Born on June 7
June 7 birthdays & history
If you were born on June 7, you share a birthday with Orhan Pamuk, Paul Gauguin and Mike Pence. June 7 babies are Gemini, with pearl as their birthstone and the rose as their birth flower. June 7 is the 159th day of the year in leap years (158th in other years).
Famous people born on June 7
- 1952Orhan Pamuk, Turkish-American novelist, screenwriter, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1848Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor
- 1959Mike Pence, 48th Vice President of the United States, 50th Governor of Indiana
- 1958Prince, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor
- 1862Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1952Liam Neeson, Irish-American actor
- 1917Dean Martin, American singer, actor, and producer
- 1990Iggy Azalea, Australian rapper, singer, songwriter, and model
- 1970Cafu, Brazilian footballer
- 1974Bear Grylls, English adventurer, author, and television host
What happened on June 7
- 879Pope John VIII officially recognised Croatia as an independent state, and Branimir as its duke.
- 1628The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document that set out specific liberties of individuals, received royal assent from King Charles I.
- 1800David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.
- 1810Journalist Mariano Moreno published Argentina's first newspaper, the Gazeta de Buenos-Ayres.
- 1832The Reform Act, which is widely credited with launching modern democracy in the United Kingdom, received royal assent.
- 1905Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
- 1906Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
- 1929The Lateran Treaty was ratified to bring Vatican City into existence, thus ending the "Roman question".
- 1938The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
- 1965The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Griswold v. Connecticut that a Connecticut law prohibiting the use of contraceptives violated the "right to marital privacy".
- 1969In their only UK concert, the rock supergroup Blind Faith, featuring Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and Ginger Baker, debuted in London's Hyde Park in front of 100,000 fans.
- 1975The inaugural edition of the Cricket World Cup, the premier international championship of men's One Day International cricket, began in England.
Also observed on June 7
- Flag Day (Peru)
- Journalist Day (Argentina)
- Anniversary of the Memorandum of the Slovak Nation (Slovakia)
- Birthday of Prince Joachim (Denmark)
- Sette Giugno (Malta)
- Union Dissolution Day (Independence Day of Norway)
Questions, answered
What star sign is June 7?
People born on June 7 are Gemini. Their birthstone is pearl and their birth flower is the rose.
Which famous people were born on June 7?
Orhan Pamuk (1952), Paul Gauguin (1848), Mike Pence (1959), Prince (1958), Philipp Lenard (1862), Liam Neeson (1952) were all born on June 7.
What happened on June 7 in history?
Among other things: in 1965, The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Griswold v. Connecticut that a Connecticut law prohibiting the use of contraceptives violated the "right to marital privacy"; in 1969, In their only UK concert, the rock supergroup Blind Faith, featuring Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and Ginger Baker, debuted in London's Hyde Park in front of 100,000 fans; in 1975, The inaugural edition of the Cricket World Cup, the premier international championship of men's One Day International cricket, began in England.
Can I get a newspaper front page from June 7?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any June 7 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “June 7”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.