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Friday, June 7. 2024, 12:00:00 AM UTC

A meteorite impact event occurs in northern Troms County, Norway. Locals compare the resultant explosion to the nuclear explosion at Hiroshima. The impact location was apparently desolate, and no structural damage or casualties are reported. //www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1346411.ece (Aftenposten) //www.physorg.com/news69155101.html (PhysOrg)

Former Brigadier-General Ansumane Mané seizes control over military barracks in Bissau, marking the beginning of the Guinea-Bissau Civil War (1998–99).

A computer user known as _eci publishes his Microsoft C source code on a Windows 95 and Windows NT exploit, which later becomes WinNuke. The source code gets wide distribution across the internet, and Microsoft is forced to release a security patch.

An IRA gang kills Detective Garda Jerry McCabe during a botched armed robbery in Adare, County Limerick.

Steffi Graf defeats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the longest ever women's final at the French Open, to win her 19th Grand Slam title.

The 10th European Football Chionship (UEFA Euro 96) begins in England.

About 200,000 people attend a parade of 8,800 returning Persian Gulf War troops in Washington, D.C.

A major collapse of ground at the Emaswati Colliery in Swaziland traps 26 miners 65 m below the surface. The men have access to a safe refuge chamber and are all rescued by a drill hole 30 hours after the rescue unit is first alerted.

June 8–9 ndash In the Czechoslovakian parliamentary election, Czechoslovakia's first free election since 1946, the Civic Forum wins the most seats but fails to secure a majority.

The 1990 FIFA World Cup begins in Italy.

Prime Minister of IsraelYitzhak Shamir ends 88 days with only an acting government by formining a coalition of right-wing and religious parties led by Shamir's Likud party.

Metropolitan Alexy of Leningrad is elected Russian OrthodoxPatriarch of Moscow and all the Rus'.

Surinam Airways Flight PY764 crashes, killing 176.

The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor.

The first direct elections to the European Parliament begin, allowing citizens from across all then-9 European Communitymember states to elect 410 MEPs. It is also the first international election in history.

After caigning by Anita Bryant and her anti-gay Save Our Children crusade, Miami-Dade County, Florida voters overwhelmingly vote to repeal the county's gay rights ordinance.

The Who become the first act to perform rock music (their rock opera, Tommy) at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.

The rock supergroup Blind Faith play its debut gig in front of 100,000 people in London's Hyde Park.

Two Moby Grape members are arrested for contributing to the delinquency of minors.

A mining accident in Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina, results in 128 deaths.

The Beatles travel the canals of Amsterdam.

U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy wins the California Democratic primary.

The TV quiz program "The $64,000 Question" premieres on CBS-TV in the United States, with Hal March as the host.

Italian general election, 1953: The Christian Democrats win a plurality in both legislative houses.

Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A tornado kills 115 in Flint, Michigan (the last to claim more than 100 lives until the 2011 Joplin tornado).

CIATechnical Services Staff head Sidney Gottlieb approves of the use of LSD in a MKULTRA subproject.

Austria and the Soviet Union form diplomatic relations.

Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts, killing 94.

The Royal Romanian Army founded, the-now most successful romanian football club, Steaua București, as "A.S.A. București"//www.fcsteaua.ro/index/section/articles/article/5826/ History of FC Steaua.

The steamer "Danae" () carrying 350 Cretan Jews and 250 Cretans on the first leg of their way to Auschwitz was sunk without survivors off the shore of Santorini.

Bayeux is liberated by British troops.

WWII: Japanese forces invade the Aleutian Islands (the first invasion of American soil in 128 years).

The Lateran Treaty, making Vatican City a sovereign state, is ratified.

Peter Voikov, the Soviet ambassador to Poland, is murdered.

Mexican Revolution: Francisco Madero arrives in Mexico City just after a local earthquake.

The is launched in Glasgow. It is the world's largest ship.

The Norwegian Parliament declares the union with Sweden dissolved, and Norway achieves full independence.

Gandhi commits his first act of civil disobedience in India.

Homer Plessy (who is black) is arrested for sitting on the whites-only car in Louisiana, leading to the landmark "Plessy v. Ferguson" court case.

French intervention in Mexico ndash French forces enter Mexico City.

Greek independence: General Theodoros Kolokotronis is sentenced to death for treason for resisting the rule of Otto of Greece (he is released next year).

The Reform Act becomes law in Britain.

Shoja Shah of Afghanistan signs a treaty with the British. Only weeks later, he is succeeded by Mahmud Shah.

Portugal and Spain sign the Treaty of BadajozPortugal loses the city of Olivenza.

France: Day of the Tiles, which some consider the beginning of the French Revolution.

American Revolution: Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposes to the Continental Congress that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states.

Frontiersman Daniel Boone first begins to explore the present-day Bluegrass State, Kentucky.

An earthquake and related tsunami destroy Port Royal, capital of Jamaica and submerges a major part of it ndash an estimated 2,000 are immediately killed, 2,300 injured, and a probable additional 2,000 die from the diseases which ravage the island in the following months. !- History International Channel this date, this hour's programming. ndash Report trails ongoing archeology since 1964, which is considered the most important underwater archeological site in the western hemisphere - User:Fabartus -

First Battle of Schooneveld: In a sea battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War, fought off the Netherlands coast, the Dutch win with the fleet of the United Provinces (commanded by Michiel de Ruyter) against the allied Anglo-French fleet commanded by Prince Rupert of the Rhine.

Third Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Solebay, an indecisive sea battle between the Dutch Republic and the joined forces of England and France.ref name=CBH

The Dutch States-General ratifies the Dutch West India Company's Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions, making it more attractive to invest in the colony of New Netherland in North America.

King Charles I reconvenes the English Parliament and accepts the Petition of Right as a concession to gain his subsidies.

Jamestown: Temporary Governor Gates decides to abandon Jamestown.

Mary I of England joins her husband Philip II of Spain in his war against France.

Treaty of Ardres, also known as the Treaty of C, is signed, resulting in peace between England and France.

King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France meet at the famous Field of Cloth of Gold.

Treaty of Tordesillas: Spain and Portugal divide the New World between themselves.

Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine after a long siege, ending the independence of the Patriarchal State of Friuli, run by the Patriarch of Aquileia.

The dying Prince Edward summons his father Edward III and brother John of Gaunt and makes them swear to uphold the claim to the throne of his son Richard.

Rotterdam is officially declared a city.

David II becomes King of Scotland.

Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia, a woman of Greek origin. The wedding is celebrated at Constantinople with chariot racing in the Hippodrome.