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What happened in history on this day: June 7?
On June 7 in ...
- 1775 - United Colonies change name to United States.
- 1776 - Richard Lee of Virginia moves for a Declaration of Independence in the Continental Congress.
- 1862 - William Mumford is first US citizen hanged for treason.
- 1887 - Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Washington DC.
- 1898 - Social Democracy of America party holds first national convention, Chicago, Illinois.
- 1909 - Cleveland Industrial Exposition opens.
- 1912 - US army tests first machine gun mounted on a plane.
- 1913 - Hudson Stuck, an Alaskan missionary, leads the first successful ascent of the south peak of Mount McKinley, the highest point on the American continent at 20,320 feet. Companions Harry Karstens, Walter Harper, and Robert Tatum follow Stuck to the summit.
- 1930 - New York Times agrees to capitalize the n in "Negro".
- 1938 - Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat first flown (Eddie Allen).
- 1939 - First king and queen of England to visit US, George VI and Elizabeth.
- 1942 - (morning) The US aircraft carrier Yorktown sinks near Midway Island.
- 1942 - Losses at the Battle of Midway: US forces: 307 men, one aircraft carrier, one destroyer, 150 planes; Japanese forces: 2500-3500 men, 4 aircraft carriers, one cruiser, 322 planes.
- 1942 - Japan invades Alaska's Aleutian islands.
- 1953 - First color network telecast in compatible color, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- 1954 - First microbiology laboratory dedicated (New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA).
- 1955 - First American President to appear on color TV (Dwight Eisenhower).
- 1968 - Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Senator Robert F. Kennedy assassination.
- 1970 - In Los Angeles, California, and New York, New York, the 22nd Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by David Frost (Los Angeles) and Danny Thomas (New York).
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series: Robert Young for Marcus Welby, M.D.
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Peter Ustinov for A Storm in Summer
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: William Windom for My World and Welcome to It
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series: Susan Hampshire for The Forsyte Saga
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Hope Lange for The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Patty Duke for My Sweet Charlie
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy: Michael Constantine for Room 222
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama: James Brolin for Marcus Welby, M.D.
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy: Karen Valentine for Room 222
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama: Gail Fisher for Mannix
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction of a Variety, Musical or Dramatic Program: Peter Matz for episode "The Sound of Burt Bacharach" of The Kraft Music Hall
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety, Comedy or Music: Dwight Hemion for episode "The Sound of Burt Bacharach" of The Kraft Music Hall
- Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction: Leard Davis, Ed S. Hill, Richard Scovel, and Clive Bassett for "Appalachian Autumn" of CBS Playhouse
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama: Paul Bogart for "Shadow Game" of CBS Playhouse
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music: Peter Bellwood, Gary Belkin, Herbert Sargent, Thomas Meehan, and Judith Viorst for Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama: Richard Levinson and William Link for My Sweet Charlie
- Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Entertainment Programming - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series: Walter Strenge, for episode "Hello, Goodbye, Hello" of Marcus Welby, M.D.
- Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for News and Documentary Programming - Regularly Scheduled News Programs and Coverage of Special Events: Edward Winkle for the segment "Model Hippie" of The Huntley-Brinkley Report
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design - For a Dramatic Program or Feature Length Film, a Single Program of a Series or a Special Program: Jan Scott and Earl Carlson for "Shadow Game" of CBS Playhouse
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Entertainment Programming - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series: Bill Mosher for episode "Sweet Smell of Failure" of Bracken's World
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for News and Documentary Programming - Regularly Scheduled News Programs and Coverage of Special Events: Michael C. Shugrue for the segment "High School Profile" of The Huntley-Brinkley Report
- Outstanding Variety or Musical Program - Variety and Popular Music: Joseph Cates, Martin Charnin, and Anne Bancroft for Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man
- Outstanding Variety or Musical Series: The David Frost Show
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Special Program: Pete Rugolo for The Challengers
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series (In Its First Year Only): Morton Stevens for episode "A Thousand Pardons -- You're Dead!" of Hawaii Five-O
- Outstanding Achievement in Music, Lyrics and Special Material: Arnold Margolin and Charles Fox for Love, American Style
- Outstanding Achievement in News Documentary Programming - Individuals: Frederick Wiseman for Hospital
- Outstanding Achievement in News Documentary Programming - Programs: Hospital
- Outstanding Dramatic Series: Marcus Welby, M.D.
- Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement - Programs: Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
- Outstanding Dramatic Program: A Storm in Summer
- Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Programs: Sesame Street
- Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming - Programs: Today
- Outstanding Comedy Series: My World and Welcome to It
- Outstanding New Series: Room 222
- Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Norman Maen for This Is Tom Jones
- Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming: Roone Arledge for ABC's Wide World of Sports
- Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Individuals: Joe Raposo and Jeff Moss for music and lyrics for "This Way To Sesame Street" of Sesame Street, and Jon Stone, Jeff Moss, Ray Sipherd, Jerry Juhl, Dan Wilcox, Dave Connell, Bruce Hart, Carole Hart, and Virginia Schone for episode "Sally Sees Sesame Street" of Sesame Street
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Entertainment Programming - For a Special or Feature Length Program Made for Television: Edward M. Abroms for My Sweet Charlie.
- 1977 - Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law.
- 1982 - US President Ronald Reagan meets Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1990 - Universal Studios Florida opens to the public.
- 1998 - Three white supremacists murder James Byrd Junior in Jasper, Texas.
- 2000 - In the US Justice Department versus Microsoft anti-trust case, Judge Thomas Jackson orders the breakup of Microsoft into two companies, one producing operating systems, the other producing application programs.
- 2008 - US Senator Hillary Clinton suspends her campaign to become the Democratic nominee for US president, and asks her supporters to help elect Barack Obama.
Births on June 7
- 1924 - Birth of Dolores Gray in Chicago, Illinois, USA; singer/actress (Designing Woman, Kismet).
- 1926 - Birth of Dick Williams in Wall Lake, Iowa, USA; choral director (Andy Williams Show).
- 1944 - Birth of Bill Rafferty in Queens, New York, USA; comedian (Laugh-In, Real People).
- 1955 - Birth of Joey Scarbury in Ontario, California, USA; singer ("Greatest American Hero").
- 1958 - Birth of Christopher Marcantel in Smithtown, New York, USA; actor (Chip - Nurse, Loving).
- 1978 - Birth of Bill Hader; American actor (Saturday Night Live).
Deaths on June 7
- 1862 - William Mumford is first US citizen hanged for treason.
- 1899 - Death of John August Daly in Paris, France; actor, playwright (Under the Gaslight play (1867), Pique play (1875)), manager (New York's Fifth Avenue Theatre, Grand Opera House), director, recipient of the University of Notre Dame's Laetare Medal.
- 1980 - Death of Henry Miller, American writer (born 1891).
- 1989 - Death of Don the Beachcomber, American restaurateur (born 1907).
- 1998 - Three white supremacists murder James Byrd Junior in Jasper, Texas.
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