June 7

Today in History
• 1099 - 1st Crusaders arrive in Jerusalem
• 1195 - Earliest report of ball lightning in London by Benedictine monk Gervase
• 1494 - Treaty of Tordesillas: Spain and Portugal divide the new world
• 1557 - England declares war on France
• 1665 - Boston's First Baptist Church, one of the oldest Baptist churches in America, is founded
• 1665 - Great Plague of London
• 1692 - Earthquake in Porte Royale, Jamaica, kills 3,000
• 1776 - Richard Lee moves Declaration of Independence in Continental Congress


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Daniel Boone Day
• Global Running Day
• June Bug Day
• National Chocolate Ice Cream Day
• National VCR Day
• Sette Giugno
• World Caring Day
• World Food Safety Day

Birthdays
• 1082 - Huizong, 8th Emperor of Song Dynasty of China
• 1502 - Gregory XIII, Pope, introduced Gregorian calendar in 1582
• 1502 - John III, King of Portugal and the Algarves (1521-57)
• 1770 - Earl of Liverpool, C, British Prime Minister, 1812-27
• 1811 - James Young Simpson, Scottish obstetrician who popularized chloroform
• 1840 - Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belgium/Emperor of Mexico, 1864-67
• 1843 - Susan Elizabeth Blow, U.S., pioneered kindergarten education
• 1877 - Charles Glover Barkla, English physicist (X-ray scattering)