June 7 in History
7 June in History – 82 years ago
Asia Pacific 1942: Battle of Midway
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on 7 June 1905
All Events on 7 June
1981
Israeli raid destroys Iraqi nuclear reactor
ends
1967
Israelis capture West Bank from Jordan
ends
1945
Nationalist Chinese defeat Japanese in Battle of West Hunan
starts
1945
Soviet Union demands return of former Russian territories from Turkey
ends
1942
US defeats Japan at Battle of Midway
ends
1942
Japan occupies Kiska and Attu, Aleutian Islands
1941
German troops move into northern Finland
ends
1938
Nationalist Chinese burst Yellow River dykes at Huayuankou in attempt to halt Japanese advance
starts
1918
Czechoslovak Legion gains control of Trans-Siberian Railway
starts
1908
Persian Constitutional Revolution
1905
Norway separates from Sweden
1905
Border between French West Africa and Algeria defined
1896
British defeat Mahdists near Dongola
ends
1880
Chile seizes Tacna and Arica from Peru
1866
Prussia invades Holstein from Schleswig
1863
French enter Mexico City
ends
1824
Greek revolutionaries fight civil war over Nafplio
ends
1821
Rebellion in western Wallachia
1494
Spain and Portugal partition non-European world
427
Mauri overrun Roman frontier in Africa*
starts
425
Aetius arrives in Italy with Huns; makes peace with Valentinian III*
ends
276
Marcus Claudius Tacitus rules Roman Empire*
starts
276
Florian rules Roman Empire*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 7 June for purposes of Omniatlas
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