
Born
1991 - Rasmus Vestergaard Madsen, Danish politicianDanish politician (born 1991)
Born
1991 - Emily Ratajkowski, American model and actressAmerican model and actress (born 1991)
Notable deaths
Died
2025 - Uriah Rennie, English association football referee (born 1959)British football referee (1959–2025)
Died
2024 - William Anders, American astronaut and lunar explorer (born 1933)American astronaut and lunar explorer (1933–2024)
Died
2023 - The Iron Sheik, Iranian-American wrestler and actor (born 1942)Iranian-American professional wrestler and actor (1942–2023)
Died
2015 - Christopher Lee, English actor (born 1922)English actor and singer (1922–2015)
Died
2013 - Pierre Mauroy, French educator and politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1928)Prime Minister of France from 1981 to 1984
Died
2013 - Richard Ramirez, American serial killer and sex offender (born 1960)American serial killer and sex offender (1960–2013)
Died
2012 - Phillip V. Tobias, South African paleontologist and academic (born 1925)South African palaeoanthropologist (1925–2012)
Died
2006 - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian militant (born 1966)Jordanian jihadist (1966–2006)
Sky
Moon phase
New Moon
0.3% illuminated
Lunar age: 0.5 days
Sun zodiac
Gemini
17.23 degrees
Constellation: Taurus
Moon zodiac
Gemini
29.62 degrees
Constellation: Taurus
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.