June 7 - This Day in History

June 7 : General Interest
1913: First successful ascent of Mt. McKinley

On this day in 1913, Hudson Stuck, an Alaskan missionary, leads the first successful ascent of Mt. McKinley, the highest point on the American continent at 20,320 feet... read more


American Revolution
1776 : Lee Resolution presented to Continental Congress
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lees-resolution-presented-to-continental-congress


Automotive
1962 : Switzerland welcomes first drive-through bank
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/switzerland-welcomes-first-drive-through-bank


Civil War
1863 : Rebels turned back at Milliken's Bend
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-millikens-bend-louisiana


Cold War
1948 : Czechoslovakian president Benes resigns
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/czechoslovakian-president-benes-resigns


Crime
2002 : Michael Skakel convicted of 1975 murder in Greenwich
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/michael-skakel-convicted-of-1975-murder-in-greenwich


Disaster
1692 : Earthquake destroys Jamaican pirate haven
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earthquake-destroys-jamaican-pirate-haven


General Interest
1893 : Gandhi's first act of civil disobedience
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gandhis-first-act-of-civil-disobedience

1939 : British king visits U.S.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-king-visits-us

1942 : Battle of Midway ends
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-midway-ends


Hollywood
1937 : Jean Harlow dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jean-harlow-dies


Literary
1954 : Louise Erdrich is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/louise-erdrich-is-born


Music
1976 : New York magazine publishes the story that becomes Saturday Night Fever
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-york-magazine-publishes-the-story-that-becomes-saturday-night-fever


Old West
1866 : Chief Seattle dies near the city named for him
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/chief-seattle-dies-near-the-city-named-for-him


Presidential
1966 : Reagan becomes governor of California
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/reagan-becomes-governor-of-california


Sports
1986 : Bo Jackson drafted by Kansas City Royals
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bo-jackson-drafted-by-kansas-city-royals


Vietnam War
1965 : Westmoreland requests 44 battalions
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/westmoreland-requests-44-battalions

1972 : McGovern continues to campaign against the war
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mcgovern-continues-to-campaign-against-the-war


World War I
1917 : Battle of Messines Ridge
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-messines-ridge


World War II
1942 : Japanese land troops on the islands of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutians
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japanese-land-troops-on-the-islands-of-attu-and-kiska-in-the-aleutians