Public Holidays on June 7

• 🌍 Batalla de Arica y Día de la Bandera (Peru)
• 🌍 Battle of Arica (Chile)

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On This Day in History — June 7

• 2014 — At least 37 people are killed in an attack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's South Kivu province.
• 2013 — A bus catches fire in the Chinese city of Xiamen, killing at least 47 people and injuring more than 34 others.
• 2013 — A gunman opens fire at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, after setting a house on fire nearby, killing six people, including the suspect.
• 2000 — The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
• 1991 — Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high.
• 1989 — Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes on approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname because of pilot error, killing 176 of 187 aboard.

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Notable Births on June 7

• 1993 — George Ezra, English singer-songwriter
• 1992 — Sara Niemietz, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1992 — Mathias Gehrt, Danish professional footballer
• 1992 — Alípio, Brazilian footballer
• 1991 — Cenk Tosun, Turkish professional footballer
• 1991 — Fetty Wap, American rapper

Notable Deaths on June 7

• 2015 — Christopher Lee, English actor (b. 1922)
• 2015 — Sheikh Razzak Ali, Bangladeshi journalist and politician (b. 1928)
• 2014 — Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1978)
• 2014 — Dora Akunyili, Nigerian academic and politician (b. 1954)
• 2014 — Epainette Mbeki, South African activist (b. 1916)
• 2013 — Pierre Mauroy, French educator and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1928)

Sports on June 7

• WNBA: Indiana Fever @ New York Liberty — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Milwaukee Brewers @ Colorado Rockies — 01:10 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Los Angeles Angels @ Los Angeles Dodgers — 02:10 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: New York Mets @ San Diego Padres — 02:10 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees — 17:35 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago White Sox @ Philadelphia Phillies — 17:35 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on June 8

• 🌍 Corpus Christi (Colombia)
• 🌍 Corpus Christi (observado) (Colombia)
• 🌍 King's Birthday (Australia)

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On This Day in History — June 8

• 2014 — At least 28 people are killed in an attack at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan.
• 2009 — Two American journalists are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of penal labour.
• 2008 — At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in an Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse.
• 2008 — At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan.
• 2007 — Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.
• 2004 — The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.

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Notable Births on June 8

• 2004 — Francesca Capaldi, American actress
• 1997 — Jeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player
• 1996 — Doğanay Kılıç, Turkish footballer
• 1992 — Sebá, Brazilian footballer
• 1990 — Todd Barclay, New Zealand politician
• 1990 — Mickey Bushell, English wheelchair racer

Notable Deaths on June 8

• 2015 — Chea Sim, Cambodian commander and politician (b. 1932)
• 2014 — Alexander Imich, Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (b. 1903)
• 2014 — Yoshihito, Prince Katsura of Japan (b. 1948)
• 2013 — Paul Cellucci, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1948)
• 2013 — Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter, journalist, and critic (b. 1930)
• 2013 — Taufiq Kiemas, Indonesian politician, 5th First Spouse of Indonesia (b. 1942)

Sports on June 8

• MLB: San Francisco Giants @ Chicago Cubs — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Seattle Mariners @ Baltimore Orioles — 22:35 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays — 22:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: New York Yankees @ Cleveland Guardians — 22:40 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: New York Liberty @ Connecticut Sun — 23:00 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Indiana Fever @ Washington Mystics — 23:00 UTC Scheduled

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