EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE

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TODAY IN HISTORY

June 7

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HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2017

A Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crashes into the Andaman Sea near Dawei, Myanmar, killing all 122 aboard.

2
2000

The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.

3
1991

Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high.

4
1989

Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes on approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname because of pilot error, killing 176 of 187 aboard.

5
1982

Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.

6
1981

The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera.

7
1977

Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.

8
1975

Sony launches Betamax, the first videocassette recorder format.

9
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.

10
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.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

2021 Pulitzer Prize)

born in Little Falls

2002 Quannah Chasinghorse

Native American activist and model (Chanel AW24

1996 Christian McCaffrey

American NFL running back (Carolina Panthers

1994 Aaron Pierre

British actor (Genius

1993 Jordan Fry

American actor (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

1991 Emily Ratajkowski

American model

1987 Daniel Scheinert

American filmmaker (Everything Everywhere

1986 Keegan Bradley

American golfer (PGA C'ship 2011)

1985 Charlie Simpson

British rock singer-songwriter and musician (Busted; Fightstar)

1981 Amrita Rao

Indian Bollywood actress (Vivah; Jolly LLB)

1981 Kevin Kyle

Scottish soccer striker (Scotland 10 caps

1979 Anna Torv

Australian actress (Fringe

1979 Anne McClain

American army officer and NASA astronaut (Soyuz MS-11)

1979 Hilary Lunke

American golfer (US Open 2003)

1979 Kevin Hofland

Dutch soccer defender (7 caps; PSV

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